Original question by @[email protected]
a lot of people here in the united states find it attractive to have a foreign accent (although depending on what it is they could hate it too). what about your country?
does it depend? what accents don’t they like if it depends?
I’m guessing ICE likes it, it probably makes their job easier.
If the person in question doesn’t hate foreigners in general, an accent is mostly adored. Plus, the US is so big, you can have a completely different accent while not being a foreigner. New Yorkers sound way different from Californians. Someone from Arizona is gonna sound a lot different than someone from Minnesota. Etc.
Typically Arabs would be very impressed to see you even try to speak Arabic. I have never seen someone make fun of a foreigner for their accent. It’s also quite rare for a foreigner to speak without accent.
Anyone judging anyone else making the effort to speak their language can fuck off. It takes a lot of time and effort to learn a language let alone embed yourself into another culture .
agreed, my fiancee got made fun of once because she said something wrong in a language i kind of speak, portuguese. she tried her best, though. :(
My wife experienced this too despite speaking 3 languages and is currently learning her forth. We live in an age of ignorance unfortunately. Eu também falo e não é uma língua fácil de aprender.
eu concordo, não falo fluentemente mas meu pai foi pro brasil uma vez. a lingua portuguesa é maravilhosa!!!
Depends on the accent and what bigoted stances the person judging holds.
Example: in the US, a French accent would be almost universally accepted, maybe considered being attractive, and indicative of somebody of “culture.“
An accent from central or South America? Lucky if the person is neutral towards it.
People also shit on Chinese and Indian accents here too. Mocked a lot.
Came here to say this. Western European accents are fun, quirky things. Accents from what our President would call “shithole countries” do not get the same respect.
I don’t see many foreign people speaking my language at all. Other than the fact that when they do it they’re usually either advanced speakers or not at all. I also tend to switch to their language automatically.
I also tend to switch to their language automatically
Sad language learner sounds
