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  • More times than I can count. Mostly it has been when working as a waitress in London. French and from the former USSR were the most common. Although the last time it happened I was on the tube and a man started talking to me in Greek. Even after it was clear I had no clue what he was saying, and he had switched to English, he didn't believe I wasn't Greek, and had the cheek to suggest maybe the man I thought was my Dad wasn't my dad. I know that I must not look English since people always assume I'm foreign.
  • 1) Sehr merkwürdig... 2) I have one typical experience, but it is not exceptional. Often, when I am travelling in a foreign country, some people of that country start to talk to me in their language. That is, they don't assume that I am a foreigner. 3) Another experience is that people often guess that I am from a different country than my country of origin. Foreigners of various countries even often guess that I am from their own country. However, they very rarely start to address me in their language, except in the above case where I am visiting their country.

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