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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where four people are out to dinner and they all speak one language at least passably well, is it polite for two of them to carry on a conversation in a language the other two cannot understand?[/quote]

I mean sure let’s dive into every conceivable situation, but yeah…as long as the other two are previously engaged in conversation. If my girlfriend and I are discussing “The Real Housewives of Potomac” and the other husband asks my husband about his new job or his recent golf outing, that’s fine. It’s not like their discussing nuclear arms deals or affairs. [/quote]

My sister and I were teenagers when we moved to the U.S. and speak in our native language when it’s just us. Our husbands are American and don’t speak our native language. If the four of us went out to dinner, it would be rude for me and my sister to have a conversation in our language at the table even if the husbands were having their own conversation because part of being out socially with other people is being able to dip in and out of conversations and that’s unavailable to the people who don’t speak the language. I think that’s different than a parent turning and saying something quick to a child, though. [/quote]

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