What even is speaking better?<p>I grew up bilingual, mostly speaking Spanish at home and English at school. I think growing up with a different language can be a disadvantage if the children don&#x27;t spend lots of time reading and learning English but fortunately my parents encouraged that heavily.<p>One thing being a bilingual speaker taught me and having older family members with differing grasps of the English language was not to ascribe too much value to &#x27;correct&#x27; grammar or pronunciation. People who are well spoken English speakers have a way of seeming intelligent regardless of actual aptitude and it&#x27;s easy to dismiss someone with syntax that is unusual or cobbled together from different languages.<p>I rarely if ever work with Latino engineers, but working with lots of Chinese nationals, it has been easy for me to ignore their grammar mistakes and diction choices and focus on the underlying message of what they are saying. For that I&#x27;m grateful. Grammar snarkiness is one of the most useless traits of English speakers I&#x27;ve encountered in my adult life.<p>It&#x27;s funny when Americans claim that British people just &#x27;sound smarter&#x27; when British people are just that: British. Same with bad grammar sounding less intelligent, it&#x27;s not actually any less intelligent as long as it still communicates the message.