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Knock A Shining Dog

Sad: this elderly German couple walked around Luxembourg City for 6 days looking for someone to tell them in German where to find public toilets 

February 17, 2023

Elderly German couple

Two elderly German tourists spent nearly a week going around Luxembourg City by foot as they desperately tried to find someone who could give them directions in German to a public toilet.  Witnesses in the city center, many of whom repeatedly saw the couple over the course of six days last week, say it was […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Languages, Luxembourg City

He speaks 5 languages but doesn’t know the word for these in any of them

November 22, 2022

Luxembourger doesn't know word for

A Luxembourg man who speaks five languages with a high degree of proficiency has admitted that the flip side is that he does not know the word in any language for certain everyday items. “It’s true that I can speak and understand five languages and get by in two others,” said Gil Martins, who not […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, Languages

French-speaking bakery employee who hears 134 variations of ‘croissant’ every day still pretends not to understand you

November 4, 2022

An employee of a popular Luxembourg City bakery chain has insisted that she cannot understand your pronunciation of the word “croissant” despite the fact she hears 134 variations of the word every day. The charade took place on Thursday after you stopped in for a coffee and a pastry around 9:15 a.m. “Un croissant, s’il […]

Filed Under: Expats, Featured Article, Languages

Almost fooled us: this expat greeted the waiter in Luxembourgish, ordered in French, but had to switch to English when a question was asked 

October 25, 2022

Expat English Luxembourg restaurant

What started off as a very convincing show of facile multilingualism quickly fell apart when a Luxembourg City waiter posed a question to the customer.   Until that moment, Max Mirel has convinced himself and his two friends visiting from out of town that he was a regular Luxembourg polyglot, effortlessly dancing between languages after having […]

Filed Under: Dining and Nightlife, Expats, Featured Article, Languages

Whoa, mate: bakery customer is like ‘Sprechen Sie Deutsch?’

September 14, 2022

German in Luxembourg

An obviously ill-informed man walked into a Luxembourg City bakery on Tuesday, looked the cashier straight in the eye, and, according to several witnesses, said, “Sprechen Sie Deutsch?” Obviously, the cashier responded with “non, désolée monsieur” while still making valiant efforts to understand the customer’s incoherent utterances.  Before long, both parties agreed to communicate with […]

Filed Under: Featured Article, German, Languages

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