ItalyA friend and I were on a train from Milan to Vicenza, chatting to each other in English, even though we both spoke fluent Italian. It was the end of our AFS exchange year, and we were aware that the car was full of Italian military boys who wanted to get to know American girls. We listened as they hatched a plan to talk to us, and -- hearing all of the plotting -- decided we weren't interested. When one of them came to talk to us, and asked in simple Italian where we were from, we answered in a complete, grammatically correct, Italian sentence. It was enough to send him back to his seat and face smirks from his friends. Lessons: 1) learn the language, 2) learn the language, and 3) learn the language!
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