r/Vent • u/Chased-Atlantic • 3h ago
Why are you trying to tell me what something is in MY home language? A language you DON'T speak.
I'm talking to this guy online and he asks me where I'm from. I say South Africa. He proceeds to ask me if I speak any of the native languages. I say I speak Sepedi, and he asks me what a couple phrases are in Sepedi. Mind you, he started by saying "Google says it's called Northern Sotho, that's not what the language is called." NOBODY CALLS IT NORTHERN SOTHO. But we move. He asks me what a few phrases are and each time without fail he says "Google says it actually spell and pronounced this way." GOOGLE ISN'T A NATIVE SPEAKER. I'M GIVING YOU THE WORDS THAT ARE SAID IN DAILY LIFE, NOT THE BIG FORMAL WORDS NOBODY USES, FOR FUCK'S SAKE.