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this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2024
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I say "gracias" all the time. But now I'm wondering...
Went to the local Mexican joint, waiter started talking to my Filipina wife in Spanish. She gamely answered back with a word or two, was obviously confused.
Now I'm scared that people will think I'm mistaking them for Mexican when I toss out a word or two.
Just to fuck with my wife; She was talking to a friend in Tagalog when I walked in the kitchen.
"Hey! It's $friend on the phone! Say hi!"
"Nǐhǎo."
It's worth noting that Tagalog and some other Filipino languages share a pretty large vocabulary with Spanish actually. Of course they have huge differences in other ways but she may have actually understood a bit.
That wasn't the point of the comment though I know.