One of the things I've always enjoyed about travelling is practicing my language skills. I'm proficient in 4 languages, fluent in 1.
What I've noticed in recent years is that I will often be talking to someone in their native language, in a bar, say, or a shop, and they will reply in English. And continue to talk English even if I continue in their native tongue. I find this really rude and it does actually quite piss me off.
I guess these continentals are just used to us all being real dunces when it comes to languages.
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What I've noticed in recent years is that I will often be talking to someone in their native language, in a bar, say, or a shop, and they will reply in English. And continue to talk English even if I continue in their native tongue. I find this really rude and it does actually quite piss me off.
I guess these continentals are just used to us all being real dunces when it comes to languages.
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