Re: OT: semi-OT: bilingual communication

>> I'm reading more on the North Caucasian languages (where I got A LOT of
>> ideas for Tech phonology). I understand that in Vladikavkaz, Russia, which
>> is on the Chechen-Ingush border, it's common for a Chechen to speak
>>Chechen
>> to an Ingush, and the Ingush to reply in Ingush, and they understand each
>> other enough to hold an everyday conversation.
>>
>> Is it possible, or practical, for this to happen in the real world for
>> speakers of two more different languages?
>> Like I was speaking English to a
>> Spanish speaker and he'd be speaking Spanish to me
Well, i happened to speak japanese to a friend, while he responded in spanish.
Actualy we were both french, and did it just for fun, but we kept this going
for more than an hour.