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[–]CandyUwU 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Thank you for the heartwarming compliments OP! 😊

English is not fearsomely difficult for me. I hated English during my teenage years, and gradually had to change my attitude because English is the international language of science, and many other key areas. One of the hardest parts of English was exceptions to the rules. Right when I got to grips with a rule, an exception came along to shatter it by contradicting it. Learning English is not only a question of learning the rules. It’s about learning the numerous exceptions to the rules that may make it troublesome to apply existing knowledge later on.

If other languages are more difficult for English speakers, it may be the new concepts in them that English speakers never had to use.

Don't be too hard on yourself! People are different, and becoming accustomed to another language isn't for everyone.

[–]Vulptex[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah but still, you do it perfectly. I've rarely been able to spot a non-native speaker, even as their 3rd or 4th language. I don't know of any Americans who can even come close to that in one single other language. Even if we reduced it to only vocabulary, the easiest part, we're still abhorrent. Are Americans be genetically inferior maybe? That's the only explanation, but that's really odd because there isn't an "American" race that could be linguistically inferior due to genetics.

[–]CandyUwU 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

because there isn't an "American" race

Yep. America is home to people of many ethnicities. As a result, Americans do not equate nationality with race/ethnicity.

For the sake of the argument, let's point to the largest ethnicity in America. The majority of Americans are ethnically white, with the European origin. I think the reason they do not learn other languages to this extent must be lack of motivation, and not genes themselves.

There may be an element of racism sometimes, especially among the white supremacists. Discrimination would creep in to their behaviors, and they would not bother with other languages.

I'm asian, and asian families tend to be strict, being highly invested in ensuring the success of each member, even if it's something as small as learning other languages, e.g. the English language.

If American families were as strict, pushing each other to learn other languages, America would be very different for sure!

[–]Vulptex[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

lack of motivation

I've learned the hard way that contrary to pop culture success is 1% motivation and 99% talent. Even Americans who live in other countries for decades can't speak the language, at least not well. Definitely not easily at the native level.