Despite it not quite being August - the vacation month European visitors- we are getting an early heavy flow this year, perhaps due to the weak dollar. I’m not sure why, but I have managed to recall various conversations I’ve heard on the street in French and 1 in Chinese. Enjoy! Sorry for nothing more interesting to post- I’ve been working too hard on (ahem) paying gigs.

(French)* New Trader Joe’s worker, closing up a call on his cell phone: “Call me back, OK? OK BYE.”

(French) Couple in their 40s, near Lombard, heads down over a cell phone. “It’s 415…. no 416…. wait, no 415….”

(French) Guy with, I kid you not, a sweater knotted over his shoulders, in front of Pat’s Cafe on Taylor, on his cell phone: “But, what is the point….”

(Mandarin) Couple on Taylor in F.Wharf, looking at a rack of fleece: “It’s 4 for $10. Yes, 4 for $10.”

(Swedish) Family walking towards Fisherman’s Wharf on Taylor. Wait, I don’t speak Swedish… I’m sure they were ridiculing me.

If you have overheard conversations in other languages, please comment below! Added points if they’re taxi cab driver conversations or tourists. The more obscure the language, the more points you get too. Extra points if they’re saying anything interesting too, of course.

* French-speaking peoples, that is.