One of the saddest scenes in the modern world is an immigrant apologising for their accent to someone who speaks only one language.
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@ichbindabomb "How To Hide An Empire" by Daniel Immerwahr has an interesting analysis of this from an American lens to The Philippines especially
@autolycos will search!!
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One of the saddest scenes in the modern world is an immigrant apologising for their accent to someone who speaks only one language.
Karim Hussaini
I rather know those who accuse of bad language skills, but barely know even a second language.
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That's an embarrassing fact for a lot of "English speakers".
@Owen_G_Richards
It is indeed.
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@Owen_G_Richards
It is indeed.
@ichbindabombNot that I can speak Dutch (a few words here and there) or German (the same) or French (ditto), pero puedo hablar Español. Es mi segundo idioma...
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Not that I can speak Dutch (a few words here and there) or German (the same) or French (ditto), pero puedo hablar Español. Es mi segundo idioma...
@Owen_G_Richards
¡Es ya muy bien que pueden hablar dos idiomas! Hace algos años que no he hablado Español con regularidad (hablo más el Catalán), pero es un idioma hermoso y rico.
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Not that I can speak Dutch (a few words here and there) or German (the same) or French (ditto), pero puedo hablar Español. Es mi segundo idioma...
@Eetschrijver@mastodon.social @Owen_G_Richards muy bien muchachos que ambos hablan español!!!
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@Eetschrijver@mastodon.social @Owen_G_Richards muy bien muchachos que ambos hablan español!!!
Si podemos hablar un solo idioma comun es un exito de verdad... 🥳
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@ichbindabomb
I'm sorry! No clue why this might be!
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Si podemos hablar un solo idioma comun es un exito de verdad... 🥳
@Owen_G_Richards yay! Viva el español
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One of the saddest scenes in the modern world is an immigrant apologising for their accent to someone who speaks only one language.
Karim Hussaini
Right? I've had people do that and I always reply that their English is miles ahead of my <guess at their native tongue>. They probably speak more than 2 well and another 3 or 4 “enough to get by”. Canadians are a little better than Americans at not assuming that “everyone” speaks English. Just don't go too far west.
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Right? I've had people do that and I always reply that their English is miles ahead of my <guess at their native tongue>. They probably speak more than 2 well and another 3 or 4 “enough to get by”. Canadians are a little better than Americans at not assuming that “everyone” speaks English. Just don't go too far west.
@VE2UWY as an immigrant myself(lived in five countries) I can tell you from experience that actually the hardest ones are here in CH and I would say (although I haven’t lived there) France. Even Germans are very forgiving.
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One of the saddest scenes in the modern world is an immigrant apologising for their accent to someone who speaks only one language.
Karim Hussaini
@ichbindabomb
I speak only one language. Thank you for your effort that we might know each other. -
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