In this brief YouTube short, two speakers discuss the experience of non‑native English speakers being bombarded with AI‑driven suggestions and targeted ads urging them to ‘improve’ their English. Speaker A describes feeling pressure to sound native, noting constant ads that imply language correction is a product to buy, and reflects on how this can lead to a self‑defeating mindset. Speaker B counters by celebrating the value of diverse accents, emphasizing that there is nothing wrong with a non‑native voice and that such differences make content more authentic and interesting. The conversation frames the accent not as a flaw to fix but as an asset worth embracing.
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I think it's an AI thing, uh, to correct, to speak English as an English, uh, native. And then I'm like, sometimes like I get myself like, should I do that? Because my English is not perfect. I make a lot of mistakes. Like my accent is weird. And then Phil was like, stop. Like, you know, like, and I know like deep inside that like, it doesn't make any sense, but I'm constantly receiving ads and I don't know if they hear my Substack, uh, lives and then they're like, this one is a good client, you know? Oh, cool. So I'm constantly being bombarded of like, Hey, maybe you should improve your English. Maybe you should do this. Maybe you should. And I'm like, that's, that's crazy. And if you don't pause to assess, like, does it make any sense? You ended up going on a line that, you know, it's, it's just, it's a recipe for failure because then it, I'm not American, I'm not Canadian and my English, it is what it is.
And, you know, and I think what I want to say about that also is there's nothing wrong with that. That's fricking awesome. Like the ads I get are for women over 50 about my skin, you know, and lines and stuff. And it's like, yes. And isn't that okay? Like, is there something wrong? These ads are giving us products to like, maybe they're going to make us feel better, but is there anything wrong with— there's nothing wrong with your accent is awesome. I know clearly you're from a different country. That's fascinating to me. Like, I love that. I love that none of us look the same on the screen. You know, but it is true.
