“Speaking something no one else understands can be interpreted as suspicious. What could they possibly be saying that they don’t want me to know?”
The girls they picked up the night before? Problems back at home? A lousy boss? The excessive paranoia of some Americans? Strategy they plan to play out in the training, which might sound threatening if they talked about it in English? ED problems? How to deal with rampant diarrhea from eating unfamiliar food? Their no-good children?
However, the most likely explanation is that these guys have different levels of proficiency in English, so the easiest and best understood way to communicate is in their native language. Americans do it all the time in other countries, even Americans who are proficient in the other language.
However, the most likely explanation is that these guys have different levels of proficiency in English, so the easiest and best understood way to communicate is in their native language. Americans do it all the time in other countries, even Americans who are proficient in the other language.
I can relate to that... but on the opposite side of the spectrum... here in Japan, foreigners are looked down upon (not by all, but by many) for speaking “such a pure language that foreigners can`t comprehend what is meant, not what is said”(Japanese, of course).... not that I agree... I get amusement speaking Japanese to them... it puts them in shock/nightmare mode.. ;)