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tanyev

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23. I prefer to hear people talking to each other in languages other than English.

Reply to generalbetrayus (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 01:14 PM

10 hrs ago

When you’re in a public place it’s impossible to avoid eavesdropping on people near you who are talking loud enough to be heard. I’ve heard a lot of conversations about things I didn’t want to know.

When they’re talking in another language, it’s easier to tune it out if I’m trying to read, or I can listen and appreciate the musicality of the language and their expressiveness without understanding one word of it and feeling like a creepy eavesdropper.

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Words of wisdom from my awesome son-in-law on Facebook this morning. My daughter is a very lucky woman. [View all] generalbetrayus 13 hrs ago OP

Great attitude. badhair77 13 hrs ago #1

Oh, the butt hurt boys are always getting pissed off at being laughed at Walleye 12 hrs ago #2

I'm 100% with your Son-in-Law. MineralMan 12 hrs ago #3

It could make some people feel excluded PatSeg 12 hrs ago #4

Most people aren't being talked about by others in public. haele 12 hrs ago #6

This is true PatSeg 12 hrs ago #7

For most of history, in most parts of the world, a polyglot population has been the norm. eppur_se_muova 12 hrs ago #5

I'm too lazy to provide a link(s), but from my reading of the Middle East at the time of Jesus Christ, I have learned generalbetrayus 12 hrs ago #8

That's interesting about the French PatSeg 12 hrs ago #9

I know that Occitan/Provencal was actively spoken in the south. Probably German in the east. Dutch to the north. erronis 12 hrs ago #11

An Occitan author won a Nobel Prize in Literature. eppur_se_muova 11 hrs ago #20

Thank you, that was helpful PatSeg 8 hrs ago #29

Click on the link to the Wikipedia entry; it's pretty thorough. eppur_se_muova 11 hrs ago #18

Thank you PatSeg 8 hrs ago #30

This message was self-deleted by its author eppur_se_muova 11 hrs ago #19

What bothers me the most? otchmoson 12 hrs ago #10

Had an incident many years back in a Walmart rurallib 12 hrs ago #12

And I was sitting on a flight from Seattle to DC with a bunch of burly men speaking a strange language. erronis 7 hrs ago #31

It was a long time before English-speakers first showed up Seinan Sensei 11 hrs ago #13

I am pleased to send you a DU heart for this wonderful post. NNadir 11 hrs ago #14

Thank you! generalbetrayus 3 hrs ago #40

The GOP members LittleGirl 11 hrs ago #15

Exactly 👍👍💙 TommieMommy 11 hrs ago #16

I was six years old when we left Budapest I. 1956. ChazInAz 11 hrs ago #17

A very healthy attitude! You got a good one in that son-in-law. hamsterjill 10 hrs ago #21

I hear him. As for people who 'love to hate'. They are projecting their self-hatred onto others. Sick fucks. Joinfortmill 10 hrs ago #22

"Conservatism" isn't a coherent political philosophy; it's just a bad attitude William Seger 10 hrs ago #24

I prefer to hear people talking to each other in languages other than English. tanyev 10 hrs ago #23

I like hearing the other languages because they are beautiful and remind me that we are multi-cultural. erronis 7 hrs ago #32

Echo this! ihaveaquestion 10 hrs ago #25

Your son-in-law is a good person LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #26

Thank you, I agree. generalbetrayus 3 hrs ago #41

You know what irritates me???????? popsdenver 9 hrs ago #27

Yep, I get really ticked off about that too ... hard not to take it out on the operators, but not their fault ... eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #33

Yea popsdenver 3 hrs ago #39

I grew up with relatives speaking Italian around us kids... Historic NY 9 hrs ago #28

Wow, thanks for that ! nt eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #34

I'm very impressed. He knows a lot of words and is willing to learn more. Better than most Americans. erronis 6 hrs ago #36

The guy is brilliant! Easterncedar 1 hr ago #42

that was WONDERFUL Kali 3 min ago #43

I always feel guilty that I lost all of my Spanish vocabulary from mis-use kerry-is-my-prez 6 hrs ago #35

just curious Skittles 6 hrs ago #37

My daughter had a spanish speaking care giver, at her day care. My daughter was her favorite, cksmithy 4 hrs ago #38