This was funny. I am a native English speaker, my second language is Spanish. And your Zoom story reminded me of a time when, after living in Chile and mostly hearing Spanish, I realized hearing others speak English that it’s Slytherin. Ssssss, sssss, ssss all the time, starting and ending words.
German grammar, jawohl! My mom decided at one point to just use “die.” I found it frustrating when Germans would point out the grammatically correct way of asking a question (“Wem schenkst du die Blumen?) which was about as arbitrary as the queens bringing the torches to the sailors in Latin class. Anyways, my partner is Bulgarian and sounds like Borat most of the time!
This was funny. I am a native English speaker, my second language is Spanish. And your Zoom story reminded me of a time when, after living in Chile and mostly hearing Spanish, I realized hearing others speak English that it’s Slytherin. Ssssss, sssss, ssss all the time, starting and ending words.
Thank you for reading! Some English speakers emphasize the S so much you can hear it cutting through a crowded room🫣
German grammar, jawohl! My mom decided at one point to just use “die.” I found it frustrating when Germans would point out the grammatically correct way of asking a question (“Wem schenkst du die Blumen?) which was about as arbitrary as the queens bringing the torches to the sailors in Latin class. Anyways, my partner is Bulgarian and sounds like Borat most of the time!
yay Bulgaria!! some of my classmates are Bulgarian; i love hearing about die Natur there <3