#it gets precarious bc i know austrian german is a little different and there’s ofc other cultural differences as well

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i’m so nervous that max’s manner of speaking comes off as demeaning or playing into stereotypes for europeans who speak english as a second language.

i find accents so endearing, and also how english can have different “flavors” depending on the esler speaking it. with him being so young i see it as a delightful opportunity bc of how isolated he is and how much practice he doesn’t get with english, but i’m afraid that it implies a weakness on his part—which many eslers don't have with english in most cases—or makes him sound silly 😭 

#it gets precarious bc i know austrian german is a little different and there’s ofc other cultural differences as well #i had a german roommate in high school so i try to style him after what i remember #also the one vietnamese girl on tiktok with the german fiance LOL they are sooo precious bless them #i’m not sure what the tics are tho for germans #for 3rabs like me and my family i find that it’s ‘indeed’ #‘actually’ #‘of course #’ ‘basically’ and ‘even’ #i also try and mirror his speech on how i try to word arabic sentences or phrases when i don’t know the advanced vocab for it #my perfectionist self ready to download duolingo again and have myself beaten by an owl every day just to get him Right