Miscellaneous: Today, at a bar, I overheard two attractive men speaking in French....

TwirlyWhirl 9 November 2015, 08:17 Cincinnati, United States

Today, at a bar, I overheard two attractive men speaking in French. I went over and tried to introduce myself with what little French I know. They looked at me like I was crazy and then said in English, "What are you doing?" Turns out they weren't speaking French. FML

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TwirlyWhirl 8

9 November 2015, 21:23

Hey everyone, OP here. This actually happened a few months ago when I was studying abroad in Dublin, Ireland. Yes, I had already had a few drinks. I was also with several other study abroad students who were from Spain and Italy and everyone unanimously agreed that the two men were speaking French. It probably didn't help that we weren't very close to them and it was loud in the bar. The two men were actually from Denmark and they were speaking Danish. I definitely learned my lesson never tried to do anything like that again.

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Quendolin 24

9 November 2015, 18:17

The awkwardness that came up thereafter was strong enough to kill a small to medium-sized dog!

WitEluded 13

9 November 2015, 18:18

Just pretend to be French and maybe they will be into it?

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AkBunny907 18

9 November 2015, 20:52

I had one of those moments myself recently. You just have to sit there for a second and decide if what your hearing is really what you think it is before acting on it. Better luck next time!

TwirlyWhirl 8

9 November 2015, 21:23

beeferjay 34

9 November 2015, 22:25

so I'm guessing there was no Danish doughnut making then?

Spark_Slicker 19

9 November 2015, 23:57

I actually can see how you could mistake the language for French though. Just the other day I was watching a Danish film and there were a couple parts when the actors spoke that it sounded similar to French to me.

emeraldisle 30

10 November 2015, 00:36

What pub were you at? I live in Dublin.

Waschlappen 23

10 November 2015, 09:03

I thank you for thinking that danish sounds like french. I'm a dane myself, and usually I'm told we sound like we're speaking with a potato in our mouths, that our language is flat and boring, so to be compared to a language that a lot of people find romantic and beautiful is awesome!

VeganDarkLight 31

10 November 2015, 17:18

#65, if it makes you feel good, i actually love the Danish language! But I don't think it sounds like French which is fine for me since that's my least favourite language.

mwali02 32

11 November 2015, 11:28

I say good for you for being brave and trying your luck. You never know when it will work! Kudos to you OP! :)

vqjkbervlb 13

9 November 2015, 21:24

This may be the funny beginning of a long love story

Limeila 10

9 November 2015, 23:13

My father tried to seduce my mother by pretending he was serbo-crotian when they were young (he heard she dated a greek guy before him and guessed she liked strangers). He made up some words supposed to mean "Hello", etc. Bad luck for him, she was the only girl in the whole college knowing some words in the actual language. She laughed, but still married him 3 years later (and they are still together more than 30 years later) ;) Sorry for long comment but it made me think of it ^^

teentee401 37

10 November 2015, 01:16

^^^That's super sweet!

WinterChild 20

9 November 2015, 21:30

Pretty sure if they found you attractive and you came up to them. The first words out of their mouth would not be "what are you doing?" No matter what language you spoke to them.