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[-] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

Is it possible to learn this power?

[-] danekrae@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

Anybody whose able to speak another language than english can do it.

But that does exclude a lot of americans.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

you don't even actually have to speak another language. just make shit up. babble like a fundie "speaking in tongues" and repeat "no speakey eni englche"... helps if you can go a little castor-eyed and pull out the crazed weirdo look.

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

that's how i reply to talkative hobos on the street

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

You only need a couple of phrases (and a practiced accent/pronunciation) to seem believable enough for them to give up

[-] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This. The sayings we all know can easily be repurposed. I am sorry I don't speak [english]. No I do not understand you. Thank you. Where is the train.

I may have done this to American tourists in Europe.

[-] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago
[-] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

That will get you disappeared for the next few years

[-] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago
[-] Gork@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago
[-] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

"No hablo ingles"

"Quieres visitar El Salvador?"

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[-] nef@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Not from a sycophant.

this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2025
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