In My Tongue

I would say that the role that language has played in my life has been pretty, pretty big, because you're just... You're able to connect with such a wide range of people. And I think that's really nice. And I feel like there are quirks to different languages -- French especially... especially in terms of like verb conjugation, so it's always nice to like connect with other people who speak French, or like send them memes in French, or just like, memes about being bilingual and not really knowing how to speak any of the languages properly! So I think there's...

There is that connection that you can have with people through language, which I think is really nice. And yeah, just being able to communicate with different family members, if you have family members overseas who live in other countries. I think having that connection is really important and really nice.

And I would say that, because my family are mostly immigrants, I'm also kind of aware of... Just... Like, how much -- It's not just, like, knowing the language, it's also the accent, I think.. What role that has played... I've been very aware of that because I feel like sometimes, when you have a heavy accent, because let's say... Like my grandma, for example, speaks... English is probably her fifth language, so of course, she's not, you know... And she learned it like as a, you know, when she was like, in her... as an adult! So, you know, obviously, it's not going to be, like, the perfect English -- as my mom says, the English that you speak here, so I'm just, yeah...

I'm aware of how like, people treat other people when they have heavy accents, and even in schools, when you have like a professor who has an accent, and people are like, complaining. I think that's, that's really unfortunate because it's just, you know, it doesn't... I think you can -- everyone can just take the time to really just listen. And, you know, realize that it's not... it's not that different, it's just... it's a different accent, so...

I would say, yeah, it has an important role, and I kind of see... Yeah, I kind of just see the different sides of it, if that makes sense. I'm just rambling at this point, but yeah, I would say that that's the role that language has played in my life.