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gadders on Nov 29, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linguist claims that English Is a Scandinavian lan...

I had a bet with a friend once about how much a Big Mac costs in Reykjavik, and so to settle the bet I googled for a phone number for a MacDonalds in Iceland and called them up. I was answered in perfect, virtually accentless English.

w1ntermute on Nov 29, 2012 [–]

Why would they answer the phone in English without knowing that you were a foreigner?

noselasd on Nov 29, 2012 | [–]

caller-id ?

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