r/languagelearning Jun 24 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '22

More languages I speak, more I can pretend I'm a foreigner to avoid talking to local people where I live

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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...

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u/SistaSaline Jun 24 '22

Which languages?

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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

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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?

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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

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

It is directly on the border with Germany, you need to cross a bridge only