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I’m not in the same boat as the folks in these articles who’ve clearly suffered much worse treatment. I had a relatively easy time. But personally, I hated it w
by nindalf 5y ago
I’m not in the same boat as the folks in these articles who’ve clearly suffered much worse treatment. I had a relatively easy time. But personally, I hated it when someone complimented my English. It felt infantilising, like how it would feel if someone appreciated you for tying your shoelaces all by yourself.
The next time an American or British or Australian person tells me how good my English is, I’m telling them that “oh your English isn’t too bad either”.
- MattGaiser 5y agoYou have to remember that to many of us Americans and Brits and Canadians, speaking any amount of any other language is impressive. We are comparing it to the 10 words we can speak of something else.
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- andrewshadura 5y agoWhat about ‘For how long exactly have you lived in Britain?’
- starky 5y ago>It felt infantilising, like how it would feel if someone appreciated you for tying your shoelaces all by yourself. I've been places (particularly Asia) where people were actually impressed that I learned a handful of words/phrases to be polite. Like do you think I'm too arrogant or stupid to take the time to learn a bit of a language that isn't English?