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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
Is that merely 'in the presence of' or 'in the company of'? If it's the latter then yes it is indeed bad manners, but if it's the former then why on earth shouldn't they speak their own language amongst themselves? If I was in France with my English family I would speak to them in English not in French even though I would speak to French people in French.
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The point I was trying to make willow, was that these people 'can' speak English when it suits them, but not when we are around. Gary if I lived or aspired to live in another country, I would ensure I could at least get 'by' with the local language. The bad 'manners' comes in when they revert back to mother tongue in our presence, in my opinion this is their way of sticking two fingers up at us, because we do not understand what they are saying. This is not conjusive to good relations, or integration.