Miriam BooshJun 25, 2023
Remember, if someone is speaking English to you with an accent, they are probably, by default, smarter than you because they speak two languages. Don't patronize them.
Show threadJohn Caveney woke is me🛠️Jun 25, 2023
@Miriamm my daughter speaks perfect English, and German. And Spanish. And French. And Luxembourgish (yes, it’s a language) and makes me look like an idiot, having said that my own late mother found it difficult to understand my spoken English and we were both born in Manchester! 😂😂
Show threadMiriam Boosh
@jaycee wow thts incredible and here's us with only one! Haha I'm from Ireland and I don't understand half the Irish either
Jun 25, 2023 at 8:35amWeb
Show threadJohn Caveney woke is me🛠️Jun 25, 2023
@Miriamm my late mother, like me now, was stone deaf (Irish descent too!) my best mate called me mumbling man, he wasn’t known for his subtlety! So she had no bloody chance, indeed my wife of 50 years is struggling these days and she can hear a pin drop 4 doors down! 😂😂
Show threadGiliellJun 25, 2023
@Miriamm @jaycee When I studied in Ireland for a year, one of my Irish housemates told me how the Americans complimented him on his English, being from Ireland and everything, when he worked there over summer.
Show threadJohn Caveney woke is me🛠️Jun 25, 2023
@Giliell @Miriamm 😂
Show threadMiriam BooshJun 25, 2023
@Giliell @jaycee oh dear lord hahaha
Show threadRitaJun 25, 2023
@Giliell @Miriamm @jaycee I got complimented on my Portuguese at Brazil (I'm from Portugal)
Show threadJohn Caveney woke is me🛠️Jun 25, 2023
@Giliell @ritawho @Miriamm 😂😂👏👏
Show threadPJ "Vote Green" CoffeyJun 25, 2023

@ritawho

How do you say "gringo" in Portuguese? 😀
@Giliell @Miriamm @jaycee

Show threadJohn Caveney woke is me🛠️Jun 25, 2023
@Homebrewandhacking @ritawho @Giliell @Miriamm Bush asked if the French had a word for entrepreneurs! 😂
Show threadRitaJun 25, 2023
@Homebrewandhacking @Giliell @Miriamm @jaycee that's a Brazilian thing, we usually say Americans
Show threadJohn Caveney woke is me🛠️Jun 25, 2023
@Miriamm @Giliell @Homebrewandhacking @ritawho 😂😂👏👏
Show threadPJ "Vote Green" CoffeyJun 25, 2023

@ritawho

Oh, because "your Portuguese is excellent (for a gringo)" is what I am pretty sure they meant. 😉

@Giliell @Miriamm @jaycee

Show threadJohn Caveney woke is me🛠️Jun 25, 2023
@ritawho @Homebrewandhacking @Giliell @Miriamm my English is poor, and I’m born and bred Manchester! 😂😂😂
Show threadPJ "Vote Green" CoffeyJun 25, 2023

@jaycee

Well, I'll have to take your word for it. I'm a descriptivist rather than a prescriptivist myself and I feel that where expression and communication of meaning are clear, that such things are inherently valid. It's all about your target audience. 😀

@ritawho @Giliell @Miriamm

Show threadJohn Caveney woke is me🛠️Jun 25, 2023
@Miriamm @Homebrewandhacking @Giliell @ritawho 😳 nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition! 😂😂😂😂
Show threadPJ "Vote Green" CoffeyJun 25, 2023

@jaycee

Y por qué no?

Show threadJohn Caveney woke is me🛠️Jun 25, 2023
@Homebrewandhacking