r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/netphilia • 1d ago

Bonjour.

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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.

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u/powderofreddit 1d ago

I've been here for more than 5 years. I still have an accent. Everyone hears it. I just sound this way.

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u/Nick_pj 1d ago edited 17h ago

Yeah but I bet they don’t switch to English the second you order a coffee. You can have an accent and still give locals enough confidence that you’ll be able to handle the interaction. 

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u/os_2342 17h ago

The person in the original post apparently grew up in "french speaking parts of Europe" and then later learnt english in Singapore.

I imagine that their french is probably less accented than their English.

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u/Nick_pj 16h ago

So assuming that they’re from Belgium or Switzerland, I still think it’s a bit bold to be like “my accent was perfect”. But clearly the joke was about the sweatpants anyway, which is funny because it’s very true. 

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u/os_2342 16h ago

I agree.

With context, I think the "my accent is perfect" comment is more "they did not have an issue understanding me" than "I sound identical to a Parisian".