Student #1: I think I want to go to Asia after college.
Student #2: Why?
Student #1: Because I really want to improve my Spanish, and the best way to do that is to live in the country.
Student #2: That’s a good idea.
http://overheardatcornell.blogspot.com/2006/10/long-overdue-update-part-3-last.html
Overheard by: paralyzedindisbelief
Foreign language professor on first day of class (in Russian): By the end of this year, I will have you singing like Russian whores!
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Four-year-old: Mommy, that girl speaks English!
Mother: Yes, she does.
Four-year-old: But nobody here speaks English. Does she really speak English?
Mother: Of course she speaks English! She's white!
http://overheardlines.blogspot.com/2007/06/canadians-in-ecuador.html
Overheard by: katie
Girl: Woah, when did you get here?
Boy: Everywhere.
Girl: I asked when.
Boy: Oh. Uh. All the time.
Spokane, Washington
College girl from England: Hey, whoa, are you drunk?
College girl from Prague: No! I'm Czech!
Royal Holloway University of London
England
Customer pointing to guacamole: Can you put some of that Guatemala on it?
Chipotle
Washington, DC
Girl arguing her bad translation is correct: Wait, this sentence says, ‘I am… To be… Entered’!
Grad-level French class
California
Overheard by: Not Willing
Girl #1, playing boardgame: You steer a boat with this.
Girl #2: An udder?
Edinburgh
Scotland
Overheard by: Ben seven
Short brunette teen girl: Haha.
Tall blonde teen girl: What?
Short brunette teen girl: I have clearly been watching too much porn cause I can actually read that sign in Spanish.
Missisauga
Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: was the sign advertising a strip club?
20-something girl freaking out after hanging up cell phone: I can't do this! I can't talk to him right now! Will you pretend to be me?
20-something friend: I can't! He'll know because of my lisp!
Chipotle
Lawrence, Kansas
Overheard by: Alexandra
