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> and they both feel less entitled about the other part not speaking their language as English native speakers do Have a couple of stories about this. Yes, som
by germandiago 4y ago
> and they both feel less entitled about the other part not speaking their language as English native speakers do
Have a couple of stories about this. Yes, some people think that you should know their language when they just speak theirs. I do not find it too polite, honestly. Especially a couple of times I saw things that even once made me jump in and say: "how many languages do you speak?" He was abroad, you know, in Asia. And I had to reply: "what makes you think everyone should speak english? You are not even in an english speaking country".
It is not nice to see people behave like that. I think it made the locals feel insulted, not bc he cannot speak the local language. It was because of the attitude of demanding the others to talk to him in english. English is the most used second language. But noone said each of us must learn it.
Just my two cents.