I know for a fact that some people aren’t gonna like this but I can’t be bothered
Some of you love picking on second language English speakers and it shows. Many times when I’m trying to make an important point, some people love to say shit like “Oh you used the wrong preposition here and blah blah blah therefore you hate Z people and are now cancelled” when it’s CLEARLY not the point at all. Sometimes they even say things like, “Yeah I totally get that it wasn’t your point but this can maybe imply X Y and Z”
The great majority of the people who do this type of shit have never learned another language and have no idea what it’s like to learn the rules of another culture without ever having lived in it. Then they pick apart every word, sometimes searching for a mistake. Listen, it’s already hard enough to express your thoughts eloquently in a language that isn’t your own, and even HARDER when you know people are gonna try to pick apart everything you say based on cultural rules you’ve never actually experienced.
How can you expect someone to abide by all the rules of a culture, and understand all of its nuances and subtleties, without them being in it? This doesn’t mean second language English speakers get a free pass to say whatever the fuck they want, but y'all definitely need to be more understanding and not jump straight to attacking when someone makes a small English error that could be interpreted in a negative way.
For instance, in my language, “wife” and “woman” are sometimes used interchangeably. It wouldn’t be a huge surprise if someone who spoke my language said “she’s his woman” instead of “she’s his wife” in English by accident. Just because someone makes this mistake, that doesn’t instantly mean that they’re a horrible misogynist who thinks women are property. They could just be a chill person trying to say a sentence and accidentally translate it literally. I made this mistake sometimes as a child because I really just didn’t know.
It wouldn’t hurt y'all to calmly tell someone about their mistake instead of going straight to attack mode.
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