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[quote=Anonymous]I would venture to say that they aren't doing it intentionally to be rude, but just out of convenience. Sometimes it is easier to express certain feelings in other languages -- particularly if there is certain idioms. And then once they've started, well there it is. The way to deal, is when you are interested, ask "what are you guys talking about?" to everyone. They'll explain and start talking where you can join. And after a few times, they'll just do more english normally, because they'll figure you want to participate in the conversation. Really, it can be a vicious cycle, if you just let it go... once you show you are disinterested, they have less motivation to switch to english -- because they are comfortable with the other language, and nobody who is interested needs english anyway, right?[/quote]
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