Friday, March 7, 2014
How should I deal with this?
How should I deal with this?
I work at a copyshop in Poland and there are the group of foreign students visiting us almost every day.Since they cannot speak Polish we talk mainly in English which I enjoy greatly even if they use only the American language.But some of them don`t like my British pronuciation and keep correcting it whenever I say something .How do I politely let them know they are completely wrong about it?
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1 :
just say it and they will take it.
2 :
By putting 2 paper bags over your head.
3 :
yay! im polish too, except i live in america. anyways, your best bet is to tell them you know english from britain
4 :
Tell that your from the UK, not the USA where they would be correct.
5 :
Wow, is this your question? Just tell them not to correct you.
6 :
i would just ignore them or be straight forward.
7 :
you should just approch them and tell them thats the way u talk and to stop or if u wnt a laugh u could tell them in a funny way which will give every1 a good laugh and the message
8 :
well just tell them not to be disrespecful, that they wouldnt want anybody make fun of them . they being in a foreing country of em. Or just insult em in polish lol and laugh
9 :
I would explain to them that every language has different dialects, and this is how you say it in yours.
10 :
no you dont politely do anything.its rude for them to be acting this way
11 :
How ethnocentric of them, they sound like the "ugly american" type of people that give us USAers a bad name! I would inform them that you learned the Queen's English (the original form of english) from English people, you are in Europe after all, and obviously England is a lot closer. Who cares if you're rude?
12 :
Are you absolutely sure everything you pronounce is correct? If yes, Say something like 'Hey, you guys, thanks for all your help. But, please remember*, I am thinking of working in England and so I need to speak as they do.' *This doesn't have to be true.
13 :
The orgin of English is from Europe. If some one doesn't like your British pronunciation ask them to visit their university library and refer some history books. Dont change uer pronunciation for anyone. Oh and I live in US.
14 :
this people (polish) dont know politely. (trust me) Just do the best that you can , and that it is it.
15 :
Simply say that there is no "correct" method of pronunciation, that one is therefore not better than another, and this is simply how you have learnt to speak English. If they don't like your reasoning, then simply refuse to speak English at all, and only speak Polish, and then see how much they complain about your accent :-)
16 :
Are these students trying to learn Polish? If so, they might be "helping" you with your English in the hope that you might offer to help them with their Polish. It's an approach that lots of foreign students use. These students probably do not realize that you are *intentionally* pronouncing English words in a way that's different from what they're used to. How would they know unless you told them? If the average person who hasn't lived in the UK is listening to the average Polish person speak English, "American English Spoken With a Polish Accent" sounds a whole lot like "UK English Spoken With a Polish Accent". Trust me. Just smile and say to the students, "You know, I study British English, not American English. Have any of you lived in England? I don't want my English to sound half-British, half-American!" They'll understand :)
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