Comment on Sometimes when I say danke (thanks or thank you) some of my friends will say (and the spelling is wrong but it's as close as I can get) they will say danata or maybe it's dinata.

• sanguinepar@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

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• JimboDHimbo@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It feels paranoia inducing, because why are you switching languages while we’re talking? And who are you trying to hide our conversation from? The feds? 😂😂

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  • andrewta@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Honestly it was and is just a fun thing to do

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  • morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Feds can translate. No one’s trying to hide anything.

    I like to say graçias because I find the phrases “thanks” and “thank you very much” can often be interpreted to be sarcastic, and the phrase “thank you” can sound overly formal. Likewise, “you’re welcome” can sound overly formal, hence de nada.

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  • Soku@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I work in multinational company and I can say ‘thank you’ in 6-7 languages. I say abrigado to a Polish guy and spasibo to the Italian just for fun

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  • Bimfred@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think in two languages and sometimes one of them is better for expressing my thoughts, even if it’s not the language that we’ve been using for the conversation so far. And sometimes it just happens mid-sentence.

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