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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I say "gracias" all the time. But now I'm wondering...

Went to the local Mexican joint, waiter started talking to my Filipina wife in Spanish. She gamely answered back with a word or two, was obviously confused.

Now I'm scared that people will think I'm mistaking them for Mexican when I toss out a word or two.

Just to fuck with my wife; She was talking to a friend in Tagalog when I walked in the kitchen.

"Hey! It's $friend on the phone! Say hi!"

"Nǐhǎo."

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's worth noting that Tagalog and some other Filipino languages share a pretty large vocabulary with Spanish actually. Of course they have huge differences in other ways but she may have actually understood a bit.

That wasn't the point of the comment though I know.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 20 points 9 months ago

If I was that waiter, and it was an honest attempt at being polite by your mom, I’d have been happy with that friendly customer. Kind people, you are my tribe and I love you all dearly!

[–] tazy@lemmy.tazy.xyz 10 points 9 months ago

Ancient meme

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

The image chosen to go with these words is, <chef's kiss>!

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This was never a problem back when Styx was popular.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

For doing the job

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

lol 😆 how do people come up with these memes??

[–] tazy@lemmy.tazy.xyz 15 points 9 months ago

they go back 6 years on reddit

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I like to do that for fun.

[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

In the suburb I grew up in, a lot of the restaurant workers spoke Spanish, so even at the sushi place the Japanese chef would speak Spanish to the staff, saying gracias could be no different than arigato or thank you lol

[–] fl42v@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

Just say ACK or something

[–] Andrew15_5@mander.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

ごちそうさまでした。