Some people seem to be quite happy to be understood in whatever language is the most easily available.
i think i fall into that category. but then of course, i mainly only speak english, and almost everyone in singapore has at least a passing understanding of the language so it's not like i've had to deal with someone not knowing my language.
i never learnt how to speak my husband's mother tongue (tamil), and i doubt that i ever will. but then it's not a matter of interest, i find languages frustratingly hard. i struggled throughout (and failed)all of my language classes and now the thought of learning another one voluntarily? yeah, no. (over here we all learn in english, but then we have to take a second language class as well. for most people that second language happens to be the one they speak at home, but all my family's english educated, so i'm effectively monolingual. shame, that.)
...does that make me a terrible person? i almost have a phobia against learning a new language. just. yeah, no.
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i think i fall into that category. but then of course, i mainly only speak english, and almost everyone in singapore has at least a passing understanding of the language so it's not like i've had to deal with someone not knowing my language.
i never learnt how to speak my husband's mother tongue (tamil), and i doubt that i ever will. but then it's not a matter of interest, i find languages frustratingly hard. i struggled throughout (and failed)all of my language classes and now the thought of learning another one voluntarily? yeah, no. (over here we all learn in english, but then we have to take a second language class as well. for most people that second language happens to be the one they speak at home, but all my family's english educated, so i'm effectively monolingual. shame, that.)
...does that make me a terrible person? i almost have a phobia against learning a new language. just. yeah, no.
*slinks away*
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