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shararan · 7 months ago

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Literally the only reason I'm loud about being an ESL speaker is because of how cruel people were to me once I started out later in life than what's deemed ""normal"" and like... the amount of shit people would give me for miniscule things such as using 'were' two times in a sentence while simultaneously telling me I'm "better than native speakers" supposedly, not to mention the neverending infantilization about how I must not be very smart because they assumed I couldn't convey complex thoughts in english even by the time I very much could and did. It annoyed me so much just how rude people can get away with just because you're not perfect at the language you're using, especially because they don't know yours...!!! Fortunately this has gotten wayyyyy way better in the last 5 years IME but I can't help but still feel like I need to have my guard up even now.

#the amount of times I've been told i must not understand myself and my own intentions #just because i cannot always convey it flawlessly in english #is outright staggering #and i remember being made fun of by ex friend group of americans #who told me when i said it upset me that my language isnt ''oppressed''#which i never even said because its true! its not!#id just hoped that people who called themselves my friends would strive to be nicer to me #ex friends for a reason LMAO #but like jfc how hard could it be to just TRY and be at least polite about it???? smdh #sharan talks #nothing really prompted this was simply reminded due to something minor

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