Hey, kannst auch ruhig auf Deutsch antworten. Im InsaneJournal habe ich mit mllesatine und anotherslashfan auch auf Deutsch geredet. Ich wollte ja auch noch eine deutsche Variante des Posts schreiben, aber da fiel es mir dann irgendwie schwer, mich auf Deutsch auszudrücken. *seufz*
For me, there's also still a large language barrier. I don't trust my English skill enough to participate in complex discussions.
I know the feeling. I sometimes stuff my foot in my mouth because I have the same problems in English that I do in German (I like to forget words or parts of sentences) on top of the inability to say certain things as precise in English as I would in German (God, I love the Konjunktiv).
General discussions I can follow most of the time, but sometimes meta is so academic that I just know I'm missing some of the background and that part of that background has to do with language.
There should be more posts like this one. I think it's important that we talk about our different backgrounds in order to... well, help sharpen everyone's perception. Show that diversity is not theoretical.
I think I discussed that with someone a while back. We all tend to assume that the other persons in fandom have similar backgrounds and most of the time that might be true, but sometimes it just isn't, and it shows. In discussions on race, for example, Germans have a totally different background because for us, it's not black people, it's mainly the Turkish immigrants (and it used to be people from Southern Europe and Eastern Europe, all of which are caucasian), and the fact that they bring a foreign culture into our country, which is at the center of the non-fandom discussion.
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Date: 2009-05-03 02:47 pm (UTC)For me, there's also still a large language barrier. I don't trust my English skill enough to participate in complex discussions.
I know the feeling. I sometimes stuff my foot in my mouth because I have the same problems in English that I do in German (I like to forget words or parts of sentences) on top of the inability to say certain things as precise in English as I would in German (God, I love the Konjunktiv).
General discussions I can follow most of the time, but sometimes meta is so academic that I just know I'm missing some of the background and that part of that background has to do with language.
There should be more posts like this one. I think it's important that we talk about our different backgrounds in order to... well, help sharpen everyone's perception. Show that diversity is not theoretical.
I think I discussed that with someone a while back. We all tend to assume that the other persons in fandom have similar backgrounds and most of the time that might be true, but sometimes it just isn't, and it shows. In discussions on race, for example, Germans have a totally different background because for us, it's not black people, it's mainly the Turkish immigrants (and it used to be people from Southern Europe and Eastern Europe, all of which are caucasian), and the fact that they bring a foreign culture into our country, which is at the center of the non-fandom discussion.