4 ms·
> My language partners have highly praised my accent, which I understand to mean that I'm not completely horrible. Not trying to be mean at all, but one shoul
by t_mann 4y ago
> My language partners have highly praised my accent, which I understand to mean that I'm not completely horrible.
Not trying to be mean at all, but one should be careful with such assumptions, especially in a country like Japan that that abounds with social norms and codes that foreigners are almost guaranteed to get wrong.
- wccrawford 4y agoYou're correct about being careful about assumptions about culture, but I'm not assuming much here. I've been told and read many times that that's what that means.