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@hongminhee@hollo.social · Reply to 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s post

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. 😩

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@hongminhee@hollo.social · Reply to 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s post

It's really interesting to see news about the fediverse on the TV!

https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/115984304052464741

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@jj1bdx.tokyo@bsky.brid.gy · Reply to 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s post

I think most Europeans (who don't speak English as their primary language) face the same problem and manage to get by anyway.

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@valhalla@social.gl-como.it · Reply to 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s post

@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.

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@brunus@mamot.fr · Reply to 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s post

@hongminhee Try Python... and many, many, many thanks for Wand !

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@reiver@mastodon.social · Reply to 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s post

@hongminhee

You did OK. Don't worry.

The more you speak English, the better you get at it!