Does "say it in English, but louder" ever work when talking to non-Eng!
Question:
Does "say it in English, but louder" ever work when talking to non-English speakers?
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2 days ago
It seems to me to be a horribly English attitude.
Answers:
I was a teacher in a school in a town that a well-known technical university. We had a lot of parents and some students that didn't speak English.
One night we were having Parents' Night. I was standing in the hall taking a break when I heard my buddy talking to a parent. As he talked his voice became louder and louder. So I moved closer to his room to see what was going on. He was talking to a parent. Finally, the parent spoke to him in very broken English saying, "I'm not deaf. I just no speak English." My friend was so embarrassed and I was almost having a heart attack from laughing so hard. My fellow teacher was kidded about that for years.
We live in the SW part of th US. I don't speak Spanish, but always try to speak in a normal tone. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW!!!!
And no, it doesn't work. The other person just looks at you as if you have a mental disorder.