I’ve lived in Texas as long as I can remember, but I was born in California.
Spanish finds it’s way into my everyday speech constantly.
My family is white as fuck, but my mother became fluent in college.
I took Spanish in high school for my foreign language credits.
While I’m not fluent, I’ve worked closely with people who primarily speak Spanish with a little broken English.
The little bit of Spanish I recall, and the little bit of English they know, allowed us to work together.
Is that irritating?
janus2@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
wait is it genuinely irritating to sprinkle in greetings/thanks/you’re-welcomes in other languages cuz i do that a lot cuz i like learning new words 🥺
pancakes@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Unfortunately you are not allowed to speak in tongues outside of those you were born into.
Also nice username.
janus2@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
🥞🤜🤛🥞
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
🍽️ hmmm
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
yea, it’s irritating by way of inconvenience, especially in monocultures like the states, but it isn’t wrong or a “bad” behavior, so go for it.
janus2@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
mercí 🥴
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
de rien!
SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Same… Do people hate me?
Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 month ago
As someone that does this…
People say I’m irritating but endearing.
So take that as you will.
Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Depends on context.
This is the same idea as answering the phone with “Talk to me” which is generally from a pompous arrogant character.
Like “I’m here, what do you have to say?”
ZOSTED@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Howdy howdy howdy!
I honestly can’t stop greeting people like this, even though I’ve never stepped foot in a place where it doesn’t snow
janus2@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
🤠 happy cake day pardner
interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
All the people I’ve met who did that also happened to be irritating douchebags. Now whether there is a causal relationship and what is the direction of that relationship, I can’t say.