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Yesterday, at a cafe in Sagres. Asked the waitress for the bill:

"Queríamos a conta, se faz favor?" - could we have the bill please.

And she didn't understand a word.

And I'm thinking, "oh no! Is my accent really that bad?"

Turns out she was French and barely spoke any Portuguese herself.

in reply to Sarah Brown

Same, in French-speaking part of Brussels but the server was also a foreigner and spoke much less French than I. Doesn't bother the lunch crowd, though!