Your English is perfect, where are you from?

By: Ben Schlappig

Published: June 14, 2013

46 comments

I couldn’t help but chuckle at this video, which I think a lot of us traveling folks can relate to:

I actually get this once in a while in Lufthansa first class. I’ll talk to the crew exclusively in German, and then another passenger will start a conversation with me in English. I’ll respond and they’ll say “your English is very good, where did you learn to speak it?” When I respond with “thanks, I learned in New York” they’re usually pretty embarrassed.

Anyone else experience similar situations to the one in the video?

(Tip of the hat to David)

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Cham eka Guest

July 8, 2018, 9:38 pm

Is it a HUMILIATION saying your English is perfect where do you from ??? To a migrant

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Roger Guest

December 25, 2016, 9:09 pm

If someone asked me "where are your people from" I would say that I don't have kids yet.

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Sang Kancil Guru Guest

June 17, 2013, 8:40 pm

Sean M, they tried to do the same to me at Carnegie Mellon, and I said HELL NO! I then took the main Freshman English composition class, and was basically was one of the best student in the class full of Americans.

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J Guest

June 17, 2013, 12:02 pm

@Ed : LMAO. That's funny.

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Ed Reagan Guest

June 17, 2013, 11:22 am

a friend of mine( educated British, but some years in the US) was in US hospital. The nurse saw that she was writing a letter in English and asked who it was to. Jo replied- "to my mother". The nurse commented " Oh, your mother speaks English" Jo replied " Madam, we INVENTED the language".

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