Originally posted by Leo Volont
Actually, it really isn't rude to speak slightingly of people in a language that they do not understand... where is the insult if no offense is intended? But the rudeness would only come if they were deliberately excluding you from the conversation. So it is at dinner parties that people inquire about to see if there is any common language everybody can understand.
Now, what you did was rude, to jump up and take offense where none was intended. What you might have done was to ask them to "pass the salt" in their own language, thus clueing them in, that they had been un-intentionally been offensive.
Not rude? Well, it all depends if your cultural background is that of an ass.
Not intended? They did not intend on being understood, the intent was a good laugh at our expense, right in our face no less. they deserved it. I woke up though I hope my character impaled at least one of them. Hehehe. (That’s not me talking, just the character I was in the dream). They were acting as though they were interacting with us, smiling and laughing with us. When they really, in their own dialog, were laughing at us and insulting us directly, in their language. Not right.
I was sitting at the very far end of our table, the furthest from them. A sign that I was most likely the least educated (in manners and subtleties) of my group. I did not really care of insulting them. I was a warrior and had our honour to protect! I mean, you don’t ask for help in a war and insult your potential allies, even if they don’t understand your language. Especially if the war is going badly for you.
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