Anyone judging anyone else making the effort to speak their language can fuck off. It takes a lot of time and effort to learn a language let alone embed yourself into another culture .
this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2025
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agreed, my fiancee got made fun of once because she said something wrong in a language i kind of speak, portuguese. she tried her best, though. :(
My wife experienced this too despite speaking 3 languages and is currently learning her forth. We live in an age of ignorance unfortunately. Eu também falo e não é uma língua fácil de aprender.
eu concordo, não falo fluentemente mas meu pai foi pro brasil uma vez. a lingua portuguesa é maravilhosa!!!
I'm guessing ICE likes it, it probably makes their job easier.
Fun Fact: Did you know that like 30% of ICE agents are Hispanic/Latino Americans? 🙃
Family reunions must be awkward when your buddies deported your aunt/uncle/grandparent
If the person in question doesn't hate foreigners in general, an accent is mostly adored. Plus, the US is so big, you can have a completely different accent while not being a foreigner. New Yorkers sound way different from Californians. Someone from Arizona is gonna sound a lot different than someone from Minnesota. Etc.
Depends on the accent and what bigoted stances the person judging holds.
Example: in the US, a French accent would be almost universally accepted, maybe considered being attractive, and indicative of somebody of “culture.“
An accent from central or South America? Lucky if the person is neutral towards it.
People also shit on Chinese and Indian accents here too. Mocked a lot.
Came here to say this. Western European accents are fun, quirky things. Accents from what our President would call "shithole countries" do not get the same respect.
Typically Arabs would be very impressed to see you even try to speak Arabic. I have never seen someone make fun of a foreigner for their accent. It's also quite rare for a foreigner to speak without accent.
I always love the russian accent for some reason. Like they sound to.. idk how to describe... like very authoritative, it can sound intimidating, but when spoken by someone that is resisting government oppression kinda like bring you hope. Like I hear a Russian accent of English and I immediately think of like revolution, like the revolution against the Tsar, or like the Alexey Navalney type of people.
When ever I hear Chinese, Korean, or Japanese accents, I think of like intellectuals, scientists. And specifically in case of Chinese (both Cantonese and Mandarin) accents, I think of the fight for democracy in Hong Kong, the resistance against the CCP's encroching upon ROC/Taiwan, and those doctors who tried to warn people of covid, and the dissidents who fled or have been exiled.
The average American English accent sounds kinda boring, no offense. Even the British accept, which is slightly better than the American version, still sounds boring AF.
I don't see many foreign people speaking my language at all. Other than the fact that when they do it they're usually either advanced speakers or not at all. I also tend to switch to their language automatically.
I also tend to switch to their language automatically
Sad language learner sounds