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0 pointsrvrs13d ago0 comments

Whether you like it or not you will look stupid to native speakers. It's a subconscious bias

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Idk if that's universal, when I run into people who struggle with English or just don't know it my first thought has never been this is a stupid person.

klausa13d ago

"Looking stupid" and "being a stupid person", or even "coming off as a stupid person" are not the same things.

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0 pointsrvrs13d ago0 comments

Whether you like it or not you will look stupid to native speakers. It's a subconscious bias

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tayo4213d ago

Idk if that's universal, when I run into people who struggle with English or just don't know it my first thought has never been this is a stupid person.

klausa13d ago

"Looking stupid" and "being a stupid person", or even "coming off as a stupid person" are not the same things.

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