The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoHow did they know?imagemessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up1974arrow-down110
arrow-up1964arrow-down1imageHow did they know?The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square157linkfedilink
minus-squareedinbruh@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoYeah, that was what I was thinking. There’s no way a French person spoke in English of their own volition
minus-squareSimon_Shitewood@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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-up1·22 hours agoThey probably thought you weren’t European, and switched to patronising you.
minus-squareccunix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoNow it has become a way for people to blow their own trumpet.
Yeah, that was what I was thinking. There’s no way a French person spoke in English of their own volition
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.
Now it has become a way for people to blow their own trumpet.