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[–] stublemouse 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I used to work with a couple of simultaneous translators - I'd speak quietly to them and they'd simultaneously translate to the audience's language. They covered all the western European languages, at least. They were good friends. They said to me that they'd noticed that when they were just chatting they'd tend to speak French; when they were trying to be precise or describe something they'd mostly use English; when they were being romantic or talking about boyfriends they'd slip into Italian, but when they argued it was always in German...

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[–] cstoli [S] ago 

Very cool. I wonder why English has been mentioned so much in this thread as the language often used to describe something or be technical...I would have figured that to be German for some reason.