This is a sentence that I have said a thousand times when speaking to a native english speaker. Now I donāt, because Iāve realized that is not something I should be sorry about.
I have seen hundreds of non-native english speakers say the same exact thing and it hurts me a lit bit everytime I read it or hear it because no one should feel ashamed or sorry about them speaking a language that itās not their own and that they are learning because itās not āperfectā. Let me get one thing straight: it will never be. English native speakers make mistakes when they speak or write in english, I make mistakes in my native language, everyone does, so itās only normal that someone who speaks english as a second,third,fourthā¦ language will make them too.
The truth is we should be proud of speaking another language, of making that effort, of investing time in learning it instead of apologizing for not speaking it fluently or perfectly to a native speaker. No one (at least no one that is a decent person) will get mad at you, or frustrated, or make fun of you when you make a mistake in english. When someone from another country tries to speak to me or ask me something in my native language I get so happy and I actually feel so proud that they know the language, whether they now a lot or very little, because they are making an effort and I know how hard it is to communicate in a language thatās not your own, especially when you know very few words. Never, in a thousand years, will I make fun of someone for saying something thatās grammatically incorrect, or for misspealling it, or getting the gender wrong or not knowing how to pronounce something, and I know most people wouldnāt either.
Donāt apologize, you have done nothing wrong, if anything you should be really proud of yourself for being a polyglot.
So no, Iām not sorry about my english, Iām really freaking proud of it, mistakes and all.
P.S: this does not apply only to english but I used this language as an example because itās the one it happens more frequently with and because so many people know english as a second language but thereās still a lot of native speakers that only speak english and we shouldnāt apologize to someone when we are making an effort to speak to them in their native language.
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