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[-] superkret@feddit.org 7 points 4 hours ago

Waiters in Alsace (Eastern France) will reply in German when you try to practice your French.
They reply in French when you speak German.
When you talk to them in Alsatian or Pfälzisch, they'll introduce you to their grandma who will cook for you till you burst.

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago
[-] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago

I live within cycling distance of the border, and go on regular cheese runs.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

My Parisian waiter when I say “Merci Beaucoup, Bonne soirée monsieur”

[-] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago

Parisian waiters are like that to everyone.

[-] Waldelfe@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago

I live close to the border so we go to the Netherlands about every other month. I have tried learning some common dutch tourist phrases like ordering food or asking for the toilets. Unfortunately, so far most shops or waiters have just insisted on using English or German and I've been told numerous times something along the lines of "Why would you try to learn Dutch? We can all speak English."

The front desk lady at one of the hotels we stayed at in Noord-Holland even told me "Oh, don't learn Dutch, that's such a waste of time." I don't know, I love learning at least a few sentences of the local language when I go somewhere on vacation. But I've never met so much resistance to it as in the Netherlands.

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 14 hours ago
[-] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemm.ee 19 points 9 hours ago

Fuck you I'll be pentalingual if I want to be

[-] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

“Hey baby, yeah I’m pentalingual!”

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 hours ago

You curse like a dual citizen.

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