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** Alice and Charlotte use a mixture of Cree, Galician, Tamil, Dzongkha, Uighur, Chechen, Navajo, Comanche, Swahili, Malecu, Nahuatl, Icelandic, Klingon, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Australian English]]. Billy still understands them and gives them a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing dressing down that is also completely covered in]] FloweryInsults.

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** Alice and Charlotte use a mixture of Cree, Galician, Tamil, Dzongkha, Uighur, Chechen, Navajo, Comanche, Swahili, Malecu, Nahuatl, Icelandic, Klingon, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Australian English]]. Billy still understands them and gives them a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing dressing down that is also completely covered in]] FloweryInsults.FloweryInsults, using the exact same languages.
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** Alice and Charlotte use a mixture of Cree, Galician, Tamil, Dzongkha, Uighur, Chechen, Navajo, Comanche, Swahili, Malecu, Nahuatl, Icelandic, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Australian English]]. Billy still understands them and gives them a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing dressing down that is also completely covered in]] FloweryInsults.

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** Alice and Charlotte use a mixture of Cree, Galician, Tamil, Dzongkha, Uighur, Chechen, Navajo, Comanche, Swahili, Malecu, Nahuatl, Icelandic, Klingon, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Australian English]]. Billy still understands them and gives them a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing dressing down that is also completely covered in]] FloweryInsults.



** Alice and Charlotte see Billy as an idiot and don't expect him to know French. Billy learned French from spending some years in France / Belgium / Canada.
** Billy refuses to allow anyone to know he knows French as a SecretTestOfCharacter, which Alice and Charlotte fail. Hard.
** Billy is Canadian. [[ExactWords He IS from America, it wasn't specified prior as to what part of America (he could easily be from Argentina, which IS in America)]].

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** Alice and Charlotte see Billy as an idiot and don't expect him to know French. Billy learned French from spending some years in France / Belgium / Switzerland / Canada.
** Billy refuses to allow anyone to know he knows hides his knowledge of French as a SecretTestOfCharacter, which from Alice and Charlotte fail. Hard.
Charlotte, noticing that they've been talking to each other while looking at him and giggling, until he is able to come near them and understand what they are saying.
** Billy is Canadian. [[ExactWords He IS from America, it wasn't specified prior as America. He never said he was from the ''country'' that is often shortened to what part of America "America" (he could easily be from Argentina, which IS is in America)]].the Americas)]].



** Alice and Charlotte are discussing in French on how to apologize to the English-speaking Billy. When they do, Billy accepts the apology in French.
** Alice and Charlotte knows Bob is of French Ethnicity and asks him to share a message to someone in his "native language." However, Bob was born and raised in the U.S and doesn't know French, so he said it in English.

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** After wronging him, Alice and Charlotte are discussing in French on how to apologize to the English-speaking Billy. When they do, Billy accepts the apology in French.
** Alice and Charlotte knows Bob is of French Ethnicity and asks him to share a message to someone in his "native language." However, Bob was born and raised in the U.S and doesn't know French, so he said says it in English.
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** Alice and Charlotte speak a critically endangered language. Billy, the last native speaker of the said language, [[DisproportionateRetribution kills both of them]].


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** Billy lacks of PhenotypeStereotype, and both Alice and Charlotte are lowkey GlobalIgnorance.
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** Alice and Charlotte use a mixture of Cree, Galician, Tamil, Dzongkha, Uighur, Chechen, Navajo, Comanche, Swahili, Malecu, Nahuatl, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Australian English]]. Billy still understands them.

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** Alice and Charlotte use a mixture of Cree, Galician, Tamil, Dzongkha, Uighur, Chechen, Navajo, Comanche, Swahili, Malecu, Nahuatl, Icelandic, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Australian English]]. Billy still understands them.them and gives them a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech scathing dressing down that is also completely covered in]] FloweryInsults.
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** Alice and Charlotte use a mixture of Cree, Galician, Tamil, Dzongkha, Uighur, Chechen, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Australian English]]. Billy still understands them.

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** Alice and Charlotte use a mixture of Cree, Galician, Tamil, Dzongkha, Uighur, Chechen, Navajo, Comanche, Swahili, Malecu, Nahuatl, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Australian English]]. Billy still understands them.
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** Billy is Canadian. [[ExactWords Just because he's from "America" doesn't exactly have to mean he's from the United States]].

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** Billy is Canadian. [[ExactWords Just because he's He IS from "America" doesn't exactly have America, it wasn't specified prior as to mean he's what part of America (he could easily be from the United States]].Argentina, which IS in America)]].
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* '''Straight''': Alice and Charlotte talk trash about Billy behind his back, in French. Billy, an American whose first language is English, reveals that he knows French, and calls out Alice and Charlotte.

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* '''Straight''': Alice and Charlotte talk trash about Billy behind his back, in French. Billy, an American a guy from America whose first language is English, reveals that he knows French, and calls out Alice and Charlotte.



** Billy is Canadian. Of course he can speak French.
*** Billy is from South Louisiana, or any other French speaking non-European countries.

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** Billy is Canadian. Of course he can speak French.
*** Billy is
[[ExactWords Just because he's from South Louisiana, or any "America" doesn't exactly have to mean he's from the United States]].
*** Instead of Canada, it's some
other French speaking non-European countries.country (Like in Lebanon or the Northern parts of Africa).
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** Alice and Charlotte knows Bob is of French Ethnicity and asks him to share a message to someone in his "native language." However, Bob was born and raised in the U.S and doesn't know French, so he said it in English.
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** Alice and Charlotte says a few words like "idiot" and "scumbag" in French to Billy's face as a StealthInsult. Billy doesn't know French, but can guess from their body language and the context of the situation that their words are not friendly.

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** Alice and Charlotte says a few words calls Billy names like "idiot" and "scumbag" in French to Billy's face as a StealthInsult.StealthInsult after the latter made a stupid mistake. Billy doesn't know French, but can guess from their body language and the context of the situation that their words are not friendly.
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** Alice and Charlotte says a few words like "idiot" and "scumbag" in French to Billy's face as a StealthInsult. Billy doesn't know French, but can guess from their body language and the context of the situation that their words are not friendly.

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** Alice and Charlotte see Billy as an idiot and don't expect him to know French. Billy learned French from spending some years in France.

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** Alice and Charlotte see Billy as an idiot and don't expect him to know French. Billy learned French from spending some years in France.France / Belgium / Canada.



** Billy hails from southern Louisiana, and had learned French from his community.

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** Billy hails is Canadian. Of course he can speak French.
*** Billy is
from southern South Louisiana, and had learned or any other French from his community.speaking non-European countries.



** While Alice has no problem insulting Billy to his face, Charlottle does not and is shocked Billy knew what she was saying.

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** While Alice has no problem insulting Billy to his face, Charlottle does not and is shocked Billy knew what she was saying.



* '''Played for Drama''': Billy is seriously offended and gives Alice and Charlotte a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.

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* '''Played for Drama''': Billy is seriously offended and gives Alice and Charlotte a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. In French, of course.

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* '''Played for Horror''': What Alice and Charlotte say about Billy in French -- and how Billy calls them out -- somehow trigger the release of SealedEvilInACan.

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* '''Played for Horror''': Horror''':
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What Alice and Charlotte say about Billy in French -- and how Billy calls them out -- somehow trigger the release of SealedEvilInACan.SealedEvilInACan.
** Billy has a murderous HairTriggerTemper and Alice and Charlotte try to pass off their insults as talking nice about him in order to not raise his wrath. Billy develops a SlasherSmile and makes clear that he understood what they said, and immediately starts his torture.
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** Billy hails from southern Louisiana, and had learned French from his community.
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** Alice points to Billy, and says something insulting about him in French, resulting in a bark of laughter from Charlotte. Billy didn't even have to speak French to know that he was being insulted.

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* '''Invoked''': Billy becomes an {{Omniglot}} [[MundaneUtility just so he can know when anyone's talking trash about him in any language.]]

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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Billy becomes an {{Omniglot}} [[MundaneUtility just so he can know when anyone's talking trash about him in any language.]]]]
** Billy feigns ignorance of French, making Alice and Charlotte think they can talk behind his back.
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* '''Straight''': Alice and Charlotte talk trash about Billy behind his back. They speak in French. Billy, an American whose first language is English, reveals that he knows French, and calls out Alice and Charlotte.

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* '''Straight''': Alice and Charlotte talk trash about Billy behind his back. They speak back, in French. Billy, an American whose first language is English, reveals that he knows French, and calls out Alice and Charlotte.
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-->'''Alice''' [''In French'']: Billy is the worst jerk I know. He's an unscrupulous swindler that will do anything to make a few more dollars. He will punish anyone that tries to tell the truth. [[YourCheatingHeart He has cheated on every girlfriend he has ever had.]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking In addition, he smells like he hasn't showered in a month.]][[note]]According to Google Translate, that would be "Billy est le pire connard que je connaisse. Il est un escroc peu scrupuleux qui fera tout pour gagner quelques dollars de plus. Il punira quiconque essayera de dire la vérité. Il a trompé toutes les petites amies qu'il a eues. De plus, il sent qu'il ne s'est pas douché depuis un mois."[[/note]]

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-->'''Alice''' [''In French'']: Billy is the worst jerk I know. He's an unscrupulous swindler that will do anything to make a few more dollars. He will punish anyone that tries to tell the truth. [[YourCheatingHeart He has cheated on every girlfriend he has ever had.]] had. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking In addition, he smells like he hasn't showered in a month.]][[note]]According to Google Translate, that would be "Billy est le pire connard que je connaisse. Il est un escroc peu scrupuleux qui fera tout pour gagner quelques dollars de plus. Il punira quiconque essayera de dire la vérité. Il a trompé toutes les petites amies qu'il a eues. De plus, il sent qu'il ne s'est pas douché depuis un mois."[[/note]]
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A little spelling correction.


** Alice and Charlotte use a mixture of Cree, Galician, Tamil, Dzonka, Ughur, Chechen, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Australian English]]. Billy still understands them.

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** Alice and Charlotte use a mixture of Cree, Galician, Tamil, Dzonka, Ughur, Dzongkha, Uighur, Chechen, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Australian English]]. Billy still understands them.

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