To many of us english is not our first language. We all come from different parts of the world and this in return causes us to have different mother-tongues. I attend an international school, filled with culture, tradition, and a variety of languages. I have learned to adapt to different cultures and accept and treat them the same as I would to any human being. In the story “Mother Tongue” Tan discusses the many different stereotypes and daily struggles that a non native english speaker might come across from day to day. Most english speakers have generalized how other accents may sound around the world when trying to speak english, Spanish, French or even Russian. It is more common to hear the words singlish (Singapore English) that a native english speaker trying to speak spanish. Even between the Americans and the British, they both speak english, but does it all sound the same? There is no proper way to speak english, slang to you might be my Shakespeare. The language all depends on your perspective, the things that you have experienced in your life. It is not right that we generalize english into one category, the right english. But what is the right english exactly? We will never know.