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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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
The awkwardness that came up thereafter was strong enough to kill a small to medium-sized dog!
WitEluded 13
Just pretend to be French and maybe they will be into it?
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ScenePanda45 13
teube < that's French for dumbass....XD
HeatTransferFlow 12
Teubé* It is the "verlan" (reversed word) of "bête", which would translate to "dumb". It's close to "dumbass", but there is a slight difference.
sparkledoge 29
Indeed, without the accent at the end it sounds like the reverse pronunciation for "bite" (pronounce "beet") which means dick in french. And not as in "that guy is a dick".
TommyG493 11
Je suis lesbian
beeferjay 34
silly rabbit, trix r fer kids. hoping to get a little French action? hmm? you are naughty
Guzziii 12
Should have just continued speaking French to avoid the imminent awkwardness
2C0OL4SCH0OL 17
I think they were playing a prank on you, they spoke french and then pretended like they actually spoke English when you wanted to talk to them
AndrasteNyx 18
So.. what language was it?
gracehi 33
I had a near identical experience. I was climbing Machu Picchu when two of the most beautiful men I've ever seen in my life approached me, speaking in Spanish. "I'm sorry," I replied, "I don't speak Spanish." "We know," one of them said, "We're speaking English." Their accents were so think I didn't realize they were speaking my native tongue to me. I paused for a moment, mortified, then said, "Bye!" and ran away. What a smooth operator I am.
chuchusheep 19
that is completely hilarious but unfortunate.
DoomedGemini 38
I think it's pretty easy to mix up some languages. I tend to listen for sounds that are used and then for words I might know. And even with those two steps it's very easy to get some mixed up considering many languages develop from similar roots and borrow from each other.
callsign_banana 19
Alcohol turns English to French
Richard6036 13
So how can you put your foot in your mouth when the other ones already there
warrenhoward42 20
that is totally your fault