24/11/2021

Multilingual

They were speaking with the dog in Spanish: ven aquí, siéntate por favor, para, muy bien,... They were two men in suits, modern looking, who were talking in English between each other, with a strong accent from the north, probably Scottish or holidaymakers from the highlands. They both changed from one language to the other easily. They must have adopted the pet abroad without introducing it to the bilingual world.

A tall, pale skin, blond, man started to play with the dog and asked them about its age. Just the birds seemed interested in answering. The man was talking in Spanish and they... tried some guttural sounds with brilliant English accent... monosyllables that were supposed to be Spanish but that definitely didn´t define their pet's lifetime. Indeed, it was not the same to wear a suit but to understand many other languages.

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