Is it considered rude to speak Spanish in front of your non-Spanish speaking friends?

phatboy

It is rude. The people I work with do this all the time. I have picked up on some of the things they say, and now know that they are talking about the americans that work there (these people are mexican). Your situation is a little different, but people do not like being left out of a conversation, and it might make them feel stupid if they do not know spanish.

Yaya

I do not think it's rude.

The people who do are people who think you are talking about them when you speak a language they don't understand.

They have an oversupply of self-importance, in my humble opinion.

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ale

it can be considered rude because its almost the same as whispering Its not wrong to speak another language infront of your friends as long as they understand at least a few words of what youre saying that way they don't feeel excluded

robert43041

A bit. Not exceedingly, but still..

Sidwell

surely your friends would have understood the conversation?

after all MOST americans high school students are REQUIRED to take spanish as a foreign language. So, SURELY they should know what you were talking about and they could have joined in.

In my opinon your friends are rude - NOT you.

ICE 'em

If in close enough area, yes it is very rude.

Sweetharttt

You were being very rude and ignorant for not asking your friend to speak English. Your friends are right.

Good guy

No. It is not rude. You can speak any language at any time. This is a free country and no one can force you to speak another language.

C.S.

1. He's fooling with you as national language of Belize is English.
2. You were not being rude to speak Spanish. Just keep it limited to making him feel accepted and then move on to widening the circle of people who are in the conversation.

GoGo Girls

while you are in an English speaking country, you bet it is rude.

Micky....the resurrection

Yes, it is very rude.

stg44mp44

It's freaking rude.

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Jill Rose â€ â€ â€ â€

hell yea

your boyfriend was the one being rude >=D Why did you feel a need to strike up a conversation in Spanish and leave your poor friends out in the cold...rude and disrespectful

Dirty Martini

Yes it is rude.

It excludes others. It makes them think you are talking about them.

kobacker59

It is always rude to exclude.

B__O__M__B__S__H__E__L__L

I guess Obama sent him a message viva dream land to speak in Spainsh he was simply obeying masters orders

YA is liberal bias BS

Yes. It's the same as telling secrets in front of your friends. Which is rude. Have some class, for Christ's sake.

Ron T

Yes it is, if you don't want to speak English go back to wherever you came from you are not welcome here in America.

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