In Germany I was GSL and I didn't mind being teased for mispronounciation - hilarity ensues! But I experienced inbound contempt like this once, and I remember

In Germany I was GSL and I didn't mind being teased for mispronounciation - hilarity ensues! But I experienced inbound contempt like this once, and I remember it clearly. But it was the contempt, not the tease, that was the problem. I could tell this person, a total stranger BTW, really hated me because I wasn't a native speaker. It didn't matter to them I was trying. (That is about as right-wing as I get, BTW: I believe it's incumbent on immigrants to keep putting effort into learning the language until they sound basically native. To give up early is...rude.) At the end of this short video[0], a (half-thai) young woman says "Would you kindry?" while wearing a stereotypical asian farmer hat. It's funny, and highlights the supreme importance of context in general, and intent in particular. 0 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gem6-suSjSg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gem6-suSjSg