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Originally Posted by rubytuesday
I can kind of understand it though. If someone walked up to you in America and started speaking french or german or whatever and expected you to be able to respond you'd find them arrogant. It's only us that expect other cultures to speak english even just by saying "do you speak english?". If you reverse that into another language in your country it would get a really strange response.
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I wouldn't think they were arrogant, I would assume they didn't speak English and attempt to find someone who spoke French and gesture at them in such a way to let them know that I don't understand them.