27 of the Funniest Times People Didn’t Know Someone Was Bilingual
‘The look of horror on their faces is forever burned in my brain’
There are many reasons to learn another language, but only one of them is immensely rewarding to the sickos among us — eavesdropping with a twist.
It’s already fun to listen in on — excuse me, “accidentally overhear” — other people’s conversations in your primary language, but it’s a rush like no other when the speakers don’t think you can understand them. And while, yeah, you’d like to think that they have better things to do than talk about you in another language, these stories prove that actually, they don’t.
These are some of the funniest times bilingual people pulled a “gotcha” on unsuspecting victims, and remember: Language may be different everywhere, but nosiness is universal.
