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What words, phrases or signs do you use and how do you get your partner's attention?

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[-] 1bluepixel@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Haha, I've caught plenty of Chinese speakers having what they presume are private conversations in my presence, and sometimes even about me. People just automatically assume non-Asians can't speak Chinese, even when these non-Asians live in China.

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This happens to me sometimes as I lived in enough places that I understand a lot of common stuff in various European languages even though I don't speak them beyond ordering a beer or whatever.

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