When I started talking in the first day of the first semester with my American accent, everybody began laughing! Why... I don't know... You know, this country and its people are strange creatures. You can not understand how to deal with them. For example, in this case that my accent, both Persian and English, are different with what the other talk, are not acceptable for them. Even all people, throughout the world talk in this way, since they do not talk such, so they are not able to understand and tolerate with that.
Somehow, I agree that my Persian accent is Iranian (or, used to be) and I do not anymore expect them to understand that when I have been born in Iran and passed whole of my life there, so I would not be able to change my accent within a day. But, however, I have finally changed it...
But what about, when I am talking in English? In Iran, thought the government is excessively against the United States, but it's very much popular among Iranian people. And, American accent is a very much popular among them too. I learned English language in such a country, so naturally I also love American accent. You've got no idea how much we were killing ourselves to pronounce a word in a native-like way; hours, days, weeks, months took to learn to pronounce a word correctly as the Americans do!
However, when I came to Afghanistan, and better to say, to Kardan Institute of Higher Education, I faced with this reality that these people do not like American accent and even, they can not stand hearing a word with this accent.
Making it short, I've got to say that not anymore, these people do not laugh anymore, at my American accent! Of course, who knows, maybe I am not talking with American accent anymore! Because, as far as I know, Afghan people never ever have been able to change themselves...
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