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

Never Assume

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My grandfather comes from the island/country of Malta, a very small land mass with not too many people. The language they speak there is called “Maltese”.

Anyways my grandfather and his dad were in London England where absolutely nobody has heard of Maltese let alone speaks it.

They were in an elevator together when a women walked in, and my great grandfather said to my grandfather (in Maltese) “This women’s face is so ugly she could stop a clock”

My grandfather laughed, but when the elevator got to the lady’s stop upon exiting she turned around and said in perfect Maltese “WELL YOUR MOTHER WAS UGLIER”

Moral of the story; never assume the random lady in the elevator can’t understand you.

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