By the way, whenever I'm in the West, my confidence in my English speaking really takes a hit. I have a hard time understanding people if they speak even a little bit fast, and I feel like communication is a struggle because my own accent is so strong. 😩
@hongminhee one thing that probably didn't help is that FOSDEM tends to be full of people whose first language is not English, who communicate in *written* English a lot in their day to day language but have a strong accent influenced by their native language when speaking.
I think it makes said English beautiful, but it's not always helpful in being easy to understand, compared to a more standard accent.
It's really interesting to see news about the fediverse on the TV!
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Attached: 2 images Wow so while I was explaining how I got into the fediverse to @hongminhee@hollo.social and @2chanhaeng@hackers.pub the tv in this cafe started talking about @peertube@framapiaf.org on #France24
Wow so while I was explaining how I got into the fediverse to @hongminhee and @2chanhaeng the tv in this cafe started talking about @peertube on #France24
A news broadcast showing a decentralized network of peertube servers
Hong looking at a tv
I think most Europeans (who don't speak English as their primary language) face the same problem and manage to get by anyway.
