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RE: A Heartfelt Thank You
Thank you. <3
I still feel very self-conscious speaking English in public, but I've been told by a few native speakers that there's no need, so I'm taking their word for it and trying to shake it off.
Practise makes better so if I can keep it going I might get good at it someday.
Your English is beautiful. You are very easy to understand and have a nice cadence. It sounds like you learned British English more than American English, but here's a little secret: -whispers- we in America have a secret love of British accents and a British/Danish one is very pleasant.
awww - thank you. Yes. You may have noticed it in my insistence on using 'u' in words Americans can't be bothered to as well ;)
I was taught British English but most of what I hear every day is American so it becomes a daft mixture of the two.
I'm glad you find it pleasant. Danes are not exactly known for their mad English skills. Here's what a true Danish accent sounds like...
lol...my family is largely German and English. My great-grandparents spoke American English with essentially German overtones, to the point that when I visited Germany I was shocked to find how many of the small vocal additions and gestures in the language were second nature to me in spite of not be able to speak German properly.
It was also interesting that while in Germany, most people thought my siblings and I were English or Australian, not American. I suspect this is because being schooled at home changed our dialect slightly since we weren't influenced by attending school. We have speech patterns learned from our parents and grandparents rather than our peers.
I find it much easier to understand German, Dutch, Norwegian and Danish accents than, say, French, Indian, Korean or Russian accents.
That's very interesting and probably true that you had a lot of 'germanism' ingrained in you.
When we went to China, everyone thought we were German ;)
Close, but no cigar. -grin-
When my dad went to China, he couldn't read menus and would ask for something in English - the restaurants would come back with one written in German, but my Dad's high school German could stretch far enough that he at least had some idea what he was ordering.
HAHA!
I know basic Mandarin but my husband doesn't so when they asked him if he wanted his coke hot or cold he told me it didn't matter. I could barely stop laughing, as I told him they would heat it if he wanted it warm.
WARM coke....oh that would be gross!!!
LOL! A hot Coke - now that would be a strange concoction. We drink hot Vernors, which is a spicy kind of ginger ale or ginger beer; but hot ginger is quite different from...whatever Coke flavor really is.
Yes! it is odd and coke is not really my thing either, especially not warm.
I understood you just fine, just be comfortable and go with what you know!!!