I could take about 30 seconds of that accent before I had to bail on it. WTF is with all these non-native English folks trying to tell people stuff that which has been known for decades?
Oi!
The sound of his English is
fine because I'm sure you're smart enough to figure out what he's talking about. Yeah, I get it, its irritating to you.
I remember in college (U.S. university) many students would drop their college class when they had a professor or TA that spoke in "non-native English" but strangely other "non-native English" speakers even if they were from a different country as the speaker did not drop the same class.
Those students that dropped the class would eventually have to take it again to fulfill their academic requirements to graduate and most likely at a time that was not convenient.
Yet, the same was said about me as a "non-native English" speaker when I was in charge of a study group. The same was said again about me in the U.S. military and again about me when I arrived here at ET by a few I actually spoke to on the telephone.
They were much ruder than you via saying my English was
"street slang". It reminded me about the commentary in college by others about the professor and TA's. Ironically, they couldn't speak my native languages nor did I hold it against them until they attacked my English.
Seriously, what if the info had been useful to you by the "non-native English" speaker, you meet someone in person that's a "non-native English" speaker but you need something from them, you're someplace at an office and you need to ask someone "non-native English" speaker a question or you go somewhere on vacation to a foreign country and you ask questions to a "non-native English" speaker...
I'm sure you will tolerate their English and be less rude. In fact, I remember in college an individual that needed the class to graduate...he still dropped the class on the 2nd day when everybody else did not. He truly could not tolerate the "non-native English" speaker. In fact, he stated it was like
"watching someone rake their fingernail on a chalk board".
On another note, I didn't believe the title about patterns and the video. I didn't find the content useful after watching the video...
nothing to do with his "non-native English" speech. The video was a waste of my time that I will never get back.
P.S. To be fair, I grew up around non-native English speakers and I lived in South Korea & Portugal for a few years after the military...I'm use to listening to non-native English speakers.
wrbtrader
non-native English speaker
French / English / Lakota
. Now when someone makes similar mistake I have same dumb look on my face. It takes extra effort to understand non-native speaker or unfamiliar accent.
