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Asked: April 19, 20182018-04-19T02:02:52+00:00 2018-04-19T02:02:52+00:00

How do native speakers tell I’m foreign based on my English alone?

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How do native speakers tell I’m foreign based on my English alone?

I’m a 19-year-old student from Malaysia. I’ve been introduced to the language at a very young age and I’m capable of conducting any type of conversation. However, some of my English-speaking friends on the internet didn’t take too long to figure I’m not a native speaker. Why is that?

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    1. James Wane

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      2018-04-19T02:03:25+00:00Added an answer on April 19, 2018 at 2:03 am

      Because non-native speakers use English differently as compared to native speakers. It’s… it’s as simple as that.

      I can also usually tell within the first few moments of talking to somebody on the internet whether they are from a native English-speaking country or not. They’ll use slightly different phrasing. Use of idioms is also a dead giveaway.

      I dunno. It’s usually patently obvious. This doesn’t make a non-native English speaker’s English bad by any stretch; just different.

      I can also generally tell where native English speakers are from as well, at least in a general sense. Canadians tend to sound like Americans (even in writing) but spell more like the Brits. British persons obviously use British English and will use British colloquiums and the word ‘whilst’ often will pop up. Australians lean heavy on the word ‘mate’ a lot of the time. Americans use American spellings and sound like Americans.

      And so on.

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      2018-04-19T02:03:18+00:00Added an answer on April 19, 2018 at 2:03 am

      You probably have strange grammar. Pretty much every language has a different grammar style than English, as far as I know. Don’t know Malaysian, so I can’t answer that specific part. But based on your question, you have better grammar than most on the internet. So that could be it, that you’re “too perfect.” Could be an accent, too. Or idioms, those things are pretty funny.

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      2018-04-19T02:03:12+00:00Added an answer on April 19, 2018 at 2:03 am

      It may be little things like not using native idioms, that you would pick up from living in the UK.

      But, hey. That’s just a guess.

      Also, I don’t think I would’ve noticed you were foreign from what you wrote, if you didn’t point it out.

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      2020-11-07T00:02:23+00:00Added an answer on November 7, 2020 at 12:02 am

      That might have something to do with your accent.

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