Apr 30, 2017
When I find out I’ve been saying a word incorrectly for years and no one ever told me:
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When I find out I’ve been saying a word incorrectly for years and no one ever told me:
When my fellow expats and I get used to being stopped on the street for photos with random strangers:
When a stranger is making rude comments about you and your friends in a language they mistakenly assume none of you understand...and then your friend makes a witty retort:
When I’m the only person of a different nationality at a party and everyone around me starts passionately singing a song I’ve never heard and I’m just like:
Watching your vegan friend realize she’s been eating rice boiled in fish stock for the past two years:
When someone tells me my look is not on trend but I’m rocking something current from another part of the world:
That moment you realize either your language skills are not where you thought they were, or your friends are murderers...and you're not sure which you'd prefer to be true:
When things start to get intense in a multi-lingual group chat: