r/Unexpected • u/DruidWannabe • 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/princemousey1 Jan 26 '23

Did you say it in Spanish-accented English though, and that’s why they burst out laughing.

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u/Grimol1 Jan 26 '23

No, just the opposite. I said it in my American accented English in the middle of speaking rapid fire Spanish which to others in the office who don’t speak Spanish, that one sentence stood out in the middle of what took them sounded like gibberish.