New answers tagged rudeness
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You can - respectfully - ask. It's that simple. "Please, it's difficult for me to follow conversations that switch languages frequently. Would you mind keeping conversations in English around me?" There's a decent chance the answer will be "sure, sorry to confuse."
Of course, the next question is "how do I get them to follow my ...
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