• Varyk
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    3 months ago

    saying “shalom” or “namastey” or “hola” as a non-native speaker was an irritating “hip” thing to do when that movie came out, and that’s a scene where Peter Parker is trying repeatedly to be “hip” and failing spectacularly.

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      3 months ago

      wait is it genuinely irritating to sprinkle in greetings/thanks/you’re-welcomes in other languages cuz i do that a lot cuz i like learning new words 🥺

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        3 months ago

        Unfortunately you are not allowed to speak in tongues outside of those you were born into.

        Also nice username.

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        3 months ago

        yea, it’s irritating by way of inconvenience, especially in monocultures like the states, but it isn’t wrong or a “bad” behavior, so go for it.

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          3 months ago

          As someone that does this…

          People say I’m irritating but endearing.

          So take that as you will.

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        3 months ago

        Depends on context.

        This is the same idea as answering the phone with “Talk to me” which is generally from a pompous arrogant character.

        Like “I’m here, what do you have to say?”

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        3 months ago

        Howdy howdy howdy!

        I honestly can’t stop greeting people like this, even though I’ve never stepped foot in a place where it doesn’t snow

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        3 months ago

        All the people I’ve met who did that also happened to be irritating douchebags. Now whether there is a causal relationship and what is the direction of that relationship, I can’t say.

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      3 months ago

      I’ve lived in Texas as long as I can remember, but I was born in California.

      Spanish finds it’s way into my everyday speech constantly.

      My family is white as fuck, but my mother became fluent in college.

      I took Spanish in high school for my foreign language credits.

      While I’m not fluent, I’ve worked closely with people who primarily speak Spanish with a little broken English.

      The little bit of Spanish I recall, and the little bit of English they know, allowed us to work together.

      Is that irritating?

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        3 months ago

        no, speaking a second language to communicate with others isn’t irritating, especially in the southern and SW US, where Spanish is so common.

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        3 months ago

        why did you feel that someone, using a foreign word, to look cool, was similar to you using a second language, to communicate with its native speakers? Honest question here. That seems like a big leap in logic to me.