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Originally Posted by lio45
Though I should mention none of us ever switches languages in the middle of sentences, like what you're talking about. That's actually weird. But within the same conversation, sure. Often it's the one whose language the conversation is taking place in that will switch to the other's mother tongue (out of "respect"/friendliness). If the conversation is long then this switch can happen a few times. I'll talk in English, he'll switch to French (to "accomodate" me, though I don't need that), then after a while I'll switch to English (to "accomodate" him, though he doesn't need that).
I suppose it would look a bit weird to foreigners. Though, being used to it, I would shrug if I witnessed, say, a German/Polish hybrid conversation from two locals on the interface between these two countries. I recall seeing that in California too. U.S.-born Latinos can often use either language between themselves.
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One thing you don't encounter much in Canada, not sure why, is two bilingual people, each speaking to the other only in their mother tongue. I think it's perceived as rude somehow, although I've seen it at government meetings, on rare occasions and not for any length of time
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