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  3. 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.

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  • evacide@hachyderm.ioE This user is from outside of this forum
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    Trying to level up a language from "Your $language is so good!" to "Where are you from?" is a grind.

    eliza@chaosfem.twE arkades@sciences.socialA colo_lee@mstdn.socialC ahimsa_pdx@disabled.socialA wiersdorf@fosstodon.orgW 8 Replies Last reply
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    • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

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

      eliza@chaosfem.twE This user is from outside of this forum
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      @evacide

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

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      • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

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

        arkades@sciences.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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        @evacide The World is made of Language: https://youtu.be/BBO2TwIJDZw?is=2t60JhMj32i7oZEH

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        • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

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

          colo_lee@mstdn.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
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          @evacide yes.
          At least as much work as getting to the first level ...

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          • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

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

            ahimsa_pdx@disabled.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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            @evacide At first I thought "$language" represented a programming language and I wondered how one question led to the other...

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            • ahimsa_pdx@disabled.socialA ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social

              @evacide At first I thought "$language" represented a programming language and I wondered how one question led to the other...

              ferrix@mastodon.onlineF This user is from outside of this forum
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              @ahimsa_pdx @evacide tbh I have read code that made me wonder what planet its author was from

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              • ferrix@mastodon.onlineF ferrix@mastodon.online

                @ahimsa_pdx @evacide tbh I have read code that made me wonder what planet its author was from

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                @ferrix @ahimsa_pdx @evacide
                I have thought this looking at my own work

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                • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

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

                  wiersdorf@fosstodon.orgW This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @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.

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                  • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

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

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                    @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 😆

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                    • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

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

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                      @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!

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                      • wendynather@infosec.exchangeW wendynather@infosec.exchange

                        @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 😆

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                        @wendynather @evacide I’m trying so hard to get to “Québécoise?”

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                          @wendynather @evacide I’m trying so hard to get to “Québécoise?”

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                          @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...

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                          • tychotithonus@infosec.exchangeT tychotithonus@infosec.exchange

                            @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!

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                            @tychotithonus @evacide where do you live? 🙂

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                            • axx@mstdn.frA axx@mstdn.fr

                              @tychotithonus @evacide where do you live? 🙂

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                              @axx $spouse grew up here (Alaska)

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                              • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

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

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                                @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)

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                                • eliza@chaosfem.twE eliza@chaosfem.tw

                                  @evacide

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

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                                  @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...

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                                  • eliza@chaosfem.twE eliza@chaosfem.tw

                                    @evacide

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

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                                    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'.

                                    https://www.kuer.org/politics-government/2026-05-07/utahs-online-porn-age-verification-law-now-includes-vpns-critics-say-it-wont-work

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