Our organisation is in Brussels, an area with two official languages: French and Dutch (even though Dutch is vastly outnumbered). We therefore get paid extra if we can prove that we're bilingual. Not a problem for me, but I wonder about my colleague...
Yesterday, as he's putting on his coat, a French-speaking coworker tells me (in French) that he's going out to take an exam for his language certificate.
I reply, in Dutch, "Good luck!"
He says "Huh?"
I repeat in Dutch "Good luck".
He says "What?"
I finally say "Good luck" again, this time in French.
"Ah, thanks!", he finally answers.
Oh boy, I hope his exam was a written one, not oral
