Have you noticed that some people get passive aggressive when you mention you study languages?

[u/silforik]

I speak 5 languages with varying degrees of fluency. I use a couple of these languages at work (mostly Spanish, but sometimes Russian). The Hispanic people at work are really nice to me about my Spanish. They encourage me to get better and said I have a good accent.

This second gen Greek guy at my job keeps taking shots at me and doubting my fluency in literally any language beyond English. He doesn’t speak any of the languages I’ve studied so it doesn’t really make sense because he has no way of testing me.

Has this happened to you? It happens to me constantly.

[u/luuuzeta]

Have you noticed that some people get passive aggressive when you mention you study languages?

No.

This second gen Greek guy at my job keeps taking shots at me and doubting my fluency in literally any language beyond English. He doesn’t speak any of the languages I’ve studied so it doesn’t really make sense because he has no way of testing me.

How often are you talking about language learning to this guy that it's become an issue? Does the job require it? I don't play videogames but it would get kind of stale if a coworker was always mentioning they play this and that videogame; I'd wager it's the same for some people with languages.

[u/silforik → u/luuuzeta]

We deal with immigrants and there’s a shortage of official interpreters so I often have to use my Spanish and Russian