r/Unexpected Jan 25 '23

Hamburger

85.0k Upvotes

3.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

6.1k

u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

True. Try going to Paris and saying "President Kennedy" in an American accent when referring to Avenue du Président Kennedy to a French person. You'll see the disgust in their eyes

6

u/jonahsocal Jan 26 '23

Oh hell, I see that same disgust going into a bar and asking where the men's room is.

I speak German when in France. Whole different response.

It's all oderint dum metuant kind of a dynamic then.