I have a friend who has a black dad from italy, a white mom from russia and lives in sweden. He speaks all three plus english fluently which is very interesting sometimes.
Anon has a unique origin story
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AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
One of the first Irish guys I met in Ireland was the son of French teacher. He had been born while she was working in Africa (I forget which country) and so spoke absolutely fluent French, but with the thickest of African accents. Chatting with him was a delight, but also a constant struggle between my respect for him and complete hilarity.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
My native language is Russian and I met a black woman who spoke Russian better than I do. Her parents were diplomats, and she was fluent in a couple of other languages too because her family lived in several different countries when she was growing up.
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Can you elaborate more on how she used it?
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
I think she learned it as a kid because it was the language of where she lived, but she didn’t use it much in the USA. The reason we met was actually because she wanted someone she could practice speaking it with.
DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 5 months ago
I had a professor who looked Chinese but spoke with an Indian accent. Similar story. Made sense he got into linguistics
TheBat@lemmy.world 5 months ago
He might be from Northeast part of India.
DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 5 months ago
He was raised by an Indian family in Malaysia. Really fun teacher, he could switch between different accents very easily and naturally, but an Indian accent was his default way of speaking
Jordan117@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Reminds me of this really interesting video on the Mississippi Delta Chinese community – folks who are entirely of Chinese descent but who have thick Southern drawls and names like Gilroy, and still feel like outsiders despite living there their whole lives.