Have you ever asked some English people what they think when they hear you speak your 1st language?
I know, since a lot of us ordinary Brits are limited to the English language, many of us have a kind of strange affinity for foreign languages. It's interesting to hear it.
Where I live in the UK at the moment, you very seldom hear any language other than English, so there's a novelty and an intrigue about it when I do hear another. In places where foreign languages are 10 a penny, like presumably where dappled dwells, I expect the novelty and intrigue wears off.
Anyway, you're actually being pretty presumptuous about people here in the UK if you think we're all racist. Racism is an aspect of virtually every society, but I'd suggest due to our history of integration it isn't a problem so entrenched in our culture to prove a significant issue in most areas of the UK. There are many countries far less tolerant of ethnic minorities. I think if you got to know most native English people here, you'd find in general we aren't xenophobic or racist :)
Is it normal to feel uncomfortable about speaking in my 1st language?
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Have you ever asked some English people what they think when they hear you speak your 1st language?
I know, since a lot of us ordinary Brits are limited to the English language, many of us have a kind of strange affinity for foreign languages. It's interesting to hear it.
Where I live in the UK at the moment, you very seldom hear any language other than English, so there's a novelty and an intrigue about it when I do hear another. In places where foreign languages are 10 a penny, like presumably where dappled dwells, I expect the novelty and intrigue wears off.
Anyway, you're actually being pretty presumptuous about people here in the UK if you think we're all racist. Racism is an aspect of virtually every society, but I'd suggest due to our history of integration it isn't a problem so entrenched in our culture to prove a significant issue in most areas of the UK. There are many countries far less tolerant of ethnic minorities. I think if you got to know most native English people here, you'd find in general we aren't xenophobic or racist :)