u/Sea-Hornet8214

My family and I are from a region with a distinct accent and dialect of Malay. While most regions have their own dialects, there's a dominant dialect spoken in multiple states including the capital. Some even perceive it to be neutral despite not being the standard dialect or accent.

When I lived in another state, I changed my accent to sound neutral and no one could tell I was from a northern state. My brother thought this was pretentious and that I was trying to hide my identity.

I disagree. I think it helps people understand me better. Sure, I don't really need to change my accent completely, I only have to avoid dialectal words. But I find it harder to avoid using words in my dialect when I speak in my accent.

What are your thoughts on switching accents when speaking one's native or foreign languages?

I sometimes come across this kind of mistakes both online and in real life conversations where the verb to be is added after the pronoun (he's) and the actual verb is not conjugated correctly (love, instead of loves). Another example is "it's mean..." instead of "it means...". Obviously their native language is not English, but can you tell what their native language(s) could be?

Do you think veganism is something undebatable and that there's no room for disagreement?

What do you think of people who respect your beliefs (not hostile to vegans) but disagree with veganism e.g. carnists, ex-vegans, etc? Could there be any middle ground?

Hari tu saya ada berinteraksi dengan lelaki (stranger) yang boleh kata umur lebih kurang. Kalau guna kau rasanya ok je tapi sebab saya ni macam reserved sikit, dengan stranger, memang saya tak guna kau. Selalunya awak, kak, mak cik, encik, etc.

Why do vegan police even have the rights to decide who is not vegan enough? Why aren't they more inclusive?

For example, Vegan Gains calling Melanie Joy not vegan because he doesn't agree with her activism methods.

Inilah baru penerangan yang betul berkenaan penggunaan imbuhan apitan meN-kan dan meN-i.

Pada pendapat saya, ahli subreddit ni perlu mempelajari dan memahami tatabahasa terlebih dahulu sebelum memberi penerangan.

Kalau tak pasti, jangan "palatao" atau mereka-reka hukum tatabahasa sendiri kerana boleh mengelirukan lagi orang yang bertanya.