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[–] eddietrax@dmv.social 80 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Ahh yes the blanket shit on Americans post.

[–] MildlyArdvark@feddit.dk 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SpermGoobler@lemmy.blue 24 points 2 years ago
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[–] DaBabyAteMaDingo@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Speak for yourselves. As a Latino born from Mexican immigrants, I speak English and Spanish poorly 😢

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[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 2 years ago

My 3 favorite experiences with language as an American:

(1) My Jamaican coworker who I couldn't understand for the life of me and my Ukrainian coworker who my Jamaican couldn't understand at all, the Ukrainian coworker understood the Jamaican coworker just fine though and I understood my Ukrainian coworker just fine. Basically it turns into a fun game of telephone whenever we need to talk.

(2) My former coworker from Haiti who no one but the hiring manager and I could understand, the best part about this is that I didn't know he had an accent. I just didn't hear it somehow. He was a great guy, he went back home a few years ago when his mother passed. Got stuck due to the pandemic and never came back to the company. I hope he's doing well.

(3) My former coworker from Guatemala insisting English wasn't my first language as to him it sounded like English was my second language at best. I've been working on it since then. I still suck at it.

[–] andresil@lemm.ee 42 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Americans have trouble with any accent that isn't the blandest, nails on chalkboard accent.

Once had one ask me if I was speaking English when I spoke to him (for context I am Irish, the north bit)

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Well fucksake mate, when someone asks yous where you're from, yous go "NornIrn"

Naecunt can unnerstaund thon

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[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Bland and nails on chalkboard? That's like the opposite of bland. Not great, but definitely not bland. Bland is blunt and flat. Nails on chalkboard is shrill, sharp, and grating. I just don't understand how you can believe both at the same time.

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Excuse me, but as an American I take offense to this meme. I speak 4 languages, English, Southern, Bostonian, and Spanish /s

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[–] Archlinuxforever@lemmy.3cm.us 30 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Oh look, it's the same old reposted garbage meme that I have seen on Reddit hundreds of times.

[–] el_bhm@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oh look, it's the same old reposted garbage comment that I have seen on Reddit hundreds of times.

[–] Archlinuxforever@lemmy.3cm.us 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Oh look, it's the same old comment complaining about another comment that I have seen on Reddit hundreds of times.

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[–] BruceLee@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, many africans speak 2 languages in their family, a third one for people that don't speak one of theses two and have studied french and english.

[–] nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

So, exactly how it works in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesian.

They speak native local language from their city, other two from other islands, English for international language, sometimes Chinese, Malay, Arabic, Korean, or Japanese. Not to forget the national language, Indonesian.

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[–] Rengoku@lemmy.today 28 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] kungen@feddit.nu 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)
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[–] ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (20 children)

Well, as an Indian with a love for anime, I speak 3 languages and am learning a 4th (Japanese).

मुळात माझी मातृभाषा मराठी आहे. आणि मी बरीच वर्ष महाराष्ट्रातच राहिलीय...

लेकिन school और दोस्तों के वजह से हिंदी भी बोल लेता है. और तो और, इन दोनो की लिपी एक जैसी ही होने के कारण पढणे मे भी दिक्कत नही आति.

わたしはあにめがすきですから、にほんごをべんきょうおします。今は、にほんごのうりょうくしけんのN5できました。今年の12月にN4できますよ。

And I plan on learning more soon 🙃.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That's just one language - the language of funny symbols.

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[–] jungekatz@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Many indians speak 4+ languages easily , and we dont even notice that 😅

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (7 children)
[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Last I checked.

Fun fact: when you say "Asian" to an American, their first thought is East or Southeast Asia, but a British person's primary association with "Asianness", for lack of a better term, is India and Pakistan.

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[–] cambriakilgannon@beehaw.org 19 points 2 years ago

Americans: "I Don't think about you guys at all."

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (17 children)

I'll never understand this attitude that Europeans have towards Americans. I thought we were friends.

[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago

North Americans and Europeans are only friends when someone from a different continent is in the room.

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[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Many Americans actually are bilingual or are studying another language to become bilingual.

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[–] sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Some of my collegemates know 6 languages(India)

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[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

面白いね。メキシコがアメリカの近くにあるのに、アメリカの大分がスペイン語を全然はなせないねw!私もスペイン語が習いたいけど、日本語もうPainintheassだよ!

[–] ChapolinColoradoNZ@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I understood "pain in the ass", did I pass the test?

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[–] MrSlicer@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

The nice thing about language is, if enough people are wrong they eventually become right.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The distance from Atlanta to LA is about the same as the distance between Paris and Beirut. There is somewhat less linguistic diversity on the Altanta/LA route than the Paris/Beirut route (because of the genocide).

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[–] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

German here, speaking english fluently, enough french to get everything done while on vacation in France or Wallony and learning Japanese atm.

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