Native English speakers irritate me

8/December/2024 in Kraków

These days
I feel a strange, yet quite intense irritation
when I hear English from native speakers


I used to like British English

But these days
when I hear British English, or any English from native speakers
I changed my route or switch seats in a cafe

Because
I don't want to hear their English

Because
their English irritates me to a very strange extent

And I do know the reason

The reason is
their "too much" confidence


I speak English as a second language

And 99% of people I meet speak it as a second language too

So that
there is alway a distance between their "emotions" & their "words"

I can always see this distance through
their eye movements
their hand gestures
their stuttering

And it makes me comfortable

Because
their struggles are my struggles

We share the same struggles


Native English speakers speak English
too fluently
too smoothly
too confidently

And
I can't see their internal fight to translate "emotions" into "words"
I can't see their distance between "emotions" & "words"
I can't see our shared struggles

Only thing I feel is "conceit" & "arrogance"

As if
there is no distance between "emotions" & "words"
As if
they can express all emotions via words
As if
we can express "EVERYTHING" and
we can share "EVERYTHING" with others

It brings irritation
to a strange
to an extraordinary
to an absurd extent


I want to see the struggles of a person in front of me

It is this struggle that

makes them look human
makes a bridge between me & them
makes me feel
I'm not the only one who struggles