By TwirlyWhirl - 09/11/2015 08:17 - United States - Cincinnati

Today, at a bar, I overheard two attractive men speaking in French. I went over and tried to introduce myself with what little French I know. They looked at me like I was crazy and then said in English, "What are you doing?" Turns out they weren't speaking French. FML
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TwirlyWhirl 8

Hey everyone, OP here. This actually happened a few months ago when I was studying abroad in Dublin, Ireland. Yes, I had already had a few drinks. I was also with several other study abroad students who were from Spain and Italy and everyone unanimously agreed that the two men were speaking French. It probably didn't help that we weren't very close to them and it was loud in the bar. The two men were actually from Denmark and they were speaking Danish. I definitely learned my lesson never tried to do anything like that again.

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Quendolin 24

The awkwardness that came up thereafter was strong enough to kill a small to medium-sized dog!

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WitEluded 13

Just pretend to be French and maybe they will be into it?

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AkBunny907 18

I had one of those moments myself recently. You just have to sit there for a second and decide if what your hearing is really what you think it is before acting on it. Better luck next time!

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TwirlyWhirl 8

Hey everyone, OP here. This actually happened a few months ago when I was studying abroad in Dublin, Ireland. Yes, I had already had a few drinks. I was also with several other study abroad students who were from Spain and Italy and everyone unanimously agreed that the two men were speaking French. It probably didn't help that we weren't very close to them and it was loud in the bar. The two men were actually from Denmark and they were speaking Danish. I definitely learned my lesson never tried to do anything like that again.

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beeferjay 34

so I'm guessing there was no Danish doughnut making then?

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Spark_Slicker 19

I actually can see how you could mistake the language for French though. Just the other day I was watching a Danish film and there were a couple parts when the actors spoke that it sounded similar to French to me.

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Waschlappen 23

I thank you for thinking that danish sounds like french. I'm a dane myself, and usually I'm told we sound like we're speaking with a potato in our mouths, that our language is flat and boring, so to be compared to a language that a lot of people find romantic and beautiful is awesome!

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VeganDarkLight 31

#65, if it makes you feel good, i actually love the Danish language! But I don't think it sounds like French which is fine for me since that's my least favourite language.

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mwali02 32

I say good for you for being brave and trying your luck. You never know when it will work! Kudos to you OP! :)

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vqjkbervlb 13

This may be the funny beginning of a long love story

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Limeila 10

My father tried to seduce my mother by pretending he was serbo-crotian when they were young (he heard she dated a greek guy before him and guessed she liked strangers). He made up some words supposed to mean "Hello", etc. Bad luck for him, she was the only girl in the whole college knowing some words in the actual language. She laughed, but still married him 3 years later (and they are still together more than 30 years later) ;) Sorry for long comment but it made me think of it ^^

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WinterChild 20

Pretty sure if they found you attractive and you came up to them. The first words out of their mouth would not be "what are you doing?" No matter what language you spoke to them.

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scarlett3diaz 24

That's why I just stopped approaching random cute guys in public....

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worldclassrager 39

Just leave it at a simple bid of hello then go from there

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Eivana 37

Je suis desole!!! Je ne c'est pas! au revoir!

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