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Re: Things you wish people would stop saying when you tell them the languages that you're learning

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 2:44 pm
by flabbergasted
Arabic

1. Are you planning to become a Muslim?
2. Are you a spy?
3. Have you been to Iraq?
4. Do you support terrorists?
5. Do you want to fight terrorists?

Re: Things you wish people would stop saying when you tell them the languages that you're learning

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:56 am
by PfifltriggPi
flabbergasted wrote:Arabic

1. Are you planning to become a Muslim?
2. Are you a spy?
3. Have you been to Iraq?
4. Do you support terrorists?
5. Do you want to fight terrorists?

To be fair, the first one is a legitimate question.

Re: Things you wish people would stop saying when you tell them the languages that you're learning

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 5:44 pm
by YtownPolyglot
But nobody speaks Portuguese.

Re: Things you wish people would stop saying when you tell them the languages that you're learning

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 10:52 am
by Sol
Korean: The immediate assumption that I'm a Koreaboo.
- You must love kpop then?
- Why not Chinese?
I just love how the language sounds, that's why I'm learning it. I love how depending on the speech level you're using, it can sound completely different.

Russian:
- Are you Russian?
- Do you like Putin? (wtf)
It's easy and sounds badass.

Spanish: Absolutely no questions asked lol. Until I say I'm not actively studying it anymore. Then they tell me I should start up again because it's so useful.

Re: Things you wish people would stop saying when you tell them the languages that you're learning

Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 6:53 pm
by tractor
Say something in Spanish.

Re: Things you wish people would stop saying when you tell them the languages that you're learning

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 3:59 am
by Lilt
"You do know that everyone in Norway speaks English, right?"

Re: Things you wish people would stop saying when you tell them the languages that you're learning

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 4:03 am
by Jimjam
"You must be just learning it to watch anime"
"What anime do you like?"
"You must be a weaboo"
"*talks to me about anime*"
"You just want to get a japanese girlfriend"

I don't even really watch anime! And as a gay man, I'm at least 75% sure I don't want an asian girlfriend :lol:

Re: Things you wish people would stop saying when you tell them the languages that you're learning

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 7:08 am
by Soclydeza
"Why German/French? Spanish would be much more useful" (I live in the US)

Re: Things you wish people would stop saying when you tell them the languages that you're learning

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:14 pm
by Sc27
"How come you're learning Korean? Shouldn't you be able to speak it by now?" (Reaction by a few people when I tell them my background)

"Your Korean isn't that good." (A couple people have said this to me I say something in Korean)

:evil: :evil: :evil: ...뒤XX?

Re: Things you wish people would stop saying when you tell them the languages that you're learning

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:55 pm
by Atinkoriko
'You should learn Chinese, it's good for business'