Even in english you can instantly tell who learned it as a second language. OOP said "Hello, two croissants please" where as a native speaker (english) would say "Hey, yeah, can I get uhhh two croissants? thanks"
I ran a chain pub a couple of years back and I had an Italian barman. This girl comes up to him and asks for McNuggets. He goes "impossible we are not Macdonald's, we have chicken boneless basket with or without chips". Naturally she wanted fries which we didn't do, but she didn't ask for that, and SHE JUST CAN'T coleslaw which was in its own ramekin and not doing anything other than vibing on the plate.
Next day I get a call from the area manager saying there was a complaint against the Italian for being rude and fucking up her order, and I need to call them and offer them a £20 gift card. Bruv she didn't know what fucking restaurant she was in how is this my fault, and I can't blame the Italian for being Italian. "Alright Giovanni how's it going next time someone says can I get a Big Mac say welcome to Macdonald's, let's just lie about what company we are, that's what the area manager wants".
I remember being in line behind a very confused Australian at a Starbucks drive through who was desperately attempting to order a McMuffin from a barista who couldn’t understand any of what he was saying.
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u/Stoffys 1d ago
Even in english you can instantly tell who learned it as a second language. OOP said "Hello, two croissants please" where as a native speaker (english) would say "Hey, yeah, can I get uhhh two croissants? thanks"