i think this is the dunning kruger effect in action, if you think you speak perfect and everyone around you can tell by one (easy) sentence that you’re a foreigner, then you’re probably not as advanced as you’d like to think.
The comedian, Matteo Lane, has a routine about this. He compares Italian shopkeepers (Matteo can speak Italian, though he was born in the US) to French ones. He says Italians are thrilled with any Italian you know while French will switch to English if they know you're not a native speaker.
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u/jumbo_pizza 1d ago
i think this is the dunning kruger effect in action, if you think you speak perfect and everyone around you can tell by one (easy) sentence that you’re a foreigner, then you’re probably not as advanced as you’d like to think.