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| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6362 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 41 of 46 19 December 2011 at 6:57pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Nope, sorry. I already made up my mind. She has to go. And since you aren't learning any languages, I think you should leave too. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5193 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 42 of 46 19 December 2011 at 8:00pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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You're tiptoeing around without ever telling us what the language is. I'm going to guess that their behaviour is in part cultural. (If I were braver, I might posit the language could be Chinese, but I won't go that far.) I would have to guess that not using the language with other guests would be perceived ruder than not using English with you? Either that or this is one of the rare occasions they have to use the language... And to be honest, this seems to be a situation you know little about (since you haven't indicated that you know or study any other language). A lot of people, if not most, feel a strong need to use their first language every now and then when living abroad. I would say you either send a message and simply not go to the supper, or else learn the language. Or else you could try and be less shy and strike a conversation with one person.
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| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5578 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 43 of 46 19 December 2011 at 10:33pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Oh my, I wasn't even PMSing! Thank you. My vote also goes to Chinese.
But do you try? Edited by Bao on 19 December 2011 at 10:35pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6362 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 44 of 46 20 December 2011 at 2:26pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Wow, what an unfortunate typo. Sorry about that. I think it was due to lack of vitamin B. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5578 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 45 of 46 22 December 2011 at 3:11am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Oh no, Freud tells me that's how you truly think about me: Not A Troll. xD; Dear OP, please keep us updated on the development of your intercultural communication skills. =) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Carisma Diglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 5434 days ago 104 posts - 161 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Mandarin | Message 46 of 46 28 December 2011 at 2:27am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I read in an etiquette book that it is rude to speak in a foreign language that someone
in the dinner party can't understand unless someone translates for him or her. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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