SomeoneElse@lemmy.worldM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoEn España se habla español. lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down10
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkEn España se habla español. lemmy.worldSomeoneElse@lemmy.worldM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareYour Huckleberry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoI went to college with a Spanish guy, Milo I watched this exchange. Girl: “What kind of Spanish are you?” Milo: … Girl: “You know, like Mexican or Colombian or Puerto Rican?” Milo “No no, I’m from España” Girl: “But like, which country did you grow up in?” Milo: " España…uh Spain" Girl: … Me: “There’s a country in Europe called Spain, its the place where spanish originated, like England is where english originated.” Girl: “Duh” Me: “That’s where he’s from.” Girl: *suddenly realizes how dumb this whole exchange has been and dies of embarrassment.
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoAt least she acknowledged it, that’s better than other people in this situation
minus-squareYour Huckleberry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah, she was a very smart person, IIRC she was studying aeronautical engineering, literally a rocket scientist. Just one of those weird ways that you don’t think about your bias until it smacks you in the face.
I went to college with a Spanish guy, Milo I watched this exchange.
Girl: “What kind of Spanish are you?”
Milo: …
Girl: “You know, like Mexican or Colombian or Puerto Rican?”
Milo “No no, I’m from España”
Girl: “But like, which country did you grow up in?”
Milo: " España…uh Spain"
Girl: …
Me: “There’s a country in Europe called Spain, its the place where spanish originated, like England is where english originated.”
Girl: “Duh”
Me: “That’s where he’s from.”
Girl: *suddenly realizes how dumb this whole exchange has been and dies of embarrassment.
At least she acknowledged it, that’s better than other people in this situation
Yeah, she was a very smart person, IIRC she was studying aeronautical engineering, literally a rocket scientist. Just one of those weird ways that you don’t think about your bias until it smacks you in the face.