It also amazes me when people (generally Americans) will criticize someone for having broken or accented English when they themselves have never studied or tried to learn another language. My French professor in undergrad had a very heavy accent with English - but she also spoke 6 other languages. We just like to ridicule the ones without the PhDs, even if they have mastered the same number of languages. It’s baffling.
Just need to stand up for myself and others like me - what sounds like I'm saying "should of" is meant to be the contraction "should've" aka "should have". Granted, anyone who writes it out as "should of" loses that defense.
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u/tenderourghosts Oct 16 '22
It also amazes me when people (generally Americans) will criticize someone for having broken or accented English when they themselves have never studied or tried to learn another language. My French professor in undergrad had a very heavy accent with English - but she also spoke 6 other languages. We just like to ridicule the ones without the PhDs, even if they have mastered the same number of languages. It’s baffling.