I teach English as a foreign language online. The longer I teach the more I'm amazed that anyone can learn it as a non-native language.
Old Portuguese-English translation guide from the 19th century "English as she is spoke" being the common nickname: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_as_She_Is_Spoke English may not be entirely responsible for all of the issues (many, just not all).
Fairly typical of the Robins near us They really don't care as long as you're either filling up the bird table or cutting the grass so they can get at the worms more easily. (If you're not doing either of those, then it feels like they're berating you for not providing food )