I gotta say, I understand their position. If a language isn't your native language, it's really a lot easier to switch into the other language if you need to have a quick conversation, or if it would be too difficult to try and explain it in a language everyone present would understand...
I had a gf that was fluent in german, and often when she was talking to her German friends, they'd lapse into german if they were having trouble with the conversation in english. I just stopped paying attention when they did :P
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