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aurorasandsad-prose · 1 year ago

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I'm aware this has been talked about before but I sometimes feel like international fans(especially native English speakers) don't understand that not being able to fluently speak a language but understanding most (or everything) of what's been said/written is very common for bilingual people.

Also, your native tongue influences how you speak a new language a lot. All languages have their differences in terms of sounds, tones, grammar and that reflects in whatever your accent is like. Of course people can work on their accents if they want but I believe it should always be a personal choice. Like you literally cannot correctly pronounce my name in English without having to borrow a sound from another language. And that's on languages and being bilingual. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

And, if you're someone who judges/comments on someone's secondary language skills while yourself only knowing a single language, there's the door 🚪. Bye!

#as a bilingual myself I'd rather people like this don't make my acquaintance unless you're open to be educated #i saw a video of what I would call a perfect American accent and some people were commenting how she was faking it?#and?#she's doing a great job at it?#and then some people were like she spoke great English for a Korean #bro?#she went to harvard?!#even if she didn't #it would still be your problem for not understanding a less common accent #and how can you expect people to have the same pronounciation as you when their native tongue has such different sounds #and you literally need to have regular conversations with people to catch on the little tidbits which obv isn't possible for most people #ignorant people are very irritating #i would like you to try to learn a language with grammar and sounds that are completely different and then we'll talk #auroras thoughts #music #kpop #korean #english #language #learning languages #speaking english

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