As a kid when you're learning to speak, you get lots of corrective feedback. But it's socially awkward to give it to an adult.
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As a result you walk into a cafe like, "I'd like a bagel on top of the rental cheese" and the barista just thinks "fucking Americans"
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and you end up with what you want, no feedback. But if you say that as a kid, feedback is almost 100% guaranteed.
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Interesting. My experience in Belgium was the opposite. The folks in my town were happy to correct my grammar. Guess I was just very lucky.
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It's definitely a city thing. In Prague I'd occasionally order in Czech and they'd just default to English, even when my Czech was accurate.
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I am in Mexico and the locals are superb at correcting me but continuing the conversation. Very laid back but helpful.
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