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Oh nooo (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I say "gracias" all the time. But now I'm wondering...

Went to the local Mexican joint, waiter started talking to my Filipina wife in Spanish. She gamely answered back with a word or two, was obviously confused.

Now I'm scared that people will think I'm mistaking them for Mexican when I toss out a word or two.

Just to fuck with my wife; She was talking to a friend in Tagalog when I walked in the kitchen.

"Hey! It's $friend on the phone! Say hi!"

"Nǐhǎo."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's worth noting that Tagalog and some other Filipino languages share a pretty large vocabulary with Spanish actually. Of course they have huge differences in other ways but she may have actually understood a bit.

That wasn't the point of the comment though I know.