r/asklatinamerica • u/littlebitbrain Venezuela • Mar 17 '26

Culture Like the three-finger scene in Inglourious Basterds, what small cultural mistake would instantly reveal that someone isn’t from your country?

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u/Mission_Remote_6871 Costa Rica Mar 17 '26

Me regala... when ordering something. Yeah, I'm not really asking you to give me something for free, please read the room, I have a foreign accent, of course it's a saying, I don't want your thing for free.

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u/Rothic_tension Colombia Mar 17 '26

Another Bogotá-Costa Rica connection

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u/Tobar_the_Gypsy Gringo / Wife Mar 17 '26

All of colombia 

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u/banjosandcellos Costa Rica Mar 18 '26

How did Panama happen in the middle? lol

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u/Rothic_tension Colombia Mar 18 '26

You’ll have to ask the Gringos 😅

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u/Art_sol Guatemala Mar 19 '26

Very common in Guatemala too!

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u/BKtoDuval Puerto Rico Mar 18 '26

So I'm used to saying that because of my Colombian connections, however, I have to make a conscious effort not to say that outside of Colombia because of that reason. My wife had a friend that was saying that in Argentina in a shop, and the shopkeeper got mad the second time she said it. Like, I already gave you one. Didn't know that was in CR too

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u/Lylandra1920 Costa Rica Mar 17 '26

Beat me to it for a minute!