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My question would be, why does it bother you? It's not intended to insult you, so what's the problem? Speaking as a personal opinion, I think you're causing your own grief. I knew a Korean girl who got irritated when others spoke Korean to her - made no sense.
Hispanic speakers actually appreciate when you speak their language. Mind you, a quick glance at my profile will clear up and misconceptions about the fact that I am not of Hispanic decent. However, I can understand Spanish quite well and speak it enough to get by, so yes, when I go to the taco shop I'll greet the guy with a few Spanish lines, and they appreciate it. I know Hispanic women who know I do that and will greet me in Spanish.
At the end of the day, as a personal opinion, I believe that your reaction to someone talking in your own language is unnecessary. If you prefer to talk English then do what you've been doing and reply in English, but taking it personal is pointless.
People can tell I speak English, I know they can. They just like to speak vietnamese to me on purpose... It just irritates me.
If you think THAT'S irritating, wait until you encounter the incredulous soul who assumes you CAN'T speak English...it does happen, sometimes to people whose GRANDPARENTS were born in California. That, TOO, can be a "bummer".
My question would be, why does it bother you? It's not intended to insult you, so what's the problem? Speaking as a personal opinion, I think you're causing your own grief. I knew a Korean girl who got irritated when others spoke Korean to her - made no sense.
Hispanic speakers actually appreciate when you speak their language. Mind you, a quick glance at my profile will clear up and misconceptions about the fact that I am not of Hispanic decent. However, I can understand Spanish quite well and speak it enough to get by, so yes, when I go to the taco shop I'll greet the guy with a few Spanish lines, and they appreciate it. I know Hispanic women who know I do that and will greet me in Spanish.
At the end of the day, as a personal opinion, I believe that your reaction to someone talking in your own language is unnecessary. If you prefer to talk English then do what you've been doing and reply in English, but taking it personal is pointless.
Honestly? It's because I'm hard to get along with and easy irritable. Every little thing irritates me these days. It's just an additional thing that gets on my nerves.
If you think THAT'S irritating, wait until you encounter the incredulous soul who assumes you CAN'T speak English...it does happen, sometimes to people whose GRANDPARENTS were born in California. That, TOO, can be a "bummer".
i don't think this could happen to me because I look "too young" and I look very hip and trendy.
I'm Vietnamese and I went into a Bank of America branch to take care of some business. The viet teller could tell that I was viet also so he started talking to me in Vietnamese.... I was like WTF (to myself) and I proceeded to respond to him in English.
Why do people assume that I want to speak Vietnamese to them just because I'm Vietnamese? I look young btw, like I'm in my 20's and this guy was young too.
This was in a public place of BUSINESS. I can understand if I was a really elderly person who looked like they couldn't speak english or if I didn't speak english, but why would someone assume that just because we're the same nationality we should start speaking our own language in a place of business?
I just think it's bizarre and annoying. Every time someone does this to me I always just ignore them and respond back in English. I can understand if it was in a Viet restaurant or something but this was inside Bank of America and this guy speaks English.
It really irritates me when people do this. I just wanted to vent.
Because our assinine obsession with political correctness, dictates it.
Because our assinine obsession with political correctness, dictates it.
It's not political correct to start speaking in your native language in a public place of business. I would think it's more pc to speak ENGLISH.
I think it's politically INcorrect for another Viet person to start speaking Vietnamese to me. They could be assuming that I don't speak English or that I'm not Americanized which is offensive to me.
Honestly? It's because I'm hard to get along with and easy irritable. Every little thing irritates me these days. It's just an additional thing that gets on my nerves.
Okay...then again, personal opinion...that you're fickle and easy to irritate, is not their fault. I would honestly recommend some soul searching to find out why you act that way and attempt to remedy it. "Meet yourself" as I like to call it. Because once you do, I promise you will sit back and laugh at the way you behaved towards something so trivial.
I could see if it were some redneck attempting to speak Viet to you. That might be considered offensive depending on the reason they're doing it. But if it's their first and/or second language and they think you might appreciate said language, of course not knowing whether it's your first or second language either, why let it get to you? Like the song says, Breath, Stretch, Shake, and let it go.
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