#been learning since you were a child. its ridicilous to strive for perfection especially bc im not a writer or getting a degree in english | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

perilegs · 1 year

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You often leave tags worrying about your English spelling and typos, which is ridiculous because you have better English grammar and correct spelling more than most first language English speakers

ahdjdk i know but ty, i appreciate hearing it!

#ask #anonymous #to be real for a sec i know my level is pretty good but for a long time being good at learning languages was the only thing i was good at #so since there are a lot of words i dont know the meaning of or cant use and other ppl who dont speak english as their native language do #i feel like im not allowed to not know those things bc whats my excuse. would i know what those words meant in my native language if i was #given the translation? definitely not!#and i know i make an equal amount of weird grammatical errors and typos in both english and finnish #but i feel like i will b judged harshly for making those mistakes in a 2nd language and people will look at me and think damn #at least im better than him lol cant believe he actually writes like that yikes #which isnt true but idk i just feel like it's socially more acceptable to make mistakes in your native language than a language that youve #been learning since you were a child. its ridicilous to strive for perfection especially bc im not a writer or getting a degree in english #or anything like that #idk man #and the stress i have about speaking in a perfect manner has made it so that idk how to pronounce a lot of words and sometimes #find it hard to get even a single word out bc i know im going to sound dumb bc i have a strong accent and forget words #but not only that its bc i have nearly no practice in actually speaking english bc im terrified of it bc i have no practiced bc im terrifi #you get the point #anyways saying/writing things weird on purpose helps in a weird way?? everyone else with this problem should also try it #but yea idk something about being judged in a complete different way as soon as someone finds out english isn't your native language #like i know i got all a's in english all thorough school and stuff but agh idk #i hold myself to higher standards than i hold native speakers lmaoo #im trying to learn out of it tho #ive literally done some translation jobs and notice nuances some non native speakers miss bc some things you just have to feel no matter ho #w good your knowledge is #yet im still here like sigh if someone knows one more thing than i do its over for me #which is not good lmaoooo #leevi talks

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