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Worker makes a jacket that says 'Sorry, I can't speak Chinese' to wear at work, boss tells them it's offensive

JR Atkinson

Employee doesn't reveal to coworkers that he speaks Spanish, they get upset when they realize he's fluent: 'The look on her face was genuinely something'

Ally Perry

Hearing employee demands that office learns sign language, gets offended when coworker refuses: 'I don't have interest in learning another language for no reason'

Ally Perry

Employee refuses to translate coworker's personal documents after she finds out they speak a second language, coworker complains to manager: ‘She showed up at my desk with papers’ 

Bar Mor Hazut

'I was nice enough…': Entitled guy insults employee in German thinking he wouldn't understand, employee calls him out and leaves him “a human trout gasping for air”

Elna McHilderson

19-year-old refuses to be the English translator for her parents after her 22-year-old brother also learns English: 'I've been forced to do it since I was 11'

Emmy Pratt

“She scared me at first… now we have a secret blink language”: A lifelong dog guy takes in a neighbor’s cat, and five months later he’s a certified softie with a chirping nap buddy

Laurent Shinar

28-year-old bilingual woman pretends she doesn't understand fiancé's family, overhears his relatives plotting against her in their native language: "She'll poison his heart against the family"

Ely Bulnes

14-year-old cries when his parents and older siblings speak only in Mandarin when he can barely understand it: 'I told my mom that she is mocking me for not knowing how to speak our native language'

Emmy Pratt

'Jog a little, you look [...] sad': Professor makes fun of student's appearance in front of her peers, she immediately calls him out

JR Atkinson

‘The look on their faces? Ab-so-lu-te-ly priceless’: Bilingual woman calls out a brazen French family who thought they could secretly insult her in another language

Jesse Kessenheimer

28 Language Learning Memes for DuoLinguists Conjugating Their Way Into the New Year

Jesse Kessenheimer

Passenger overhears taxi driver gossip about her on the phone in another language, she gets payback after revealing she got every word: 'You shouldn't make comments like that'

Bar Mor Hazut

14-year-old cries when his parents and older siblings speak only in Mandarin when he can barely understand it: 'I told my mom that she is bullying me for not knowing how to speak our native language'

Emmy Pratt

25 Duolingo Memes for Language Learners Who Fear the Green Owl

Ely Bulnes

Canadian mom gets trash talked by German family-in-law, faces rage when she reveals she can speak their language: 'Calling me names was the last straw'

Ally Perry