You get nervous and mix up words and say things like “Merfi” instead of “Merci”
An employee at McDonald’s asks you where your table is so they can bring your food to you and you respond by saying “Merci!” because you didn’t understand what they said until you started to walk away
When someone asks you if you are English you automatically think they are asking if you speak English, and then you have to pause for a second and say you are American
If someone starts speaking English to you you are so surprised you don’t know what to say, or you continue to respond in French
When someone makes you nervous or you feel rushed to speak you completely forget how to say things you know how to say, or you forget your phone number that you know by heart
You accidentally call your husband “my man” instead of “my husband”
You accidentally refer to a restaurant owner’s wife as his husband
You smile and say “oui” when you don’t know what someone is saying to you
At times you just can’t understand someone so you freeze and look at your husband and hope he knows what is going on
You think you are ordering chicken and it turns out to be a really nasty tasting sausage
Your husband tells his mom she’s ordering rice and beef and it turns out to be cow brain
After making a wine tasting reservation, it turns out to be a small wine room in someone’s basement of their home
You get really annoyed when you think you are pronouncing something right, yet the person you’re speaking to has no idea what you’re saying