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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm a German native who studied linguistics (ok, computational linguistics with a minor in phonetics and phonology), but I basically only speak my regional dialect well. I was visiting a friend in Berlin once and a stranger in a bar complimented me that I "speak good German for a foreigner".

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Hey that sounds like studying linguistics to me! ^Pun^ ^mildly^ ^intended.^

That's gotta be a bit of a gut punch though...

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 months ago

I regarded it as a potential evidence for my unfounded and highly debateable hypothesis that the dialect we speak in the region is not in fact a dialect, but its own language.