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Originally Posted by thenry
unless someones on a holiday thats just arrogant. people living in a country should speak the said countries recognized language. may be I've been brought up in an old fashion way. its common courtesy to be honest.
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Why is it common courtesy? If you want to bring that into it, the language they are speaking is irrelevant as you shouldn't be listening to them.
Fair enough if you have invited someone somewhere and they sit there jabbering away in another language. That is rude.
Also, how would you feel if you heard someone on the phone? A friend of mine frequently switches to French on the phone, but that's only because she has some French friends who speak little or no English. She was bought up speaking both those languages, and Dutch so is fluent in all three. If she is in the pub with me and one of them calls, would it be rude of her to answer the phone in French?