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[โ€“] some_guy 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have friend who told me that his father speaks broken english to non-native speakers. If they hire landscapers, for example, he'll start mimicking a hispanic accent and dropping words and deliberately changing grammar. His entire family is terribly embarrassed by this behavior, even if he means well. What a tool.

As we've been told since at least the early nineties: if a non-native english speaker can't understand you, just repeat yourself and ASK LOUDER. /s

And don't you forget to gesture! THEY NO UNDERSTAND WITHOUT! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿซฑ๐Ÿคœ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ’ช