Post B5LaSOVQ3YM9ZLfRqK by 0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #B5LaSOVQ3YM9ZLfRqK by 0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange
       2026-04-16T08:32:31Z
       
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       I have an elderly neighbor; I always speak to her in Dutch (her native language, to be clear) and she always answers me in English. I think she just noticed, after two years, that I can speak Dutch 😅
       
 (DIR) Post #B5LaW6Bs5tNjvKI5J2 by LewisWorkshop@mastodon.online
       2026-04-16T09:13:27Z
       
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       @0xabad1dea I had a work colleague who was Dutch, and when he was really tired he'd switch back to speaking Dutch without thinking. I can just about understand enough Dutch to follow someone speaking it, but I can't speak it myself, so I'd answer him back in English when that happened. This was fine until my other monolingual colleague thought he was having a stroke because half of the conversation sounded like word salad to him.