I tried being “brutally honest” with an Indian coworker about her English. She started to studiously avoid me, and I realized I’d made a huge misstep following

I tried being “brutally honest” with an Indian coworker about her English. She started to studiously avoid me, and I realized I’d made a huge misstep following the “golden rule” so to speak. If I learn a new language I want people to constantly correct me. I have another coworker who is Eastern European and she has explicitly told me “point out EVERY mistake I make. Be brutal, I want to learn perfect English.” So I do. It seems like she really is getting less of an accent from it. It’s pretty cool to see. People are nice and don’t point out mistakes because some people don’t want this. It’s taboo on both sides, at least in the corporate US world. So they never learn to speak fluently just enough to get by.