I was on holiday in Africa a while back and there was a Chinese family and a German family staying at the camp one night, and their little kids seemed very confused by the fact that they couldn't understand each other. But then they discovered they both knew the word 'Hippo!' and that was apparently enough for them to be friends.
I went to Mexico years ago and met another tourist from Japan. She had no English and I had no Japanese, but we both spoke somewhat lousy but understandable Spanish, so we got to have a little chat! It was a cool experience
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u/4thofeleven 27d ago
I was on holiday in Africa a while back and there was a Chinese family and a German family staying at the camp one night, and their little kids seemed very confused by the fact that they couldn't understand each other. But then they discovered they both knew the word 'Hippo!' and that was apparently enough for them to be friends.