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Last Post: 4:20:17am, 05/09/2024
CableZL posted...
Yeah... I think it's kinda ridiculous that some people in the US try to insult the intelligence of people who come here from foreign countries just because they have accents. They often speak at least two languages, sometimes multiple. Most people here, myself included, only know one. I'm trying to fix that for myself. The main languages I want to learn are Japanese, Spanish, French, Portugese, and Italian.
Good effin luck lol.
I figure if I did somehow become fluent in Japanese and Korean. I would say screw it and might as well add the most used version of Chinese as well. After that I would want to know Spanish for sure.
Korea is shitting on the world with some of their tv and movies. They're all just so much better than stuff I see in the US lately. Haven't watched as much stuff from Japan but have looked at a few. It is a very cool thing when you can understand what they're saying and all it took was a few hours of listening to an audio book.
As for the foreign accent thing. Yeah its funny, it completely changes the perspective when you try to learn these languages. Listening to natvies speak and then hearing myself speak is just....LOL.
It is super handy to know people who actually do speak these languages if trying to learn.
I also use Google Translate as well as the android one. Google is for sure better but they both can get tricky at times and just refuse to accept what I said.