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minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up156·11 months 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-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up36·11 months agoCould also be that they mistook your regional accent for the accent one has when learning it as a secondary language.
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.delinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up1·11 months agoDoes that really make it better?
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·11 months 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
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?
dammit Bobby
Well, you did forget the period on your sentence… But, I won’t tell the teacher!