K-netizens Comment On NewJeans’s Minji Frequently Making Grammar Mistakes When Speaking English

A netizen in Nate Pann recently raised a discussion over NewJeans Minji’s English skills, drawing keen attention. 

Pointing out that the female idol makes English grammatical mistakes frequently, the netizen wondered, “Why does she keep speaking in English even though she says it wrong every time? Is the company forcing you to use English? Are you envious of overseas Koreans?”.

Regarding this issue, other netizens also poured various reactions:

– To be honest, I always skip the video when it comes to the parts where Minji speaks English

– Guys, you think I don’t know English???

– I agree. To be honest, I feel like Minji is forcing herself to speak English. Her English doesn’t sound natural at all. It’s a little cringe-worthy actuallyㅋㅋ It’s like she is trying to use English just to look cool or pretend to be an overseas Koreanㅋㅋ I understand your feeling as I also envied people using good English expressions when I was a teenㅋㅋ When I look at Minji, I realize that she’s still a kidㅋㅋ Honestly, I neither like nor hate this and I don’t think it’s something to be criticized

– But I think constantly speaking English will help improve her English skills. Even if she gets the grammar wrong, she should continue using English rather than switching to Korean. She can receive feedback from foreign members when making gramma mistakes and the company can also teach her English separately… Even if she gets the grammar wrong, people can still understand what she means roughly, just like how we understand what foreigners say with their poor Korean skills

– It’s like you’re pretending not to know things even though you do

– I think the context is similar to when we speak in our mother tongue. We also don’t think about grammar. Besides, I don’t see any foreigners feeling uncomfortable with her English mistakes

Source: Nate Pann