The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHow did they know?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square159linkfedilinkarrow-up1989
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minus-squareedinbruh@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoYeah, that was what I was thinking. There’s no way a French person spoke in English of their own volition
minus-squareccunix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoNow it has become a way for people to blow their own trumpet.
minus-squareSimon_Shitewood@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI always found it pretty easy - just start speaking french with an English accent and they’ll start speaking English just to make you stop.
minus-squareedinbruh@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThey probably thought you weren’t European, and switched to patronising you.
Yeah, that was what I was thinking. There’s no way a French person spoke in English of their own volition
Now it has become a way for people to blow their own trumpet.
I always found it pretty easy - just start speaking french with an English accent and they’ll start speaking English just to make you stop.
They probably thought you weren’t European, and switched to patronising you.