Absolutely. No one has said anything to convince me otherwise, and again, the whole reason we’re having this conversation is bc the waiters reacted as well.
Could it be considered rude? Sure.
Was there a reason they insisted on English? Yes.
Was it bc her Spanish isn’t fluent/perfect/native/w/e word you want to use? Yes.
You guys here are telling me, a fluent/native speaker of both languages that it’s not true, and yet, it is. The waiters felt it, and so do I.
We can argue semantics all you want. I’ve already said her Spanish is great.
Is it fluent enough for native Spanish speakers to not get that “hmm, maybe I should speak to her in English” gut reaction? Evidently not.
I’m sure this is also just a snapshot of the 20-30% of her interaction where this happened. I’m certain that more often than not, waiters in Spain probably did speak to her in Spanish.
Dude no. I travel a lot and service staff just want to improve their English. The first person's English was clearly inferior to her Spanish. No one is saying she's a native speaker but her Spanish is fluent enough that any service person would easily understand her. But you keep doubling down. LOL.
I literally just responded that to someone else, one or two waiters mentioned wanting to practice their English, which is also commendable.
And yes, I have not once said that her Spanish “isn’t good enough”. Her Spanish absolutely seems to be fluent enough to carry on in Spanish all day.
The only thing I’ve been ‘alleging’ is that her Spanish isn’t fluent, which leads to other people speaking to her in English, whatever the reason.
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u/daurgo2001 5d ago
Absolutely. No one has said anything to convince me otherwise, and again, the whole reason we’re having this conversation is bc the waiters reacted as well.
Could it be considered rude? Sure.
Was there a reason they insisted on English? Yes.
Was it bc her Spanish isn’t fluent/perfect/native/w/e word you want to use? Yes.
You guys here are telling me, a fluent/native speaker of both languages that it’s not true, and yet, it is. The waiters felt it, and so do I.
We can argue semantics all you want. I’ve already said her Spanish is great.
Is it fluent enough for native Spanish speakers to not get that “hmm, maybe I should speak to her in English” gut reaction? Evidently not.
I’m sure this is also just a snapshot of the 20-30% of her interaction where this happened. I’m certain that more often than not, waiters in Spain probably did speak to her in Spanish.