majestic guy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoLanguage barrierlemmy.worldimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1706arrow-down13
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minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-210 hours agoSo very much this, I’ve been living in a foreign country for 6 months now and taking language classes. I can eavesdrop better than just about any other skill. Including understanding when spoken to directly. Doesn’t help basically everyone speaks English.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours ago I can eavesdrop better than just about any other skill. You would have been SUCH a successful spy 40 years ago when top secret stuff was still mainly via face to face conversations 😁
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 hours agoThem: Papiere bitte Me: What? Uhhh I mean, was? Them: 🤨
So very much this, I’ve been living in a foreign country for 6 months now and taking language classes. I can eavesdrop better than just about any other skill. Including understanding when spoken to directly.
Doesn’t help basically everyone speaks English.
You would have been SUCH a successful spy 40 years ago when top secret stuff was still mainly via face to face conversations 😁
Them: Papiere bitte
Me: What? Uhhh I mean, was?
Them: 🤨