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Ungrateful Natives
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matchke
Pentaglot
Newbie
Slovakia
Joined 4944 days ago
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Speaks: Czech, Slovak*, German, English, Russian
Studies: Biblical Hebrew, French, Italian, Spanish

Message 137 of 139

11 July 2011 at 4:47pm | IP Logged

rlf1810 wrote:

No, I don't have any Slovak ancestry. I've been here for 3 months now, and I'm not attending any type of Slovak course.

The mistakes that people have made fun of are typically very small. Using the wrong preposition for example.

Anyway, the reasons and so forth matter not. I'm just curious how you all would/do deal with these types of situations.

But in some cases it may change the meaning of the sentence. But sure they laughed because the errors were neat or cute. Come on. You are doing well. Thumb up.
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xander.XVII
Diglot
Senior Member
Italy
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Speaks: Italian*, English^C1
Studies: French

Message 138 of 139

24 July 2011 at 3:19pm | IP Logged

Well, I don't agree with those who say Anglophones are the most ungrateful.
I've been to England four times and I have always been receveid with kindness and
politeness.
Maybe my opinion is less important owing to the fact that I went to family who were
accustomed to host foreigners (and so they ought to be more kind and hospitable), anyway
also in shops or elsewhere I found people if not kind, at least not arrogant or unpolite,
otherwise they treated as everybody else.
This can be connected to the spreading all over the world of English, but otherwise how
should they react?
Kiss and flatter us?
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my lost lenore
Diglot
Newbie
Turkey
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Speaks: Turkish*, English
Studies: Russian, Arabic (classical)

Message 139 of 139

07 October 2011 at 4:29pm | IP Logged

rlf1810 wrote:

Hello all,

I'm wondering how many of you have problems with natives of your target language being ungrateful of your efforts.

Since I've been in Slovakia, I've had numerous people make fun of and otherwise ridicule my mistakes, no matter their seriousness. I really didn't expect such a harsh reception and it is somewhat discouraging.

How do you deal with these types of people?

-Robert

Trying to speak Turkish always appreciating in Turkey. And you will start with a positive look on peoples minds. But some people had fun with my English as expected :P

Edited by my lost lenore on 07 October 2011 at 4:30pm

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