r/facepalm • u/GlitterMackenzie • Sep 02 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Smarts. He has it.

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u/-P-M-A- Sep 02 '24

This is a classic “sorry my English is bad” post. You are more articulate than most native English speakers.

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u/arzis_maxim Sep 02 '24

When it is your second language, you feel more self-conscious about it

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u/Fight_those_bastards Sep 02 '24

Meanwhile, the vast majority of us in America are all,

wait, there’s a second language?

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u/Open-Industry-8396 Sep 02 '24

Funny, I was interviewing potential employees. This woman proudly said that she speaks both languages. I just looked at her, thinking she was going to clarify. Nope, just proudly stared at me. She was so proud of herself that I just had to hire her. You go on and kick some ass young lady!

It turned out to be a great hire.

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u/DontPutThatDownThere Sep 02 '24

...do we know which languages "both" refer to yet or is that an Easter egg for the future?

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u/Open-Industry-8396 Sep 02 '24

It was a Portuguese community in southeast Massachusetts. It's all she knew existed. 😁

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u/JohnGillnitz Sep 02 '24

English and bad English.