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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
And I am as guilty as all sin as per the OP original complaint. I'll be in a meeting where I know for a fact that there is a unilingual francophone in the room, and if I can't find the words to ask the question I need to ask or I can't express my opinion in the way that I need to in french, I'll switch over to english. If it is something that that person needs to know, I'll ask that what I said be translated. Call it rude if you will, but I think it more important that we accomplish the goals of the meeting than it is to be 1000% inclusive.
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There's a difference between switching to another language out of necessity and what (I think) the OP is talking about, where 2 or more people start talking in another language just because.
I've experienced the latter, where 2 people I've been out to dinner with, who are completely fluent in english, turn to each other and start conversing in German, which they know the other three of us don't speak a lick of.
IMO, there's no difference between that and leaning over and whispering, and both are very rude.