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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, you're going to do what you want to do.  
Yes, if you will offend some people.   if passing on your "culture" is more important to you than not offending people, that's your prerogative.  But don't pretend like other people are "wrong" for being offended. [/quote]
I'm completely baffled by this thread. So, let say, I'm at a playground with my child and we speak our non-English native language to each other, while doing our own thing, not as part of a group. And another mom at that playground with her child finds it OFFENSIVE that she cannot understand our conversation that doesn't include her? Why?! If the kids would be playing together and I would be addressing the group or if I was talking to the mom or other child, I would switch to English, of course.

As for foreign accents being annoying... no comment.[/quote]

PP you quoted here.

I'm not thinking of cases where you are in public  doing your own thing.   I'm thinking of:

I invite you and your child over for dinner.   While we are sitting together you ask your child "Did you wash your hands for dinner?"  in your language, and then your child responds in your language.   Then you respond to your child (again in your language) and a back and forth conversation occurs.   That is rude.[/quote]

White American here. It’s truly tragic you can’t see how badly you’re embarrassing yourself. [/quote]

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