How to cope with people who laugh at your accent?
Author: admin | Category: coping with difficult peopleI’m new to the United States.
I speak English with an accent that is prominant only sometimes, but you know, sometimes, some people and not all of them, give me a strange look, even laugh at my accent or sometimes get mad why I can’t speak as nice as them. Well, English is my second language. I also speak French and Italian but never felt so inferior when speaking other languages. My English is good, just I have a different accent. And I’m so lonely here, this makes it more difficult to cope … I sometimes find myslef crying because of the bad manner of a salesperson or something like that. I personally, never treat people in this way. Anyway, how to cope with people who don’t like my accent?
How to get less hurt at least?
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May 30th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
You can give them some sort of comeback but people who make fun of you really aren’t worth the effort. Ever since Sarah Palin I have gotten a lot of teasing over my accent and it annoys me, yes, but I just go on with my day and forget about it.
May 30th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
move to canada. a large number of americans are ignorant and intolerant of people not of the same origin, yet they will deny this to the last breath
May 30th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
They’ll eventually get over it. I don’t speak speak English that well myself, in fact, I first learned to speak a dialect of English. I moved to another state away from Hawai’i, and everyone there found the way I spoke weird and laughed at me also.
May 30th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Your best response is no response. Simply look at them with an "oh, really…" expression. Or, if you feel the need to say something, you can say something along the lines of "And my parents taught me to be polite…" Some people are just uncomfortable with having difficulty understanding what someone else is saying, and that discomfort can lead to inappropriate behaviour, such as laughter.
May 30th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Don’t worry about it. They are amused because it’s different.
Just remember that you are speaking English and they speak American.
May 30th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
Most people do like your accent. I find myself laughing at friends from Minnesota because of their accent, but it isn’t in a mean way, it’s just in a "haha you say something differently than I do" way. I actually just tend to think it’s cute because it’s not something you hear very often. And more than a few times have I helped a friend from Asia learn to pronounce something in the American way. You shouldn’t take it so seriously. You’re right, some people are jerks, but not always, right? Focus on the ones who are nice to you.
May 30th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
This is America. People aren’t used dealing with accents, I guess. You say that you also speak French and Italian? Well, that may contribute to your accent.
Remember, it’s human nature to shun anything that is different. Pick any history book, or even watch when people are being made fun. It’s all for the same reason: because they’re different.
I suggest you just ignore them, or come up with some snappy comebacks (not too mean, okay?). You’d be surprised how much respect you could get if people no better then to mess with you.
But don’t take too much offense to the weird looks. Sometimes it’s because that person simply may be fascinated, or intrigued.