Language- your emotion

aumbur

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Posted: 16 years ago

Language..what is your first reaction on people of non ethnicity or different culture..or your relatives living abroad speaking your day to day language- is it annoying or you dont feel different?

When I hear someone talking hindi or urdu who isnt of the same ethnicity i feel a little uncomfortable to accept the person's speech at first..Initially I couldnt hide the wierd expression on my face..and felt real bad that the person came to know what i really felt..I always wondered if people felt the same if I spoke their language since most cannot grab the "right " accent as they say in the second language..some can really well though..I have come across a few wired faces when I first started speaking english and it really did pull down my confidence in speech..however I have long overcome it..and get no more wired faces and I believe I manage to hide my feelings now most of time ..

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aumbur

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Originally posted by: P1nk
I start laughing.

Wow do you think its fine to laugh ..i mean doesnt the person look hurt or taken aback?😕

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Debayon Dutta

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Originally posted by: aumbur
Language..what is your first reaction on people of non ethnicity or different culture..or your relatives living abroad speaking your day to day language- is it annoying or you dont feel different?

When I hear someone talking hindi or urdu who isnt of the same ethnicity i feel a little uncomfortable to accept the person's speech at first..Initially I couldnt hide the wierd expression on my face..and felt real bad that the person came to know what i really felt..I always wondered if people felt the same if I spoke their language since most cannot grab the "right " accent as they say in the second language..some can really well though..I have come across a few wired faces when I first started speaking english and it really did pull down my confidence in speech..however I have long overcome it..and get no more wired faces and I believe I manage to hide my feelings now most of time ..

Yes, it's true that people stare at you when you don't have the right accent. But, I don't react in the same way. In fact, I feel pleased and happy that someone speaks my mother tongue. For example, if a foreigner talks to me in Hindi or Bengali, I would be so surprised(in a pleasant way) and happy. I don't care if he/she doesn't have the correct pronunciation or punctation. Just the fact that he/she has given the time to learn my language makes my chest swell up.

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Debayon Dutta

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Originally posted by: aumbur
I have come across a few wired faces when I first started speaking english and it really did pull down my confidence in speech..however I have long overcome it..and get no more wired faces and I believe I manage to hide my feelings now most of time ..

Why would you care what people think of your accent? They should have understood that you're a beginner and if they didn't and gave you weird looks, understand that:

1) the person not smart

2) his/her personality isn't of a good nature.

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aumbur

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Yes, it's true that people stare at you when you don't have the right accent. But, I don't react in the same way. In fact, I feel pleased and happy that someone speaks my mother tongue. For example, if a foreigner talks to me in Hindi or Bengali, I would be so surprised(in a pleasant way) and happy. I don't care if he/she doesn't have the correct pronunciation or punctation. Just the fact that he/she has given the time to learn my language makes my chest swell up.

Differs from person to person, some recognize the effort and the willingness others assume that there was no way out for the person than learn and speak the language in order to survive and there are cases in both context., It took me a while to let out the happy expression and not feel wierd...

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aumbur

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Originally posted by: debayon
Why would you care what people think of your accent? They should have understood that you're a beginner and if they didn't and gave you weird looks, understand that:
1) the person not smart

2) his/her personality isn't of a good nature.

Well I would say its not care but it attacks my ability or I take it as that way i guess, thanx for advice though.. 😊

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P1nk

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Originally posted by: aumbur

Wow do you think its fine to laugh ..i mean doesnt the person look hurt or taken aback?😕

who said i laughed in their faces though 😛

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Summer3

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Originally posted by: P1nk

who said i laughed in their faces though 😛

I try to be polite as possible on this matter but may joke about other things.

Will try to be more understanding and thoughtful.😉

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Sneha Desai

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Posted: 16 years ago

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I have a strong reaction, but completely opposite to what you guys feel.

Round here, you could come across ANYONE who can speak your day-to-day language, being from different ethinicity, yet do it better than you even. Mauritius is known for its multicultural population, as a result, you have whites speaking hindi, Muslims speaking bhojpuri, hindus speaking urdu, and marathis speaing english... On a day-to-day basis sometimes. No one's ashamed, no one's angry, and yeah, NO ONE laughs surely, not that I've seen. Thank God I grew up here now that I come to think of it.

People talk of globalisation and everything that follows, yet if we cannot accept sharing these small, petty daily happenings, we expect to create collaboration between entire economies. Language is an emotion, but it is also an art, a culture, if you can't learn to share it, what's the use of having it?

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casper

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Posted: 16 years ago

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one must appreciate others effort at trying a different lang. making fun is stupid coz just look at it this way. can u speak the others lang even as well as he is attempting to speak urs. N who is cleverer ? one on his way to learning a new lingo or one smirking at anothers attempt to learn something.

Edited by crazy_sunny - 16 years ago

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