• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Same story here with Spanish. I was in South America for all of two weeks. But the smiles and help when I tried to use Spanish for anything more than beer and bathrooms keeps me going back to Duolingo.

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      2 months ago

      I speak Spanish, I have a fairly basic level of fluency but don’t live there. People understand me and I can hold conversations but they call me gringo and they are not “nice” or welcoming about it.

      I have very little attachments to where I’m from so that was the last straw for me. I don’t identify culturally with where I’m from anymore.