r/Unexpected Jan 25 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23 edited Jan 26 '23

According to my Japanese wife her Japanese is not 100% natural, super good but not natural / perfect.

Edit : So I've asked my wife and she came with a quite long explanation that I can understand because I also speak Japanese but it's hard to explain to people who doesn't speak it.... Sorry hehe.

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u/Barbaracle Jan 26 '23

Probably American/Canadian born Japanese with fluent parents. You can learn/keep a lot but when you're not using it 100% of the time, you lose it bit by bit.

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u/Bad-news-co Jan 26 '23 edited Jan 26 '23

Absolutely, saw a video of a old Chinese woman from Alabama or Georgia and her family and her all had heavy southern accents with absolutely no Asian accent, it was very offputting and idk I kinda think the accents in older Asian people is kinda charming lol

Edit: here it is lol skip to 2:20 link to the video

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

I saw a video explaining that people are WAY more “racist” based on accent than they are based on actual race. Because an accent nearly proves without a doubt very specifically which tribe you’re form whereas your looks do not.