The best examples that come to mind are when ordering food. As examples:

• You speak English and Spanish and are ordering a burrito
• You speak Thai and English and are ordering Tom Yum

I imagine it could depend on numerous things:
• You primary language or ethnicity
• What sort of restaurant
• Who you’re dining with
• Who you’re ordering from
• and probably a lot more…

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    Of the language I am using. Trying to fit in correct pronunciation sounds weird.

    Fun fact, just this week I realized that “hemendex” is literally “ham and eggs” together when I’ve seen it written on a menu as “hamandeggs”. I am fucking dumb.

    But hey, there’s also jomaha, jomaso (You’re my heart, You’re my soul): https://youtu.be/snm_GTD9-Q8?t=25

    The slavic lossy compression of English.