Re:France, Spain, and Italy’s English skills are on the decl...
by gerdesj on Thursday December 05, 2019 @05:09PM
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Native English speaker (English) here and I've just had to wipe my screen after reading your second paragraph. Pretty much the only reason I can tell you are not a native writer is by the content and the points you are raising.
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Re:France, Spain, and Italy’s English skills are on the decl...
by mettamage on Thursday December 05, 2019 @09:47PM
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Non-native speakers are more easily recognizable in their language use when they need to use proper vocabulary during emotional conversations.
My favorite mistake (made by yours truly):
"I feel upset."
"Oh, I also feel angry."
"I said that I feel upset..."
"Yea, angry, me too"
"It's not the same."
"Wait, what? How isn't it?"
Emotional conversations with a native English speaker are harder because of this. I learned to get a bit better at it as my SO speaks Dutch as well.
Having the same conversation in Dutch with the same words and sentences yielded very different discussions. IMO, the research that people talk and think more rationally in a non-native language rings true.