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You dont need to learn another language, you just raise your voice and speak slowly, then anyone foreign can understand.
Just last weekend I caught my dad doing this to my in-laws, who are Dominican (Unfortunately, my mother-in-law speaks very little English. Regretfully, my father-in-law speaks way too much English), who are here visiting. We were at a family BBQ and my brother and I observed our Pops talking to my in-laws just like that. We laughed our asses off. 
jag
Just yesterday my friends and I were bbqing on my roof and our picnic umbrella blew onto my neighbor's roof down below. So we go to their door and try to explain to this old Korean lady that I dropped my umbrella on their roof and need to climb up there. I'm motioning and speaking in very basic english to see if she'll pick up a word she might understand. She gives up and calls her son over to talk to me... so I start with the whole motioning and speaking broken english again and he says, "Oh, so you need to get your umbrella off our roof huh".
"uh... yes, thank you"
I really need to learn Korean.
When is your family moving to Korea to rescue you?
I'm sure the old lady's son had a good laugh at you.
jag
You dont need to learn another language, you just raise your voice and speak slowly, then anyone foreign can understand.
The striped shirt and red neckerchief was hilarious. Classic. 
"Oh, so you need to get your umbrella off our roof huh".
"uh... yes, thank you"
i would have spent good money to have seen that play out.
American's no longer #1? Go USA!
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