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I wish I knew another language (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 children)

The US has an insane portion of foreign workforce with non-native speakers being at the head of many fortune top 100 companies. This is unheard of for Europe.

US is probably the most linguistically and culturally accommodating place on the planet. The heck are you talking about, OP?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever been to the US? Even Brits get "corrected" by Yankees there, and I find that as amusing as it is sad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

In my experience, only Brits get corrected, and really that's just a running joke. "Oi cunt, Bo'oh uh wah'ah?"

Edit: actually that's not true, we do it to our own too. Ahem, "pahk the cah in hahvahd yard". See? Funny!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Americans love poking fun at our different dialects.

"Ope let me squeeze right past ya there"

"Y'all just leave that tractor right there"

"So, like, do you, like, have a favorite, um, restaurant here?"

And then there's mobster accents which get even more funny

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