The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Cartography Anarchy@lemm.eeEnglish · 1 month agoWe asked 100 women from each country what shampoo they were usinglemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down118
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minus-squareTramdanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 month agoI went to a party while I was living in The Netherlands. Everybody else at the party was Dutch. They spent the entire evening speaking to each other in English for my benefit.
minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoYeah that tracks. Bet it made you feel at ease.
minus-squareprettybunnyslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoSo fucking hard trying to learn Dutch when I was working over there, everyone switched to English on me as soon as I started speaking. Weaponized politeness.
minus-squareTessellecta@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoIt’s not weaponized politeness. It’s a love for efficient communication; everyone speaks English, so why not use it.
minus-squareprettybunnyslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWeaponized efficiency I know it’s not meant to be shitty in any way it was just one of the funnier frustrations I had, I was genuinely trying to learn the language lmao
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI never let strangers know I can speak english.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIf you try speaking their native language, they can definitely tell by your accent, though.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoyeah,I got a turkish accent. also, unless you’re SUUUPER anglo, people can just tell you have an accent, not a specific accent.
I went to a party while I was living in The Netherlands. Everybody else at the party was Dutch. They spent the entire evening speaking to each other in English for my benefit.
Yeah that tracks. Bet it made you feel at ease.
So fucking hard trying to learn Dutch when I was working over there, everyone switched to English on me as soon as I started speaking.
Weaponized politeness.
It’s not weaponized politeness. It’s a love for efficient communication; everyone speaks English, so why not use it.
Weaponized efficiency
I know it’s not meant to be shitty in any way it was just one of the funnier frustrations I had, I was genuinely trying to learn the language lmao
I never let strangers know I can speak english.
If you try speaking their native language, they can definitely tell by your accent, though.
yeah,I got a turkish accent. also, unless you’re SUUUPER anglo, people can just tell you have an accent, not a specific accent.