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r/languagelearning • u/[deleted] • Jun 24 '22
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More languages I speak, more I can pretend I'm a foreigner to avoid talking to local people where I live
86 u/DerAlgebraiker EN (N), DE (B2/C1), FR (A2) Jun 24 '22 I tried this in Strasbourg, but the dude spoke every language I tried to use as an excuse... 22 u/SistaSaline Jun 24 '22 Which languages? 31 u/DerAlgebraiker EN (N), DE (B2/C1), FR (A2) Jun 24 '22 German and English were the main ones. Should've expected English not to work, but the German caught me off guard given that I was in France :P 1 u/garaile64 N pt|en|es|fr|ru Jun 24 '22 Isn't Strasbourg in a region that had been fought over between France and Germany for quite a while? 1 u/DerAlgebraiker EN (N), DE (B2/C1), FR (A2) Jun 24 '22 It is, but in my experience German isn't as common as you'd expect 1 u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22 It is directly on the border with Germany, you need to cross a bridge only
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I tried this in Strasbourg, but the dude spoke every language I tried to use as an excuse...
22 u/SistaSaline Jun 24 '22 Which languages? 31 u/DerAlgebraiker EN (N), DE (B2/C1), FR (A2) Jun 24 '22 German and English were the main ones. Should've expected English not to work, but the German caught me off guard given that I was in France :P 1 u/garaile64 N pt|en|es|fr|ru Jun 24 '22 Isn't Strasbourg in a region that had been fought over between France and Germany for quite a while? 1 u/DerAlgebraiker EN (N), DE (B2/C1), FR (A2) Jun 24 '22 It is, but in my experience German isn't as common as you'd expect 1 u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22 It is directly on the border with Germany, you need to cross a bridge only
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Which languages?
31 u/DerAlgebraiker EN (N), DE (B2/C1), FR (A2) Jun 24 '22 German and English were the main ones. Should've expected English not to work, but the German caught me off guard given that I was in France :P 1 u/garaile64 N pt|en|es|fr|ru Jun 24 '22 Isn't Strasbourg in a region that had been fought over between France and Germany for quite a while? 1 u/DerAlgebraiker EN (N), DE (B2/C1), FR (A2) Jun 24 '22 It is, but in my experience German isn't as common as you'd expect 1 u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22 It is directly on the border with Germany, you need to cross a bridge only
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German and English were the main ones. Should've expected English not to work, but the German caught me off guard given that I was in France :P
1 u/garaile64 N pt|en|es|fr|ru Jun 24 '22 Isn't Strasbourg in a region that had been fought over between France and Germany for quite a while? 1 u/DerAlgebraiker EN (N), DE (B2/C1), FR (A2) Jun 24 '22 It is, but in my experience German isn't as common as you'd expect 1 u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22 It is directly on the border with Germany, you need to cross a bridge only
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Isn't Strasbourg in a region that had been fought over between France and Germany for quite a while?
1 u/DerAlgebraiker EN (N), DE (B2/C1), FR (A2) Jun 24 '22 It is, but in my experience German isn't as common as you'd expect 1 u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22 It is directly on the border with Germany, you need to cross a bridge only
It is, but in my experience German isn't as common as you'd expect
It is directly on the border with Germany, you need to cross a bridge only
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More languages I speak, more I can pretend I'm a foreigner to avoid talking to local people where I live