I’m from England and I only really speak English. I speak a little French because I lived in Morocco for a few years but it’s really not that good.
One thing I learnt while living overseas is that while English people aren’t very good at speaking other languages, we’re really rather good at understanding foreigners trying to speak our language, even when they get half the words wrong and use a really thick accent.
we’re really rather good at understanding foreigners trying to speak our language, even when they get half the words wrong and use a really thick accent.
This is actually something I only realized after coming to Japan. It’s surprising how much English tolerates mistakes when a small-ish mistake can completely throw off a Japanese speaker from what you’re talking about. I wonder how other languages compare.
I’m from England and I only really speak English. I speak a little French because I lived in Morocco for a few years but it’s really not that good.
One thing I learnt while living overseas is that while English people aren’t very good at speaking other languages, we’re really rather good at understanding foreigners trying to speak our language, even when they get half the words wrong and use a really thick accent.
This is actually something I only realized after coming to Japan. It’s surprising how much English tolerates mistakes when a small-ish mistake can completely throw off a Japanese speaker from what you’re talking about. I wonder how other languages compare.