Woman Ends Things with German Guy Who Keeps Correcting Her English Pronunciation, Fed Up with Constant Criticism: 'It's not even your native language!'

Ely Bulnes • Writer and Editor

Nov 13, 2024 6:00 PM EST

Welcome, women of the WWW. Learning a second language is not for the faint of heart. Language learners must dedicate themselves fully to memorizing thousands of new vocabulary words and learning endless grammar rules so thoroughly that conjugating verbs becomes second-nature. Even with a mistake here and there, with enough time and commitment, anyone can become adept at communicating in another language. However, there are some limits. For example, the human tongue is a muscle — a muscle that we use every day for much of our life. As we age, it becomes more and more accustomed to certain movements and incapable of adapting to new ones. Thus, the older you are when you start learning a new language, the less likely it will be that you will lose your native accent.

In our story today, a woman is criticized constantly by her boyfriend for her Brazilian accent when speaking English. The thing is, he, a native German speaker, has an accent when he speaks English, too. Nonetheless, he cuts her off constantly to correct her pronunciation, derailing conversations and souring intimate moments. Fed up with his disrespect, she breaks it off. Get all the details down below.

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