Hey man, I really appreciate this video and the message due to my personal experience. So here is my story: I have lived my entire life in only one country but have issues with my legs; then Covid happened, so I stayed home all day and spoke entirely in English (I was in my young teens). The result was that when I finally returned to society in my country (about 3-4 years after Covid), I got told I have a foreigner's grammar and accent. I got people who refused to believe that I was even from here, and one guy would just respond to me in English (which had me obsessively anxious for that whole week). Flash forward half a year later, am I back to a native accent? No. My grammar is back to native now, and no one mistakes that at the slightest; some people only notice an accent when others point it out, some will notice it immediately, some won't even notice any accent even when it's pointed out. This is because the way I talk screams to them that I clearly have insane control over the language. But I've accepted this; it makes me unique and makes people interested way more than if I didn't have the accent. Hell, someone even found it attractive. Here is something that's pretty funny to me: someone noticed I was from here when he heard me in English. This means my accent in English screams of home, my accent at home screams of English, and my accent in my heritage language screams of both! Now that I'm back to speaking to people from home, how does it feel? Well, it feels interesting; my culture is direct, but I've talked with people from subtler ones, and I get to enjoy the pleasantries of both ways plus the mixing of them. I honestly thank my past self for doing this; I feel so much more open-minded and people find me way more interesting than they did before this. I care way less about my accent than I used to. Sorry for the rant, but I wholeheartedly thank you for the video and the amazing topic, it made me reflect on these events and get a little peace of mind that I'm not the only one♥♥
I admire you and think you do a fantastic job. Your words are so wise for so young a person. And your accent is cute for me. I thought it was a Slavic accent before I knew you were Romanian.
I'm absolutely blown away. The silly thumbnail, being this animated, the sarcasm and the jokes, even the tasteful swear words here and there, It got me both belly laughing, and filled with the same glee as watching your teacher in school who's usually very formal, being silly outside the school. It's unbelievably adorable, and now I can't get enough of it
First video I've seen from you and as a fellow Romanian born abroad who also has a passion for languages, you got a sub. Keep making videos!! PS. Your accent sounds like my cousins back home
I relate!! I'm half spanish and half italian, and my accent doesn't fit either language. It kind of makes you feel like a stranger in your own country. Later in time it becomes kind of cool though, and really intriguing to people
Although there’s definitely an argument to be made about multilingualism and its relation to bigotry, the examples you brought up hamper your argument i.e. the netherlands, belgium having extraordinarily xenophobic and racist policies. While ignorance can be fought through information, bigotry takes a more irrational position and is largely forged through fear mongering and other manipulation tactics and what easier way to manipulate people who already struggle to make ends meet by pinning the blame on ‘The Other’ as is done with immigrants for example. I don’t think it’s necessarily language ability but rather anxiety and neurosis which fester in impoverished societies. Love your videos though, keep it up :)
I grew up with a Spanish family in the Netherlands, and while I can speak both languages fluently I do notice my Spanish kind of sucks and you can hear I didn’t grow up in Spain, surrounded by Spanish people. I have a native Dutch accent when I speak Dutch. However, I very clearly look like a Spanish person and have a very Spanish name so it feels like I belong to neither country and it gave me a bit of a personality crisis as a young adult. When you said you have an accent in both your native languages I was surprised!! I feel like every bilingual I meet has a perfect native accent in both their languages and I couldn’t relate and it made me feel bad. So thanks for sharing your story!!!
Your english sounds exactly like a Romanian guy I know who grew up in the US. Like the accent but its actually the sarcasm and manner of speech that give it away the most fr
Hey man, I really appreciate this video and the message due to my personal experience. So here is my story:
I have lived my entire life in only one country but have issues with my legs; then Covid happened, so I stayed home all day and spoke entirely in English (I was in my young teens). The result was that when I finally returned to society in my country (about 3-4 years after Covid), I got told I have a foreigner's grammar and accent. I got people who refused to believe that I was even from here, and one guy would just respond to me in English (which had me obsessively anxious for that whole week).
Flash forward half a year later, am I back to a native accent? No. My grammar is back to native now, and no one mistakes that at the slightest; some people only notice an accent when others point it out, some will notice it immediately, some won't even notice any accent even when it's pointed out. This is because the way I talk screams to them that I clearly have insane control over the language. But I've accepted this; it makes me unique and makes people interested way more than if I didn't have the accent. Hell, someone even found it attractive. Here is something that's pretty funny to me: someone noticed I was from here when he heard me in English. This means my accent in English screams of home, my accent at home screams of English, and my accent in my heritage language screams of both!
Now that I'm back to speaking to people from home, how does it feel? Well, it feels interesting; my culture is direct, but I've talked with people from subtler ones, and I get to enjoy the pleasantries of both ways plus the mixing of them. I honestly thank my past self for doing this; I feel so much more open-minded and people find me way more interesting than they did before this. I care way less about my accent than I used to.
Sorry for the rant, but I wholeheartedly thank you for the video and the amazing topic, it made me reflect on these events and get a little peace of mind that I'm not the only one♥♥
I admire you and think you do a fantastic job. Your words are so wise for so young a person. And your accent is cute for me. I thought it was a Slavic accent before I knew you were Romanian.
I'm absolutely blown away. The silly thumbnail, being this animated, the sarcasm and the jokes, even the tasteful swear words here and there,
It got me both belly laughing, and filled with the same glee as watching your teacher in school who's usually very formal, being silly outside the school. It's unbelievably adorable, and now I can't get enough of it
First video I've seen from you and as a fellow Romanian born abroad who also has a passion for languages, you got a sub. Keep making videos!! PS. Your accent sounds like my cousins back home
Mǎ bucur cǎ îți reamintește de ceva frumos.
I relate!! I'm half spanish and half italian, and my accent doesn't fit either language.
It kind of makes you feel like a stranger in your own country. Later in time it becomes kind of cool though, and really intriguing to people
Tienes que ser un habitante del mundo! No limitado por un país
Although there’s definitely an argument to be made about multilingualism and its relation to bigotry, the examples you brought up hamper your argument i.e. the netherlands, belgium having extraordinarily xenophobic and racist policies.
While ignorance can be fought through information, bigotry takes a more irrational position and is largely forged through fear mongering and other manipulation tactics and what easier way to manipulate people who already struggle to make ends meet by pinning the blame on ‘The Other’ as is done with immigrants for example. I don’t think it’s necessarily language ability but rather anxiety and neurosis which fester in impoverished societies.
Love your videos though, keep it up :)
I grew up with a Spanish family in the Netherlands, and while I can speak both languages fluently I do notice my Spanish kind of sucks and you can hear I didn’t grow up in Spain, surrounded by Spanish people. I have a native Dutch accent when I speak Dutch. However, I very clearly look like a Spanish person and have a very Spanish name so it feels like I belong to neither country and it gave me a bit of a personality crisis as a young adult.
When you said you have an accent in both your native languages I was surprised!! I feel like every bilingual I meet has a perfect native accent in both their languages and I couldn’t relate and it made me feel bad. So thanks for sharing your story!!!
Los nativis bilingües lo falsifican probablemente, la verdad. Tú relájate coño! Estoy seguro que tu acento en español tiene su gracia, como el mío.
Wow, why my youtube recommended me this video? Btw nice video, keep going.
Good video elias ❤😊
romanian accent
but not that marked
Damn
Your english sounds exactly like a Romanian guy I know who grew up in the US. Like the accent but its actually the sarcasm and manner of speech that give it away the most fr