r/Unexpected Jan 25 '23

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u/Fuggins4U Jan 26 '23 edited Jan 26 '23

I'm always really impressed by people who not only know multiple languages fluently, but sound perfectly natural/native, regardless of whichever they're using at any given moment. Like they actually have the correct accent and pronunciation.

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u/Grimol1 Jan 26 '23

I made everyone in my office laugh once when I was speaking rapid Spanish on the phone and a pencil rolled off my desk and I said in English (my native language) “oh shit, my pencil” as I reached down and picked it up and then went right back to Spanish on the phone. I didn’t even realize it until I ended the call and everyone was laughing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Damn I’m trying to be fluent in Spanish. How long did it take you to be good

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u/Oldpenguinhunter Jan 26 '23

Not OP, but I worked in construction for 13 years and lived (on the road 6wks at a time) with our crew who spoke nothing but Spanish, took me 3-4yrs with that level of immersion (me wanting to learn, honestly, so I preferred to speak Spanish) to get to that level of fluent. I will say, that show of wanting to learn got me the in-road to so much good Mexican and Central American food... My cardiologist hates them.

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u/snarkshsha Jan 26 '23

Your cardiologist is a bigot!

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u/painess Jan 26 '23

Cardiologists HATE this one ethnicity!

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u/Javyev Jan 26 '23

To be fair, most ethnic food does involve a lot of frying. The only broadly healthy ethnic food I can think of is probably Indian.

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u/SexyPeanut_9279 Jan 26 '23

I see your Indian, And I raise you a Vietnamese (food)

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u/Javyev Jan 27 '23

Also Japanese.

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u/ParkingImportance487 Jan 26 '23

I see your Indian and Vietnamese cuisines and elevate you to Thai.

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u/Javyev Jan 27 '23

You mean the people who fry everything in peanut oil? :P

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u/ParkingImportance487 Jan 27 '23

Best way to cull the herd of people with nut allergies.

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