[WARNING EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AND VIOLENCE] In this extract from “Game of Thrones”, we see dire repercussions for speaking in a language the speaker assumes the listener doesn’t understand. During his speech, the bald man insults and verbally degrades the woman with the whip. When he realizes she understands him, he pays for it with his life. This extract isn’t a cautionary tale: it seems obvious that one shouldn’t insult their interlocutor whether they understand or not. It doe