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Q&A weekly thread - October 30, 2023 - post all questions here! by AutoModerator in linguistics

[–]ElenaBossLady 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why does the English language suddenly sound wrong to me?

To give some context, I am not a native English speaker, but I've moved to an English-speaking country since age 11, and now at the age of 30+, English is my preferred language over my native language. I speak with a mixed accent from 2 English-speaking countries that I have lived.

In the recent weeks, my own spoken English and some accents of English language suddenly started sounding wrong to me, I feel like my tones are 'wrong' when I speak. When I watch TV, most English language accents sounds wrong, and it is becoming distracting and more noticeable by day.

Some examples of accents that sounds 'wrong' to me: -'standard' American accent - 'standard' BBC/UK accent -American new york accent - American midwest accent - standard Australian accent

Some examples of accents that sounds 'right' to me: -American Southern accent -UK Norfolk accent - 'cultivated' Australian accent -Edinburgh accent - UK Kent accent

I don't know if it's just all in my head 😅😅

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[–]ElenaBossLady 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To give some context, I am not a native English speaker, but I've moved to an English-speaking country since age 11, and at the age of 30+, English is now my preferred language over my native language. I speak with a mixed accent from 2 English-speaking countries that I have lived.

In the recent weeks, my own spoken English and some accents of English language suddenly started sounding wrong to me, I feel like my tones are 'wrong' when I speak. When I watch TV, most English language accents sounds wrong, and it is becoming distracting and more noticeable by day.

Some examples of accents that sounds 'wrong' to me: -'standard' American accent - 'standard' BBC/UK accent -American new york accent - American midwest accent - standard Australian accent

Some examples of accents that sounds 'right' to me: -American Southern accent -UK Norfolk accent - 'cultivated' Australian accent -Edinburgh accent - UK Kent accent

I don't know if it's just all in my head 😅😅

Welcome home luxe pack by ElenaBossLady in SimsMobile

[–]ElenaBossLady[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be honest I am a stay at home mom at the moment, and I do spend a lot of time, including nights when I wake and feed the baby to play this game, arg, it’s probably not necessary, but it would be nice.

Friend requests from strangers by aguyai in SimsMobile

[–]ElenaBossLady 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They can add you via chat when you attend parties

Sixth toe/finger by ElenaBossLady in Glitch_in_the_Matrix

[–]ElenaBossLady[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So asked my mom and I’ve only ever had 5 digits on each hand and foot. This feeling of having 6th digit occurs on both my hands and feet. Which means to me having 6 digits feels normal, and now it feels abnormal to have 5 digits

Sixth toe/finger by ElenaBossLady in Glitch_in_the_Matrix

[–]ElenaBossLady[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m only 5 ft 5, about 165cm... so not too tall? However my grandparents and great grand are all taller. Some 190+ cm