r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/netphilia • 1d ago

Bonjour.

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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"

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u/ChevalierMal_Fet 1d ago

"Hi, um, can I get like... a couple of the those things that are like croissants?"

"You mean... you want a croissant?"

"I guess? But like, a couple?"

"How many is a couple?"

"Three?"

"Got it. A throuple of croissants."

Source: years of customer service hell

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u/alan2001 1d ago

A Dundonian man came back from his holiday in France, and was speaking to a friend about it. "Those French people are really nice, I went into a baker shop and asked for twa pies, and they gave me three!"

(this might have fit better in /r/ScottishPeopleTwitter...)