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> I much prefer hearing my name pronounced wrong by mistake, than wasting time in a useless woke-posturing session with someone using my time to teach them how
by 908B64B197 5y ago
> I much prefer hearing my name pronounced wrong by mistake, than wasting time in a useless woke-posturing session with someone using my time to teach them how to make sounds their mouth hasn't been trained to make, supposedly out of respect for my foreignness.
The French language is perceived as refined and hard to get right. And France in general is very romanticized in American culture. Maybe it's less "woke respect" and little more curiosity than you think.