Most of the people here in Brazil I am meeting with are able to speak pretty good English. That said, a majority of the time we are speaking in Portuguese about a variety of topics. I have actually been pretty happy that when I have a meeting they feel I understand well enough that they don't default to speaking English. That said, it is intersting that we can have an entire conversation in Portuguese, and then at the end they will say something like "I'll be back in 5 minutes" but they will say it in English. Really? After an hour of only speaking Portuguese you thought that phrase would be incomprehensible?
Maybe they want the practice, which I totally understand, but I still have to laugh to myself every time it happens.
That is pretty funny.
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