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* '''Deconstructed''': It does not takes any amount of time for Claire to figure out that Alice and Bob are using their knowledge of another language as a kind of secret code to talk about her, and it does nothing to remove certain elements that are easy to understand regardless of language (like giving her a DeathGlare) or, worse yet, Claire does not knows the entire language but she certainly knows the ''foul'' language (anybody who has seen '' Film/Scarface1983'' knows that "pendejo" and "coño" are Spanish insults) and can guesstimate if they are being used to insult ''her''.

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* '''Deconstructed''': It does not takes any amount of time for Claire to figure out that Alice and Bob are using their knowledge of another language as a kind of secret code to talk about her, and it does nothing to remove certain elements that are easy to understand regardless of language (like giving her a DeathGlare) or, worse yet, Claire does not knows the entire language but she certainly knows the ''foul'' language (anybody who has seen '' Film/Scarface1983'' ''Film/Scarface1983'' knows that "pendejo" and "coño" are Spanish insults) and can guesstimate if they are being used to insult ''her''.

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-->'''Claire''': I don't know what "mierda" means, but considering how much emphasis you put into it and [[DeathGlare how you looked at me when you said it]], I am going to assume it was not a nice word, dudes.



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%%* * '''Deconstructed''': ???It does not takes any amount of time for Claire to figure out that Alice and Bob are using their knowledge of another language as a kind of secret code to talk about her, and it does nothing to remove certain elements that are easy to understand regardless of language (like giving her a DeathGlare) or, worse yet, Claire does not knows the entire language but she certainly knows the ''foul'' language (anybody who has seen '' Film/Scarface1983'' knows that "pendejo" and "coño" are Spanish insults) and can guesstimate if they are being used to insult ''her''.
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%%* '''Played for Drama''': ???

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%%* * '''Played for Drama''': ???Aunt Alice and Dr. Bob need to discuss Mama's condition without frightening Denise.
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** Claire thinks Alice and Bob are speaking Language B to hide somethign from her, but it turns out they were sepaking it for a different reason.

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** Claire thinks Alice and Bob are speaking Language B to hide somethign something from her, but it turns out they were sepaking speaking it for a different reason.

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* '''Subverted''': [[BilingualBackfire Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from her.]]

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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[[BilingualBackfire Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from her.]]]]
** Claire thinks Alice and Bob are speaking Language B to hide somethign from her, but it turns out they were sepaking it for a different reason.

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* '''Straight''': Alice, Bob, and Claire speak Language A, but AliceAndBob speak Language B to prevent Claire from understanding them.

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* '''Straight''': Alice, Bob, and Claire all speak Language A, but AliceAndBob the CommonTongue. Alice and Bob switch to another language that Claire does not speak Language B to prevent Claire her from understanding them.



* '''Downplayed''': [[BilingualBonus Alice and Bob talk a little in Language B in the middle of a conversation that is otherwise entirely in Language A.]]

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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[[BilingualBonus Alice and Bob talk a little in Language B in the middle of a conversation that is otherwise entirely in Language A.]]]]
** Alice and Bob speak to each other in a language few other people know, and this makes their conversation ''feel'' private, even though there's no third party around to hear it.



* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob know that Claire is listening in and deliberately [[FeedTheMole feed her false information. So they speak in Language A.]]
* '''Subverted''':
** [[BilingualBackfire Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from her.]]
** It turns out Alice and Bob were speaking Language B for a different reason.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
**
Alice and Bob know that Claire is listening in and deliberately [[FeedTheMole feed her false information. So they speak in Language A.]]
* '''Subverted''':
A]].
** While Alice and Bob usually talk to each other in Language B, because Claire is here and they want to include her, they speak in Language A.
* '''Subverted''':
[[BilingualBackfire Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from her.]]
** It turns out Alice and Bob were speaking Language B for a different reason.
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-->'''Alice''': We can't let Claire find out about this, Bob.
-->'''Bob''': It's a good thing she doesn't know Language B, Alice!

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-->'''Alice''': -->'''Alice:''' We can't let Claire find out about this, Bob.
-->'''Bob''': -->'''Bob:''' It's a good thing she doesn't know Language B, Alice!



* '''Exploited''': Language B is the official language of a country hostile to Bob and Alice's own, and their government hires them as [[TheMole spies.]]

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* '''Exploited''': Language B is the official language of a country hostile to Bob and Alice's own, and their government hires them as [[TheMole spies.]]spies]].

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* '''Subverted''': [[BilingualBackfire Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from her.]]

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
**
[[BilingualBackfire Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from her.]]]]
** It turns out Alice and Bob were speaking Language B for a different reason.

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* '''Downplayed''': [[GratuitousForeignLanguage Alice and Bob talk a little in Language B in the middle of a conversation that is otherwise entirely in Language A.]]
* '''Justified''': Alice and Bob are foreigners in Claire's home country, where Language A is the official language, and don't speak Language A very well, find it frustrating, and see no reason to speak it unless they must. The fact that they don't want Claire to understand them is only a bonus.
* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob know that Claire is listening in, and deliberately [[FeedTheMole feed her false information. So they speak in Language A.]]

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* '''Downplayed''': [[GratuitousForeignLanguage [[BilingualBonus Alice and Bob talk a little in Language B in the middle of a conversation that is otherwise entirely in Language A.]]
* '''Justified''': Alice and Bob are foreigners in Claire's home country, where Language A is the official language, and they don't speak Language A very well, find it frustrating, and see no reason to speak it unless they must. The fact that they don't want Claire to understand them is only a bonus.
* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob know that Claire is listening in, in and deliberately [[FeedTheMole feed her false information. So they speak in Language A.]]



** Alice and Bob then switch to Language C, which she doesn't know.



I'm sure the people talking in that language I don't know are discussing HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier

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I'm sure the people talking in that language I don't know are discussing HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier.
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* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob know that Claire is listening in, and deliberately feed her false information. So they speak in Language A.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice and Bob know that Claire is listening in, and deliberately [[FeedTheMole feed her false information. So they speak in Language A.]]



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???The show is trying to attract [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff a large international audience]].
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Claire knows Language B. She can't understand all of it, but she can infer that Alice and Bob are discussing something about her and is hurt by it, assuming it is negative. As a result, she is completely blindsided when Alice and Bob reveal that they discussed the possibility of teaching her Language B. Only it is because they intend to include her in conversations they have about other people in public.

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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Claire knows Language B. She can't understand all of it, but she can infer that Alice and Bob are discussing something about her and is hurt by it, assuming it is negative. As a result, she is completely blindsided when Alice and Bob reveal that they discussed the possibility of teaching her Language B. Only it is because they intend to include her in conversations they have about other people in public.



-->'''Alice''': We can't let Claire find out about this, Bob.\\\
'''Bob''': It's a good thing she doesn't know Language B, Alice!

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-->'''Alice''': We can't let Claire find out about this, Bob.\\\
'''Bob''':
Bob.
-->'''Bob''':
It's a good thing she doesn't know Language B, Alice!



* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Alice and Bob can speak Language B, but choose not to because they don't want to act like they are keeping secrets from Claire.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???
Language B is the official language of a country hostile to Bob and Alice's own, and their government hires them as [[TheMole spies.]]
* '''Defied''': Although Alice and Bob can speak Language B, but choose not they stick to Language A because they don't want to act like they are keeping secrets from Claire.
* '''Discussed''': ???
"There go Alice and Bob jabbering away in Language B."
* '''Conversed''': ???"If they're going to use a GratuitousForeignLanguage, they could at least give subtitles for the benefit of viewers who don't speak it."



* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice and Bob tell jokes in Language B. If Claire could understand the jokes, she might or might not have a case of HumorDissonance towards them.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice and Bob tell each other jokes in Language B. If Claire could understand the jokes, she might or might not have a case of HumorDissonance towards them.B.

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* '''Straight''': Alice, Bob and Claire speak Language A, but Alice and Bob speak Language B to prevent Claire from understanding them.

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* '''Straight''': Alice, Bob Bob, and Claire speak Language A, but Alice and Bob AliceAndBob speak Language B to prevent Claire from understanding them.



* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob talk a little in Language B in the middle of a conversation that is otherwise entirely in Language A.
* '''Justified''': Alice and Bob are foreigners, and don't speak Language A very well, find it frustrating, and see no reason to speak it unless they have to. The fact that they don't want Claire to understand them is only a bonus.

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* '''Downplayed''': [[GratuitousForeignLanguage Alice and Bob talk a little in Language B in the middle of a conversation that is otherwise entirely in Language A.
A.]]
* '''Justified''': Alice and Bob are foreigners, foreigners in Claire's home country, where Language A is the official language, and don't speak Language A very well, find it frustrating, and see no reason to speak it unless they have to.must. The fact that they don't want Claire to understand them is only a bonus.



* '''Subverted''': [[BilingualBackfire Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from her]].
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Claire doesn't know Language B well enough to fully understand the conversation.
** Alice and Bob speak in a dialect that Claire is not familiar with, to the same effect.
* '''Parodied''': Language B is simply Language A with comedy acksent forreen
* '''Zig Zagged''': Claire knows language B. She can't understand all of it, but she can infer that Alice and Bob are discussing something about her and is hurt by it, assuming it is negative. As a result, she is completely blindsided when Alice and Bob reveal that they discussed the possibility of teaching her Language B. Only it is because they intend to include her in conversations they have about other people in public.
* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob can speak Language B, but choose not to because they don't want to act like they are keeping secrets from Claire.

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* '''Subverted''': [[BilingualBackfire Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from her]].
her.]]
* '''Double Subverted''':
Subverted''':
** Claire doesn't know Language B well enough to fully understand the conversation.
conversation fully.
** Alice and Bob speak in a dialect that wherein Claire is not familiar with, inexperienced, to the same effect.
* '''Parodied''': Language B is simply Language A with comedy [[JustAStupidAccent "comedy acksent forreen
forreen."]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Claire knows language Language B. She can't understand all of it, but she can infer that Alice and Bob are discussing something about her and is hurt by it, assuming it is negative. As a result, she is completely blindsided when Alice and Bob reveal that they discussed the possibility of teaching her Language B. Only it is because they intend to include her in conversations they have about other people in public.
* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob can speak Language B, but choose not to because they AliceAndBob don't want to act like they are keeping secrets from Claire.speak in Language B.



* '''Lampshaded''': "We can't let Claire find out about this, Bob." "It's a good thing she doesn't know Language B, Alice!"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "We '''Lampshaded''':
-->'''Alice''': We
can't let Claire find out about this, Bob." "It's \\\
'''Bob''': It's
a good thing she doesn't know Language B, Alice!"Alice!



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Alice and Bob can speak Language B, but choose not to because they don't want to act like they are keeping secrets from Claire.



* '''Implied''': Alice and Bob speak less comprehensibly when Claire is around than at other times.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice and Bob tell jokes in Language B. If Claire could understand the jokes, she might or might not have a case of HumorDissonance towards them.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Language B is simply Language A with comedy acksent forreen
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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???Alice and Bob know that Claire is listening in, and deliberately feed her false information. So they speak in Language A.
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* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???Alice and Bob are foreigners, and don't speak Language A very well, find it frustrating, and see no reason to speak it unless they have to. The fact that they don't want Claire to understand them is only a bonus.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Claire knows language B. She can't understand all of it, but she can infer that Alice and Bob are discussing something about her and is hurt by it, assuming it is negative. As a result, she is completely blindsided when Alice and Bob reveal that they discussed the possibility of teaching her Language B. Only it is because they intend to include her in conversations they have about other people in public.

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': ???
Alice and Bob have most of their conversations in languages chosen to prevent present company from understanding.
* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice and Bob talk a little in Language B in the middle of a conversation that is otherwise entirely in Language A.



* '''Subverted''': Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from her.
* '''Double Subverted''': Claire doesn't know Language B well enough to fully understand the conversation.

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* '''Subverted''': [[BilingualBackfire Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from her.
her]].
* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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Claire doesn't know Language B well enough to fully understand the conversation.conversation.
** Alice and Bob speak in a dialect that Claire is not familiar with, to the same effect.
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'''Basic Trope''': [A one sentence summary of the trope]

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'''Basic Trope''': [A one sentence summary of Characters use a language they know but a third party does not, in order to exclude them from the trope]conversation.



* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Alice and Bob take classes in a language they know Claire does not speak.

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* '''Straight''':Alice, Bob and Claire speak Language A, but Alice and Bob speak Language B to prevent Claire from understanding them.
* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob can speak Language B, but choose not to because they don't want to act like they are keeping secrets from Claire.
* '''Subverted''': Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from her

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'''Basic Trope''': [A one sentence summary of the trope]
* '''Straight''':Alice, '''Straight''': Alice, Bob and Claire speak Language A, but Alice and Bob speak Language B to prevent Claire from understanding them.
* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob can speak Language B, but choose not to because they don't want to act like they are keeping secrets from Claire.
'''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from herher.



* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob can speak Language B, but choose not to because they don't want to act like they are keeping secrets from Claire.
* '''Enforced''': ???



* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???



I'm sure the people talking in that language I don't know are discussing HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier

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I'm sure the people talking in that language I don't know are discussing HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrierHidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier
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** '''Double Subverted''': Claire doesn't know Language B well enough to fully understand the conversation.

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** * '''Double Subverted''': Claire doesn't know Language B well enough to fully understand the conversation.
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*'''Straight''':Alice, Bob and Claire speak Language A, but Alice and Bob speak Language B to prevent Claire from understanding them.
*'''Averted''': Alice and Bob can speak Language B, but choose not to because they don't want to act like they are keeping secrets from Claire.
*'''Subverted''': Claire also knows Language B and understands the conversations that Alice and Bob wanted to keep secret from her
** '''Double Subverted''': Claire doesn't know Language B well enough to fully understand the conversation.
*'''Lampshaded''': "We can't let Claire find out about this, Bob." "It's a good thing she doesn't know Language B, Alice!"
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I'm sure the people talking in that language I don't know are discussing HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier

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