#dont think i dont notice the way this predominantly affects poc too...... | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

volkswagenital · 6 months ago

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smth ive noticed that drives me a little crazy is that like. english speakers are allowed to give ocs more "unusual" names (think like noun names or something similar). and no one bats an eye. but the moment someone does the same thing but the word isnt in english everyone throws a fit. like if someone speaks idk tamil or something and wants to name their oc the tamil word for like. window. or whatever. people get mad and go "waaaah wah thats a TERRIBLE name it sounds WRONG" meanwhile english speakers can name their ocs like paintbrush or smth all the time and no one bats an eye (which they shouldnt, its fine, who cares). its just very telling. why can people only have fun with it if its english

#silver tongues #dont think i dont notice the way this predominantly affects poc too......#not exclusively. its a non native eng speaker problem in general #but yk. :|#this isnt abt anything specific wrt the language or word those were literally the first things that came to mind LMAO #back in the day i had someone online literally accuse me of racefaking bc i did this btw. meanwhile my eomma who was born in korea and live #in korea and is korean. and speaks korean fluently. is the one who taught me korean

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