*has loved sign language since childhood* *is more or less proficient in american sign language* *has studied and continues to study Deaf culture and its history* *has met and befriended many d/Deaf people*
*asks deaf person to repeat a fingerspelled word more than once*
omg now they hate me and they probably hate me for trying to learn their language and then failing at it so miserably and i should probably just switch majors and gosh they probably think im just another stupid hearing person. please i can do better i swear i didnt mean to disrespect you
every single deaf person that i have ever met: *does not care* *probably didn't even register any mistake i made* *understands that I am learning an entirely new language and am bound to need a bit of help*
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There is a woman at my job, a client, who is Japanese. She married an American man and moved to the states roughly 20 years ago. She comes in regularly with their dog who needs a lot of care.
She came up to the desk earlier in the week and said she always appreciated that I greet her directly (rather than just choosing to talk to her husband) and that I always take the effort to say her name and that she’s delighted I say it correctly. I told her of course, and I only know how to pronounce it because I’m a Japanese student myself.
She was delighted, absolutely ecstatic, she ran over to grab her husband and told him all giddy that I speak Japanese, she excitedly wrote out her contact information for me and urged me to contact her at any point to practice Japanese with her. I asked if she’d been back to Japan since marrying her husband and she normally goes back to visit her folks every year, but hasn’t since the pandemic began. She asked me if I’ve ever been and I said no, but it’s on my list of places I’d love to go visit once I’m more comfortable speaking. “Please do!” she urged over and over “Come and visit, you can even come with me when I go!”
Today she was back and it was just her so I greeted her in Japanese and we had a very brief conversation. She was so fucking happy. She apparently had a hard time focusing on the dog’s appointment because she kept telling the techs and the doctor over and over how happy she was to speak Japanese with someone. She told me I was clear and understandable when I told her I’m sure I have a bad accent (I think she’s just being nice tho lmao) and when I told her I want to sign up for classes but they’re expensive it was “ME! USE ME!!! I’m FREE!!!!!! Seriously! Please!!”
This is a woman who has a considerable accent- she’s understandable but Americans are racist. Her name is very Japanese but probably one of the simplest to learn how to pronounce properly (no one at my job does). And judging by her delight in finding someone to speak her language with, it seems like she rarely is able to be on equal (or higher tbh) footing when speaking here in the States.
I’m excited to take her up on her offer, having someone to speak regularly to will improve my skills immensely, and it seems like it’ll let her have something she’s been missing since she came here.
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*En clases de español para extranjeros.*
YO: Y díganme, ¿por qué quieren aprender español?
ALUMNA JAPONESA 🇯🇵: Mi empresa requiere que lo aprenda para poder trabajar en las sucursales que tenemos aquí.
YO: Oh, eso suena muy interesante.
ALUMNA ESTADOUNIDENSE 🇺🇸: Porque quiero aprender más de mis raíces. Mis padres son mexicanos que residen en Estados Unidos, pero nunca me enseñaron español para que no sufriera bullying en mi barrio.
YO: Lamento que fuera así, pero al aprender español verás que tus raíces son mucho más interesantes de lo que aparentan.
ALUMNO FRANCÉS 🇫🇷: Porque quiero darle una sorpresa a mi esposa mexicana. No se esperará que un día llegue yo hablándole en español. Creo que sería una bonita sorpresa.
YO: Ow, eso es muy tierno de tu parte.
ALUMNO ALEMÁN 🇩🇪: Porque me encantaría aprender más sobre las culturas latinoamericanas. Desde niño me sentí atraído hacia ellas por su manera tan alegre de vivir la vida. Me gustaría convertirme en parte de ellas.
YO: Y no te arrepentirás.
ALUMNO INGLÉS 🏴: Porque quiero ver "Shrek" en español.
*Todos lo miran confundidos.*
ALUMNO INGLÉS 🏴: Dicen que es mucho más chistosa en español latino, y yo soy muy fan de esa película, así que...
*El alumno inglés se encoge de hombros.*
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YO: Ese es el propósito más noble que he escuchado en todos mis años de enseñanza de la lengua española. Me comprometo a que aprendas español perfectamente para que puedas cumplir tan puro objetivo.
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