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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I'm about to sound like the ignorant American I am, so I apologize in advance! We're looking at a trip to Germany, and possibly Prague, and we've noticed that a lot of the hotel names are French and a couple hotels that aren't named in French have replied to comments with things like "Bonjour! etc etc" What's up with this? Is French just the most commonly spoken common language, even in Germany and Czechia? (I know that Germany and Czechia have their own languages, of course.) Or is it something else?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Highly depends on where the shop is based.

True. I have mostly lived in touristy and immigrant-friendly places, and I'm OK with people not seeing me as a local.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So it's more like you don't care what people think, but people will still be like 'wtf' haha

Probably not in Berlin though, because nothing matters in Berlin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

people will still be like ‘wtf’ haha

People here (North Holland) are used to tourists and immigrants. A local could use "Hi", "Hallo", "Bonjour" or "Shalom" instead of Dutch-specific "Goeiemorgen"/other. If I say "Moin" or "Ciao" or "Hola", people will understand and sometimes reply appropriately, but likely continue in English not Dutch. It's something anyone would do for fun.

"hyvää huomenta" and "terve" on the other hand are not widely known to be a greeting. "tesekkuler" will not work as "merci". I don't do that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the local input, didn't know that