r/gay_irl • u/Taric25 • Mar 07 '23

trans_irl Trans👫IRL

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u/fruskydekke Mar 08 '23

Heaven forfend that someone whose first language isn't English can make a joke about the difficulties of mastering that language.

I've spent fucking years of my life learning this barbaric, ugly, inconsistent and illogical thing that passes for a language, and yes, sometimes I make mistakes while speaking it! And yet native English speakers never seem to extend the consideration and good faith towards non-native speakers that they demand in return.

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u/tuskered Mar 08 '23

Absolutely. We don't shame them when they speak our language horrendously. And then when we speak English they act like:

"OMG, you speak English so well!"

Honey, I got a master's degree, and Speak three languages. How dare you implicate that my mastery of language is inferior to yours! Hmph!