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Re:Ask HN: Did knowing or learning a not-so-famous natural l... by gotofritz on Monday November 14, 2016 @01:07PM (#12951853)
For what is worth, it's true of all languages if you are a native English speaker - everyone wants to improve their English, and for them it's tiring trying to make sense of your attempts at speaking their language as you are learning.

Best thing is to pretend you are Finnish or Macedonian or something and say you don't speak English at all!

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Re:Ask HN: Did knowing or learning a not-so-famous natural l... by hazbo on Monday November 14, 2016 @02:48PM (#12952635)
I haven't tried that before but that could be a good idea. I just hope my accent doesn't make it too obvious!
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Re:Ask HN: Did knowing or learning a not-so-famous natural l... by tom_mellior on Monday November 14, 2016 @05:37PM (#12954002)
> everyone wants to improve their English

Your point is certainly valid for many people in many places, but in France I find it to be mostly false. Most people, even in computer science, will rather have me butcher French than switch to butchering English themselves.

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Re:Ask HN: Did knowing or learning a not-so-famous natural l... by gotofritz on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @03:32AM (#12956495)
Oh yeah, the French are, shall we say, "special"...
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