and sometimes its human nature to believe that you are being talked about, its one of the weird quirks of humans.

I suppose we'll find out soon enough.

I don't think loli phabay could have held on much longer.

never even thought of the translator stuff online, even though its worse than the predictive sex on my phone for screwing up sentences.

Mine is entirely unpredictable.

to rabbis, i have no idea why the companies think that its a great tool as it seems to change everything to innappropriate words. god help me if i ask my boss if i can ride in her volvo. lol

"ride in her volvo"!

I welcome all languages and am jealous that I only know one.

And, for what it's worth, I was never allowed to say "Shut Up!"

And what language is that? Just curious.

That is, I'm envious of those that can speak or pick up other languages. I've had Latin and Deutsch, yet all I ever retained from either were pronunciations and grammar. You have to practice that vocabulary or you'll lose it.

I do love listening to music in other languages, though. I like the sound of them. Of course, it helps if they can sing well, too

So you made a mistake and did not follow your own advice. Move on. This is a hard time in this country for people who are bilingual, and that is a shame. I cannot answer why it has to be this way, but we both know that it just is. Stick with your advice, it will be a benefit to both of you.....even if it makes no sense.

If you don't teach your children how to speak your native tongue fluently, they'll look at you like you're a fuck up parent.

You can't win with them.

and retain your self-esteem by befriending the contract professional.

AND if its ever necessary, ask them where THEIR ancestors came from. Highly unlikely they're Native Americans, I'd guess.

language are talking about people that are right there. I remember one time when I was a little girl some people sitting next to us in a restaurant were talking to each other in a foreign language. Little did they know that my father (whose parents were born in Norway) understand them. They were talking about my family, apparently uncomplimentary, my father answered them in Norwegian and we left. My father never told us what they had said. I think that's what people who hear a foreign language fear.

tongue and to translate anything that needs to be, its just good manners.

We're both fluent Spanish speakers, and I asked her something one day in Spanish.
Our "lovely" colleague said "Oh, how cute. You both have a secret language." I was floored. We were all graduate students at the time.

Q.What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? A. Bi-lingual. Q. What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages? A. Tri-Lingual. Q. What do you call someone who only speaks 1 language? A. American.

Here's to all multilingual Americans!

speak. You don't know what they're saying.

It's a natural thing. If two Chinese people came to work at your place, and they sometimes would speak Chinese to each other, even though they could speak English or your language, after a while you'd probably get irritated, too. It's rude, in a way.

It happens a lot to English-only speakers. So it probably builds up over the time...the irritation factor.

Folks from all over the globe. Most speak mostly in English, but not exclusively. Can some feel insecure when they hear a couple of people speaking in a language they do not understand? Yes. Some people are that way. Can't change them. Just is. Don't let them get you down.