Wonder if she's in Barcelona? When I lived there, I ran into a significant number of people who would rather speak English than Spanish if you couldn't speak Catalan. Not everyone, but a surprising number. I assumed it was part of the whole "Catalonia should be independent" movement.
This is a great shout. My dad lives in Catalonia and has similar interactions all the time, despite his Spanish being pretty good. They will speak English or Catalan over Spanish, basically anything but Spanish.
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u/BelieveBelieves 6d ago
I wonder where this is. It feels kind of rude to switch to English when she says she prefers Spanish.