Why do ppl speak in their own language (whatever that may be) in front of you when they know you cant understand? I have filipino friends who do that to me all the time and i think that it is rude ....i dont care if they speak it on their own time but not on our lucnch breaks Oh well guess i will secretly have to learn their language

used to happen in school and in like nail places

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making you paranoid??

obviously if they know you don't speak it then their not talking to you, and if their not talking to you then why would you care what language they speak? and if their not talking to you why should they say it so you can understand? is that any of your business?

i need some lessons

In my experience it is BECAUSE they know you don't understand and they want to talk about you.

My sister was checked out by a latin individual and his buddies one time who felt the need to speak spanish about it. I picked up on body language, but my sister actually KNEW spanish, but pretended she didn't know what they were saying til a few minutes later. It was hilarious for her to finally calmly turn to them and say in spanish that she understood everything they said... they apologized immediately.

when i was a dental nurse, i worked for a indian practice. in front of patients they would talk in indian, thats fine because they cant talk english. BUT what really pissed me off was when the staff that could all talk english would talk to each other in indian in front of me and other members of staff, no that is really rude.

cause they r probaly talking about the person who doesnt know the language

That's quite an assumption.

seems a tad paranoid. Not everything is about you. Perhaps because it is their native tongue it is more comfortable for them to use it to converse with each other. I am not sure why someone would care what language other people are speaking, if that person was not involved in the conversation. If I were living in a foreign country I would probably speak that language when talking to natives of that country, but English to other Americans who might be there. Why wouldn't I? Seems silly not to.

but its rude,

there would be me in the surgery, and 2 indian members of staff, and they talk in punjabi or whatever it is, that is rude when they can talk in english. if they need to discuss something in private go to another room. im sorry but thats rude as ****

Hey just because she's paranoid it doesn't mean they're not talking about her Or does it?

If you spoke German and were in Berlin with other Americans which language would you speak? Seriously. I'd do the english.

It doesn't bother me at all. An English speaking person talks about you when you aren't around so what difference does it really make? I guess the saying: "If you have something to say, say it my face" is out the door though.

Ohhh... I much prefer it be done behind my back. Then I can be blissfully ignorant and not have to get all pissy... saves me so much time.

If your a nurse or a doctor and you happen to know another language and your fellow employees do as well and you speak something at work that's not english, you can get fired on the spot!

Where?

Why is that bad? It's how I learned to curse in spanish in high school, I don't mind really if I don't know what their saying I just speak German and throw them off cause not many people speak that haha.

I don't know when you accidentally overhear something their reactions can be quite amusing. "I'm sorry WHAT were you saying?!"

It is rude to do this if a group of you are together for lunch, as this person indicated. It excludes the non-speaking person from participating in a conversation.