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[moon_custafer]

 Had a job interview today, so now I'm obsessing over all the ways I might have put the interviewers off hiring me. My main worry is that I put my foot in my mouth when they asked me if I'd mind being the only non-immigrant there and I said "well as long as you can tolerate my inability to speak Cantonese or Mandarin we should be fine." 
"We all speak English," replied one of the interviewers, and I thought oh great, now I've inadvertently insulted her language skills. All I can say in my defence is that I was caught off-guard by the question. Later, when my potential boss (Afrikaans) brought up the same query, I did say that I took issue with being referred to as "the real Canadian," and the implication that he and his colleagues weren't. 

Anyway, we shall see.

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[dewline]

It was a good recovery, I think, because it's true. Not everyone born and raised here understands that truth yet, either.

[unhappytriad]

Good luck with the job search! (I too am job-hunting.)

I think, if anything, your comment was respectful towards people who speak more languages than you! (Or at least, speak languages you don't.)

[moon_custafer]

Well, that was my intent, but I'm worried it came out wrong.