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by bdangubic
535 days ago
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as an immigrant who has lived in the USA for the last 35 years I still to this date feel some of the things here. my english by now is near damn perfect :) but every now and again when I meet someone new - depending on the words in the first few sentences I may hear “I detect a slight accent, where I are you from?” I am FROM HERE motherf^}%#] I think to myself… I think also some countries are different from other in acceptance of foreigners. In Japan you will simply never be “one of them” while in some other countries you may have a better experience assimilating. I think the core issue here is that United States is just about the most unique place on Earth - everyone here is an immigrant. In my 35 years of living here there isn’t a single accent I have not heard yet. I know how people from India speak English, I know how people from Nigeria speak English, I know how people from El Salvador speak English… A French person is unlikely to know this and them hearing someone from El Salvador will sound strange - a true stranger. Most people in France are French, most people in Germany are Germans… (even with higher immigration from Africa and the Middle East…) whereas USA is like “what is an American?” To add to this: America and Canada are much more accepting of immigrants than most other countries. While this may be true for urban areas of the United States I believe this same post would be written by non-American coming to America and getting situated in some small rural town like Elmo, Kansas… |
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