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r/facepalm • u/GlitterMackenzie • Sep 02 '24
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This is a classic “sorry my English is bad” post. You are more articulate than most native English speakers.
1.3k u/arzis_maxim Sep 02 '24 When it is your second language, you feel more self-conscious about it 685 u/FILTHBOT4000 Sep 02 '24 It gets worse when you know more than two languages, even moreso when they overlap. I've had numerous times when my brain freezes and goes "Was that the word for it in Italian... or Spanish...? Which one is it?" check "They're the same! FUCK!" 11 u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24 I have the same problem between the Spanish and Slovak. I use Spanish every day at my work. So I might have an exchange that goes something like this: Random person: ¿Qué perdió? (What did you lose?) Me: Busco mis kľuče..... [shit].... ¡LLAVES! Llaves. (Looking for my kľuče..... KEYS! Keys) That did happen once.
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When it is your second language, you feel more self-conscious about it
685 u/FILTHBOT4000 Sep 02 '24 It gets worse when you know more than two languages, even moreso when they overlap. I've had numerous times when my brain freezes and goes "Was that the word for it in Italian... or Spanish...? Which one is it?" check "They're the same! FUCK!" 11 u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24 I have the same problem between the Spanish and Slovak. I use Spanish every day at my work. So I might have an exchange that goes something like this: Random person: ¿Qué perdió? (What did you lose?) Me: Busco mis kľuče..... [shit].... ¡LLAVES! Llaves. (Looking for my kľuče..... KEYS! Keys) That did happen once.
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It gets worse when you know more than two languages, even moreso when they overlap. I've had numerous times when my brain freezes and goes "Was that the word for it in Italian... or Spanish...? Which one is it?" check "They're the same! FUCK!"
11 u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24 I have the same problem between the Spanish and Slovak. I use Spanish every day at my work. So I might have an exchange that goes something like this: Random person: ¿Qué perdió? (What did you lose?) Me: Busco mis kľuče..... [shit].... ¡LLAVES! Llaves. (Looking for my kľuče..... KEYS! Keys) That did happen once.
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I have the same problem between the Spanish and Slovak. I use Spanish every day at my work. So I might have an exchange that goes something like this:
Random person: ¿Qué perdió? (What did you lose?) Me: Busco mis kľuče..... [shit].... ¡LLAVES! Llaves. (Looking for my kľuče..... KEYS! Keys)
That did happen once.
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u/-P-M-A- Sep 02 '24
This is a classic “sorry my English is bad” post. You are more articulate than most native English speakers.