Stamets to [email protected] • 1 year agoLanguages are weirdlemmy.worldimagemessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up11.12K
arrow-up11.12KimageLanguages are weirdlemmy.worldStamets to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareGormadtlinkfedilink153•1 year agoI’ll never forget one of my coworkers asking me what my first language was because, “I speak English as a second language I know what it sounds like, so what’s your first language?” My first language is English, I just speak it really poorly
minus-squareEpheralinkfedilink35•1 year agoCould also be that they mistook your regional accent for the accent one has when learning it as a secondary language.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•1 year agoWell, you did forget the period on your sentence… But, I won’t tell the teacher!
I’ll never forget one of my coworkers asking me what my first language was because, “I speak English as a second language I know what it sounds like, so what’s your first language?”
My first language is English, I just speak it really poorly
dammit Bobby
Could also be that they mistook your regional accent for the accent one has when learning it as a secondary language.
Does that really make it better?
Well, you did forget the period on your sentence… But, I won’t tell the teacher!