r/languagelearningjerk

I live in Japan. A while ago a guy stopped me while I was walking my dog and struck up a conversation. Inevitably he asked me where I‘m from. I replied Australia, and returned the question, though he was clearly American. He replied “I’m American, but I guess you can tell from my accent, or rather ~my lack of accent~”.

“My lack of accent” struck me as a strange thing to say. The guy clearly had an American accent. What did he mean?

으후루꾸꾸루후으으후루꾸꾸루후으으후루꾸꾸루후으으후루꾸꾸루후으으후루꾸꾸루후으으후루꾸꾸루후으으후루꾸꾸루후으으후루꾸꾸루후으으후루꾸꾸루후으으후루꾸꾸루후으으후루꾸꾸루후으으후루꾸꾸루후으

looked funny, might delete later idk

Are they lactose intolerant?

Is it as good as drugs?

I absolutely hated being one of those dumb-dumbs that had to hand write characters they don’t know how to read. The thought of having to swipe my phone screen 22 times to find out the pronunciation of 懿 is honestly so embarrassing. Fully grown adults looking like toddlers playing candy crush. So I spent a few days teaching myself the Cangjie input method and never looked back. Three little taps on 土廿戈 and I’ve already found it. Pure elegance! At a push, I will use the stroke input method, but you will never catch me using 手写 again.