Being spoken to in your native language

[SckizoBoy]

And as for the style I'm just a bit too pale for them to really look good on me.

Send me a pic! I will be the judge of that! XD

I wish I could wear qipao-styles btw. but I'm a bit too "big" (if you know what I mean) for it to look good on me, le sigh.

Not to sound patronising, but you'd be surprised how... voluptuous certain styles of qipao can make the wearer... -_-

 

[Zetsubou-Sama]

My father-in-law hates that I try to speak to him in french since I butcher the language, even if for some words, so I just talk in my native language and he just replies with whatever he feels like.

He's kind of an asshole in that regard.

EDIT: The only thing that annoys me is when someone answers or talks in a language like spanish, or italian, and I politely just say I'm portuguese and they just reply 'Isn't that just the same'?

 

[Nimcha]

I would like that, actually. After I'm done laughing at how terrible they are at it, I will complement them on trying.

It's comments like this that make people like me take so damn long trying to learn languages. The last thing I want is to embarrass myself and causing someone to laugh at me is obviously an embarrassing action.

Nooo I didn't mean it like that. My native language (Dutch) is not an easy one to learn, especially pronounciation. I wouldn't laugh as to mock you! And I'd probably help you afterwards, it's always nice when people show an interest.

 

[kasperbbs]

Why would i feel offended? Most foreigners here speak Russian so i'm glad that they are trying to speak my language because i'm terrible at theirs.

 

[trollnystan]

And as for the style I'm just a bit too pale for them to really look good on me.

Send me a pic! I will be the judge of that! XD

I wish I could wear qipao-styles btw. but I'm a bit too "big" (if you know what I mean) for it to look good on me, le sigh.

Not to sound patronising, but you'd be surprised how... voluptuous certain styles of qipao can make the wearer... -_-

Yeah that just makes it worse. I mean, it's not like I'm huge in that department, but put one of those on and WOAH =/ Also I have the hardest time finding one that fits; they're usually made for smaller sizes.

 

[Blow_Pop]

And as for the style I'm just a bit too pale for them to really look good on me.

Send me a pic! I will be the judge of that! XD

I wish I could wear qipao-styles btw. but I'm a bit too "big" (if you know what I mean) for it to look good on me, le sigh.

Not to sound patronising, but you'd be surprised how... voluptuous certain styles of qipao can make the wearer... -_-

If I can be arsed to find the photo. I don't have the shirt any more. Got rid of it a while ago..the shirt that is....the photo is buried somewhere in cyberspace on my facebook

 

[Dtox333]

I'm very happy with the kind of responses my topic came up with lol.

sorry if I haven't been able to respond to anyone (I'v been very busy), but I'v read all of these replies and they've been very informative on the experiences and perspectives of many people.

thank you very much for participating, everyone.

 

[Linakrbcs]

I don't mind speaking to me in my native language (german) when they're not native speakers, on the contrary. I think it shows that the person is making an effort to communicate instead of demanding that everybody speak their native language.

 

[The Night Angel]

Well I lived in Spain for 8 years, and it never offended me if someone assumed (correctly obviously) that I spoke English, and it makes no difference to me what language I speak, as long as the other person feels comfortable using that language too. Now I'm back in Ireland, and I was working in a shop for a while, and if someone came in and I heard them speak Spanish, I would address them in Spanish. From my own personal experience, it is always nice to have someone talk in your own language when you're abroad. I've never had someone assume I spoke a language I don't, but I imagine that could be annoying, yes.

 

[Saladfork]

As a man of English descent, it would be quite odd if I was offended by my own mother tongue.

I've actually tried to learn other languages before but for some reason I'm really really bad at it. I guess the biggest problem is I can't remember non-English vocabulary very well at all.

So Je ne parle pas la Francais tres bien, et no hablo Espanol muy Bueno.

I'm too lazy to go look up alt codes.

 

[FalloutJack]

I know for a fact that many non-english-speaking communities laugh at foreign visitors trying to speak their language. Mostly because it's so damn adorable.