365 Writing Prompts: Hear no evil
Tell us about a conversation you couldn’t help but overhear and wish you hadn’t.
I did overhear something I wish I didn’t. My husband invited some of his friends to dinner one day. All his friends knew he was a Bengali and his wife was a Bengali too.
One of my husband’s friend was from Karachi where Urdu is spoken by most people.I learned Urdu when I was very young, we had neighbors who spoke it.
My husband’s friend seemed to be in a sour mood that day, he called his friend to talk to him about his family problem. I understood what he said.He didn’t think anyone in that party knew his language, unfortunately I heard everything he said against his wife. I did not try, he spoke loud enough for us to hear, only I was the one who understood everything he said.If this is overhearing I am guilty.
This happened to me once, our British Prof. was walking past us one day, I told my classmate in Urdu, “Oh look Mr. Baird is coming!” He quietly walked by without saying anything.
Next day in the classroom, he told us, “Oh by the way, Miss Sabeth speaks very good Urdu.”
I was so embarrassed I did not know what to say, Mr. Baird was a linguist, he lived in India for two years,I had no idea!
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Sabethville 
Oh what a wonderful story about your professor. It must have really been surprising. As for the friend, I don’t feel it was intentional overhearing.
Thank you Sonya, the friend did not think anyone knew his language,
it was not my fault, he was loud enough for all of us to hear.
Dear Ranu,
Thank you for sharing this post. In life, it’s interesting how we overhear things, some good, some bad.
All good wishes,
robert
I know,I was surprised how loud he was.