Science poll! (topic: communication research. Pls RT for wider reach) Imagine the following conversation: A: "How would you like your coffee?" B: "I drink my coffee black". What most likely happens next?
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Replying to @IrisVanRooij
I think non-bilingual (because I am native) English speakers see "black" as neat aka unadulterated aka no sugar. But in Western Asia and the Middle East we have separate words for these concepts with relation to coffee. We have a gradient for how much milk and another for sugar.
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In Cyprus we have sweet, medium, and neat, for levels of sugar, for example. And the same idea for milk: all milk, half milk, black.
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Replying to @o_guest @IrisVanRooij
I am sharing this because it really made me uncomfortable to see this as a native vs non-native English thing. It's wholly erasive to the multi-lingual and multi-ethnic experience.
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I did not even consider asking only native speakers (I’m not native speaker myself either). I was just interested in pragmatics (thanks for extra info!). I think JP restricted to native speakers?
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Yeah, it was in another thread. I just wanted to clarify one can be native as an English speaker but from a different ethnic group to "White British", for example, too!
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Iris van Rooij Retweeted Rabbit "Too Gay For Your Player Guild" Cohen
Absolutely. On point, saw this tweet come by earlier:https://twitter.com/bathyspherehat/status/1114609990357196806?s=21 …
Iris van Rooij added,
Rabbit "Too Gay For Your Player Guild" Cohen @BathysphereHatPSA: someone can be fluent in English and still have an accent that's not from what you'd typically consider an English speaking country. Indian English is a whole dialect of its own, and many people from India speak it fluently.Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes - 6 more replies
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