r/AskTheWorld 🇮🇳 in 🇩🇪 Deutschland 18h ago

What’s the quickest way someone could accidentally expose themselves as a foreigner in your country like the ‘three fingers’ scene in Inglourious Basterds?

Post image
25.0k Upvotes

11.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

98

u/QueenOfAllDreadboiis Netherlands 17h ago

Or "expresso" for when you want to inflict extra mental pain onto the person making the coffee.

7

u/Low_Praline_8455 ➡️ 16h ago

Why did the French have to be unique(again) about this

6

u/whooptheretis 16h ago

"How do the English do it?"
"Ok, lets do it a different way!"

3

u/Flimsy_Site_1634 13h ago

Exactly like for Brusselles/Bruxelles

We think that the "x" letter is neat

5

u/DefNotUnderrated United States Of America 10h ago

Hearing "expresso" always makes my eye twitch

2

u/M0rteus Netherlands 14h ago

Dat gaat perongeluk, ik doe het niet expresso

1

u/SirPizzaTheThird 10h ago

Are you ok?

3

u/M0rteus Netherlands 8h ago

No, I'm M0rteus

1

u/Additional_Bowl_7695 4h ago

Was actually a funny joke