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Today I was a spy.

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 Language Learning Forum : Cultural Experiences in Foreign Languages Post Reply
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Leopejo
Bilingual Triglot
Senior Member
Italy
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Speaks: Italian*, Finnish*, English
Studies: French, Russian

 
 Message 25 of 27
14 April 2008 at 2:56am | IP Logged 
bela_lugosi wrote:
Ristorante Villetta, Helsinki. Those Neapolitan waiters are utter pr*cks. >:(

That's my ex mother-in-law's favourite place! What she loves most are the exuberant waiters... (really, not making this up)

Now, she speaks Italian quite well and would understand if someone would speak bad of her. But she has no problem criticizing the food and they still love her.


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Snesgamer
Groupie
Afghanistan
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Studies: English*, German, Spanish, Norwegian, Scottish Gaelic

 
 Message 26 of 27
29 December 2009 at 3:34am | IP Logged 
I could technically "spy" on people if I overhead a conversation of theirs in German, but unfortunately I live in an area where an occasion like that would be exceedingly rare.
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Alvinho
Triglot
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Brazil
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Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish

 
 Message 27 of 27
30 December 2009 at 5:29pm | IP Logged 
My hometown is not a tourist spot just like Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Foz do Iguazu.....by the time I lived there it was common to meet backpackers hanging around and talking to them in English....most people in certain places just overheard our chat and there were cases that some thought we were ordinary locals speaking English in order to show off.


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