I kinda have this weird idea where I would hypothetically visit China (where I was born) some time in the future (like as a tourist), then I would go chat up some random foreigners in China, and pretend I don’t speak English, then later reveal I do speak English, and then they’d be so surprised like “OMG this Chinese person speaks perfect English?” (because I immigrated to the US as a kid). I kinda want to do this as a prank. I mean I know it sounds silly, but its like the reverse of those youtubers that learn Chinese and surprise Chinese people. I mean, they’d probably eventually figure out that I was grew up in a English speaking country, but its still funny to do this as a prank to confuse people (especially people who’s native language is Engish) 😅.
Anyways… what’s are your stories (or even hypothetical scenarios) involving languages that you want to share?
I recently went to play disc golf for the first time and I was there with my friend whose from India and doesn’t speak Finnish so we talk English. Well some stranger saw me struggling with my throws so he came to give me tips and he probably heard us speaking english and assumed I was a foreigner too so he spoke english to me too then despite the fact that we were both Finnish. Then again, maybe he knew and just didn’t want to exclude my friend. Funny situation nevertheless.