412
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

same here in sweden, at least me personally

like, you know we speak english right? why would you try to badly speak fractions of our language when it would be so much easier to just start with english? it's not impressive or endearing to speak bad swedish, it's just awkward. Our language isn't some special magic we hold dear, it's just what we speak to each other, the same as anglophones speak english to each other.

[-] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was always taught that it's disrespectful to begin in English. The idea is I should be able to use basic phrases, to clearly apoloize for not speaking their language, and then hopefully we switch to my language.

Launching straight into English in someone else's country seems arrogant.

this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
412 points (100.0% liked)

Map Enthusiasts

4565 readers
3 users here now

For the map enthused!

Rules:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS