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Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
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Originally posted by Bee View PostThis is difficult to apply because in a conversation, if there is no other nations involved we feel stupid if we don't speak our language. It's not related with lack of respect and I believe that it's difficult for a native English speaker to understand because English it's the international language.
I actually find it funny that instead of speaking their mother tongue when with someone else they know or are introduced to from the same country/area they converse in English."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostFor you it is but for some of my European friends' it isn't.
I actually find it funny that instead of speaking their mother tongue when with someone else they know or are introduced to from the same country/area they converse in English.Comment
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Originally posted by Bee View PostProbably because you are there.
Then coming back and not overhearing/seeing a switch in language.
The people who do it tend to be Northern Europeans and/or learnt English before 7."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostNah I make a point of walking off and leaving them to it.
Then coming back and not overhearing/seeing a switch in language.
The people who do it tend to be Northern Europeans and/or learnt English before 7.
But with is I'm not telling you that it's impossible.Comment
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Originally posted by Bee View PostI don't have that experience, and I worked with Northern, Central and South Europeans. Sorry.
But with is I'm not telling you that it's impossible.
Oh and they write English better than the majority of people on this board, which may have something to do with it."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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At client site we foreigners have been banned from speaking German because it makes our Swiss and German colleagues ears hurt.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostThese are a mixture of people I've worked with and friends'.
Oh and they write English better than the majority of people on this board, which may have something to do with it.Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostI actually find it funny that instead of speaking their mother tongue when with someone else they know or are introduced to from the same country/area they converse in English.Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostInteresting point - I was not having a go I was actually agreeing with you.
I am off to Germany next weekend - although my German is pretty rubbish I will make sure I can say the basics in the native tongue thats for sure - it's embarrassing if you ever go to a country and cannot say some basic phrases..
Anyway know any good bars in Cologne?
I don't know any particular bars in Cologne I'm afraid. Last time I was there (ages ago), we did a crawl... one pub as good as any other eventuallyComment
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