Are They Language A**HOLES? 🤔 -- REDDIT STORIES

In this video, I react to posts from the AITA reddit sub. Posts relate to language learning. So... in your opinion, are they the a**hole?
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[@KevinAbroad]

Hello! Like I said in the video, this is a completely new concept I wanted to try. Feel free to let me know below what you thought! Any constructive feedback is welcome :) :).

[@Im_a_Chill_Panda]

I disagree. If this was in an English speaking country and someone went "Just speak english" to say a native Spanish speaker people would be all over them.

[@KevinAbroad]

I think in public, yes it would cause outrage. But in a private setting... IDK. It depends on the context really!

[@rosiebowers1671]

If you demand that someone you don't even know only speaks the majority language in your presence because "this is [country] speak [language]", YTA 100%. However, if you refuse to speak a language you're proficient in to own your guest at your own dinner table because "my house my rules", not worrying a bit about making them uncomfortable, you're also a massive AH. It's just basic hospitality. And this guy doubles down afterward OMG what a jerk. If my kid brought home an anglophone love interest only for me to only speak French -- the minority language -- at the dinner table, I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror afterwards.

[@laurette_p763]

in my opinion if someone can follow a native speaker conversation (without contributing), regardless of whether they can speak or read, they know the language. I been learning Japanese for years now, still can't follow a native speaker conversation, however I can read manga and keep up with anime. with that I can't say "I know Japanese" instead, I would say "I'm learning Japanese".

[@KevinAbroad]

It's quite ambiguous, right? I would tend to agree with you tbh. Otherwise I would say "I can read some [language]" or "I can speak a little bit of [language]" I think

[@Eternal_Foreigner]

I think it's easy to have an expectation of proficiency in English when it comes to Scandinavian countries. I don't think anyone is the "asshole" in this story, I think it's just an unfortunate collision of expectations. The father has some strange rules for someone living in a non-English speaking country. But on the other hand, this is a country known for English proficiency.

[@KevinAbroad]

I do think the father is rigid!

[@Eternal_Foreigner]

@@KevinAbroad Rigid, yes definitely. "Asshole" though seems a bit strong in my opinion. Not a bad video idea though. I like it.

[@Eternal_Foreigner]

I think it's worth mentioning, I made a similar video once on a previous youtube channel of mine. In my case, I didn't expect the comments to be controversial, but in the end there were some comments disagreeing with me. I think overall this is a good thing, because it brings up discussion. But for youtube motivation it was horrible, because it made me feel like every video had to be researched in-depth in case of disagreement. And the effort is just too much. I ended up not posting again on that channel and made this new one, with the new goal of only posting simple videos that don't stir up many opinions. I mention this only because I enjoy your videos and I don't want you to lose motivation by making controversial videos.