3. Use of the word "aho" by non-native people?

Use of the word "aho" by non-native people?

As a white person who is actively learning the native language where I live, the above seems really weird to me. I'm always looking for opportunities to learn and practice, but picking up one or two words and using them like that seems pretty bad.

Like, I don't think it's a great idea to just slip words I've learned into casual conversation unless it's with another language learner or speaker, it seems disrespectful.

I've seen some comments below about the effect of colonization on white culture and that's pretty accurate, I know so many white people who are bereft of deeper meaning in their life because the only things the have in their life that act like a culture are consumerism, Christianity, and often sports teams.

They grasp for anything that they can because they know they're missing something, can't quite identify what and colonizer culture says "help yourself to whatever you want" so they do. I know so many "Irish" people whose sole conception of there heritage sounds like alcoholism.

Thats just my opinion, but as someone who has said "ahaw" as a white person, I thought maybe I should speak up.

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