What words, phrases or signs do you use and how do you get your partner’s attention?

  • radix
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    141 year ago

    That’s probably a cultural thing, isn’t it? In diverse areas, people don’t expect to understand what they hear others say, so there’s no “Speak ___; we’re in ___” culture.

    • @AstridWipenaugh
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      331 year ago

      I’d say it’s more of a context thing. If you’re hanging out in a group of people chatting together and you code switch to speak to someone so nobody else can understand, that’s rude. If you’re just speaking to someone in another language on your own, nobody cares (except xenophobic bigots).

      • radix
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        111 year ago

        Oh, that makes sense. I didn’t consider anyone would do that.