The Unanswered Question: A Reflection on Language, Identity, and Missed Opportunities

you in question why would you do that to me if you know you speak two three four sometimes even five six languages and you’ve had kids why would you allow that child to grow up only speaking one language and the language in question is English now when I’ve gone out of my way to learn the language why are you laughing why are you asking me why am I pronouncing it like that I should be asking you broke people should never laugh I should be asking you why am I pronouncing it like that before I used to say it’s actually it’s embarrassing but now I’m gonna go further say it’s actually low-key immoral why would you do that to me it’s like a huge slice of identity that you have severed for no reason my parents were kind of warned that it would like maybe stump me from learning English properly and like I’d mix words up my question is why would you listen to them when you speak four languages fluently now I’m spending my time money resources to learn a language I have enough things worry about as an adult this should have been patterned when I was three on top of that we live in London like even if you don’t speak your language very well you could have found someone else to teach me and even if you couldn’t I could be speaking Romanian by now I could be speaking Lingala by now give me something