ArggghHH! Speaking in a foreign language in the office.

[Nervus]

Does anyone else have collegues who use random foreign words even though thet have a limited understanding of the language.

e.g. The twunts in our sales office answer telephone's with Bonjour, then have their conversation in english then sign off with danke, au revoir - Ignorant twonks!

It is now spreading throughout the company and there are multiple idiots wondering around spewing random ciao's, merci's and guten tag's!

I just wondered if this is a national epidemic or only existant here in planet zob?

[The Londoner]

Non

[hugoagogo]

Pot pourri, Nervus, pot pourri

[Graham E]

i totally disagree.

I work in a company that has loads of foreigns in my working circle - and as a true brit (who would like to be on tour), i feel the need to say please, thanks, and ask for the bill in the language i've guessed to be appropriate for the person I am speaking to. In my mind, this is polite, and excusable when I get confused as to what language to speak to a bloke in an italian resteraunt in berlin (French was seemingly what I was looking for, you lives and learns).

My group of foreigns seem to like the effort made, so I can't see it as a bad thing.

[Slikk]

[wobert]

Slikk said:

Bonnet du Douche Rodders

Mange Tout, Mange Tout

[johnfm]

que sera, sera

[Nervus]

Yeah but these are not foreign at all, they are from a local hick town on the outskirts of Newcastle. Nor are they speaking to foreigners and if they were thay couldn't get past the hello part anyway!

I get the distinct impression they think they are being cosmopoliton. I guess they are in a Del Trotter kind of way.

Retards!

[Spiritual_Beggar]

Slikk said:

That is exactly what springs to mind when reading the OP.

[Cheeky Jim]

Sounds like your office is filled with knackers bonny lad...

Hadaway and sh*te, aal reet pet!

It's virtually a foreign language anyway... ;D

[Bushmaster]

Qué?

[Davi]

Nervus said:

they are from a local hick town on the outskirts of Newcastle.

Well there you go then - no matter what they say it'll be in a foreign language, they certainly can't speak English

[Nervus]

Cheeky Jim said:

Sounds like your office is filled with knackers bonny lad...

Hadaway and sh*te, aal reet pet!

It's virtually a foreign language anyway... ;D

Exactly

[whitechief]

Nervus said:

Yeah but these are not foreign at all, they are from a local hick town on the outskirts of Newcastle. Nor are they speaking to foreigners and if they were thay couldn't get past the hello part anyway!

I get the distinct impression they think they are being cosmopoliton. I guess they are in a Del Trotter kind of way.

Retards!

They certainly don't sound like the "Creme de la menth" of society

[Mr POD]

I do my mornings greatings to my co workers in French. They respond in other languages. One in Japansese, one in German, one in Italian, One in Bangladeshi.

All of them are from Wigan and I'm a posh scouser.

Does it matter ?

[Simpo Two]

Pretentious.

As in 'Pretentious, moi?'

Zut alors.

[Heskey]

Someone in my office thanks people by saying "Muchus Penis"

And my boss finishes everything with "Chaars" instead of Cheers?

Edited by Heskey on Wednesday 5th November 12:10

[G'kar]

Heskey said:

Someone in my office thanks people by saying "Muchus Penis"

And my boss finishes everything with "Chaars" instead of Cheers?

Edited by Heskey on Wednesday 5th November 12:10

Fool.

He's telling you to bring him something to sit on.

You'll get fired at this rate.

[Simpo Two]

Heskey said:

Someone in my office thanks people by saying "Muchus Penis"

That may come from a gentleman's comedian who translated 'Thank you very much cock' as 'Muchos gratias penis'.

[Sarkmeister]

I work for a German company, and everyone (including me) in doing German lessons. I have noticed recently that "thank you" has been entirely replaced by "danke"