I am Thai, grew up in the States, worked in a few countries, and are now back in Thailand. When people commented on my good English, I gave all the credits to my American husband. Then I don’t have to really tell my whole life story.

In Russia – people CONSTANTLY tell me “you speak English with no accent” or “your English is good” and I say “No my RUSSIAN is good but thanks”

What I hate is when people have heard me speak English and Russian but if I say “oh Russian is my second language” then they ask me “which is your first?” And then they are surprised when I say English.

Could my English be THAT bad?! Lolz!

Nowadays, however, I just stare – or glare, depends on my mood – and nod.

I worked at a Thai restaurant in Austin, TX for four years. I loved it there. The family who owned the place never thought I was strange for having grown up overseas. I felt out of place at school, but I felt at home at work. The sound of voices speaking in a language I didn’t understand was so comforting, and we all related to each other as strangers in a strange land. I learned a few words, but mostly they wanted to practice their English with me. If someone asks me in English if I speak Thai I can say, “Nit noi!” (“A little”, probably misspelled), but if they asked me in Thai I wouldn’t understand.

At least my English is very good.

I wish I knew my Thai fluently, unfortunately now I can understand spoken. I never knew how to speak it properly though…although asking “Where is the toilet?” sometimes gets me “Your Thai is good!” by the Thai people LOL

I get this all the time. When I tell them I’m from Taiwan, Americans (usually) will ask “But you have an American accent!” Yea, thanks to the Americans, it’s really hard to get rid of!

I forgot who it was that posted on the FB community board but he said something about a lady at a grocery store telling him in English that he speaks English very well in a really slow way. I told him he should’ve just ask her what language she spoke LOL