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[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 42 points 5 months ago

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND ME? YOU ENGLISH? gestures wildly

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 months ago

I have friend who told me that his father speaks broken english to non-native speakers. If they hire landscapers, for example, he'll start mimicking a hispanic accent and dropping words and deliberately changing grammar. His entire family is terribly embarrassed by this behavior, even if he means well. What a tool.

As we've been told since at least the early nineties: if a non-native english speaker can't understand you, just repeat yourself and ASK LOUDER. /s

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 5 months ago

And don't you forget to gesture! THEY NO UNDERSTAND WITHOUT! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿซฑ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ’ช

this post was submitted on 27 May 2024
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