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> He seemed a bit on the spectrum and oversharing, literally hyperventilating and not talking in coherent sentences. Yeah, not really. He's 19 and is a non-nat
by notfed 4y ago
> He seemed a bit on the spectrum and oversharing, literally hyperventilating and not talking in coherent sentences.
Yeah, not really. He's 19 and is a non-native English speaker. He understands that he's under siege and has to show some vulnerability to gain trust in listeners. IMO, the way he spoke was completely in accordance with all of this, while also remaining coherent.
- kentor 4y agoHe's a native speaker, just spent too much time around people with broken English recently.
- runnerup 4y agoHe’s born in San Francisco, very classic white American native. While he did spend ages 7-10 in the Netherlands, he went to high school in Connecticut and New York. His uncharacteristic accent is from spending the last few years studying chess in Europe.