<![CDATA[Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind.]]>Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5764e9ea-5bab-475e-8007-d36aa2297958/trying-to-level-up-a-language-from-your-language-is-so-good-to-where-are-you-from-is-a-grind.RSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 23:24:10 GMTWed, 06 May 2026 17:37:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Thu, 07 May 2026 16:57:24 GMT]]>When you have laws with which it is impossible to comply, you end up with selective enforcement that only punishes the opponents of people in power. Just sayin'.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/116534348654270303https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/evacide/statuses/116534348654270303Thu, 07 May 2026 16:57:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Thu, 07 May 2026 06:03:27 GMT]]>@eliza @evacide My English colleague was also pleased to hear that his Dutch was good enough that the Dutch thought he was Belgian. 🙂

There must be a joke in there somewhere...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/mogwai/statuses/116531777240162124https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/mogwai/statuses/116531777240162124Thu, 07 May 2026 06:03:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Thu, 07 May 2026 02:38:46 GMT]]>@evacide I wish "Japanese Rule of 7" was still online. One of those 7 was "日本語上手", or, as you said, your Japanese is so good!

(いや、まあだだよ。なかなか勉強しなっきゃ）

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/muddle/statuses/116530972356828487https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/muddle/statuses/116530972356828487Thu, 07 May 2026 02:38:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 21:44:51 GMT]]>@axx $spouse grew up here (Alaska)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tychotithonus/statuses/116529816621350831https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tychotithonus/statuses/116529816621350831Wed, 06 May 2026 21:44:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:48:58 GMT]]>@tychotithonus @evacide where do you live? 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.fr/users/axx/statuses/116529596878555673https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.fr/users/axx/statuses/116529596878555673Wed, 06 May 2026 20:48:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:10:05 GMT]]>@Tarah @wendynather @evacide

Ha! I got that after a couple of years. It's actually almost an insult when you've heard their weird French.

At a party once, some chap thought I was from the south of France like him. But we were passably drunk...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/davep/statuses/116529443983710779https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/davep/statuses/116529443983710779Wed, 06 May 2026 20:10:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 19:56:59 GMT]]>@wendynather @evacide I’m trying so hard to get to “Québécoise?”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Tarah/statuses/116529392452820305https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Tarah/statuses/116529392452820305Wed, 06 May 2026 19:56:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 19:22:06 GMT]]>@evacide My $spouse, a native speaker of US English, is somewhat regularly asked what country she's from. I would love having a linguist + speech therapist determine root cause for this!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tychotithonus/statuses/116529255340455500https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tychotithonus/statuses/116529255340455500Wed, 06 May 2026 19:22:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 19:20:12 GMT]]>@evacide Next level: they ask “how long have you been here?” as if you were a native speaker who has been in the US too long 😆

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/wendynather/statuses/116529247875822140https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/wendynather/statuses/116529247875822140Wed, 06 May 2026 19:20:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 18:39:22 GMT]]>@evacide I suspect this is easier with languages/countries that exhibit a high degree of regional dialect variation. Most Germans when I talk to them just assume I’m from a different part of Germany.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/wiersdorf/statuses/116529087277810470https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/wiersdorf/statuses/116529087277810470Wed, 06 May 2026 18:39:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:56:27 GMT]]>@ferrix @ahimsa_pdx @evacide
I have thought this looking at my own work

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RnDanger/statuses/116528918496917680https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RnDanger/statuses/116528918496917680Wed, 06 May 2026 17:56:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:55:22 GMT]]>@ahimsa_pdx @evacide tbh I have read code that made me wonder what planet its author was from

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/ferrix/statuses/116528914250609620https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/ferrix/statuses/116528914250609620Wed, 06 May 2026 17:55:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:45:01 GMT]]>@evacide At first I thought "$language" represented a programming language and I wondered how one question led to the other...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://disabled.social/users/ahimsa_pdx/statuses/116528873590628573https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://disabled.social/users/ahimsa_pdx/statuses/116528873590628573Wed, 06 May 2026 17:45:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:43:30 GMT]]>@evacide yes.
At least as much work as getting to the first level ...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/colo_lee/statuses/116528867639056935https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/colo_lee/statuses/116528867639056935Wed, 06 May 2026 17:43:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:42:51 GMT]]>@evacide The World is made of Language: https://youtu.be/BBO2TwIJDZw?is=2t60JhMj32i7oZEH

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sciences.social/users/arkades/statuses/116528865066638780https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sciences.social/users/arkades/statuses/116528865066638780Wed, 06 May 2026 17:42:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind. on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:38:30 GMT]]>@evacide

I was pleased when my french had reached a level that french people thought I was Belgian

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/eliza/statuses/116528847915617156https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/eliza/statuses/116528847915617156Wed, 06 May 2026 17:38:30 GMT