Bilingual People Share Their Greatest “I Didn’t Know You Spoke the Language” Stories

This is Taking Forever

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My dad decided to come with me to the pet store while I got crickets for my gecko. The cashier (who looked and sounded 100% American) ordered a dozen of them. It took an unusually long amount of time for the insects to arrive, and my dad kept mumbling complaints to me in Armenian. Things like, “She’s taking forever. Can she go any slower?”

I replied in Armenian that it wasn’t her fault, it’s not in her control, it’s up to the other employee getting the crickets. And after a good couple minutes of this back and forth the cashier joins our Armenian with her own. “You’re Armenian too?” My dad shut up instantly but she was so kind she carried on the conversation as if he hadn’t insulted her in the first place. That still didn’t stop him from turning into a tomato though. AwesomeDragon101

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