06-08-2014, 03:45 AM
This sort of thing depends on the situation.
With Grungie's example, there are two main types: people who are just genuinely interested in learning the language, don't have any real way to practice, but are still overly excited- and then there's the type that actually think they are impressive or whatever. The first type are annoying, but it's innocent and forgivable as long as they aren't constantly doing it at dumb times. They just don't realise how dumb they look. I can actually recall times that I've been somewhat guilty of this (how embarrassing), though only in the class and in similar situations. I was never the type of dork to walk into a Mexican restaraunt and say 'Hola' or any of that. The second type are just annoying period.
On the internet and such it doesn't bother me because I've been in situations where the only sites that had the information I need are in Spanish. Though I told them all that I basically only speak English and I don't know what the fuck I'm doing (I knew more then than I do now too; now it's basically nothing. :p ). For me it's weird though, because I feel pathetic only speaking one language but there isn't any way for me to become bilingual without just insulting other languages. I feel like being a monolingual English speaker is pretty pathetic in a globalised world. It's not just that learning another language would be 'cool', but that it would legitimately be useful and I feel that it's a 'duty' of sorts in the modern world since I don't want English to have any more influence than it already does. >_>
With Grungie's example, there are two main types: people who are just genuinely interested in learning the language, don't have any real way to practice, but are still overly excited- and then there's the type that actually think they are impressive or whatever. The first type are annoying, but it's innocent and forgivable as long as they aren't constantly doing it at dumb times. They just don't realise how dumb they look. I can actually recall times that I've been somewhat guilty of this (how embarrassing), though only in the class and in similar situations. I was never the type of dork to walk into a Mexican restaraunt and say 'Hola' or any of that. The second type are just annoying period.
On the internet and such it doesn't bother me because I've been in situations where the only sites that had the information I need are in Spanish. Though I told them all that I basically only speak English and I don't know what the fuck I'm doing (I knew more then than I do now too; now it's basically nothing. :p ). For me it's weird though, because I feel pathetic only speaking one language but there isn't any way for me to become bilingual without just insulting other languages. I feel like being a monolingual English speaker is pretty pathetic in a globalised world. It's not just that learning another language would be 'cool', but that it would legitimately be useful and I feel that it's a 'duty' of sorts in the modern world since I don't want English to have any more influence than it already does. >_>