Tag: non-native speaker
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Noun Roulette: The High Stakes Game of Speaking a Foreign Language when it Counts
“Hallo! Hair Live! Kann ich Ihnen helfen?” That sentence strikes fear into my heart. It’s rattled off at breakneck speed and the words fly like bullets. And all she’s saying is “Hello, Hair Live. Can I help you?” I reply with an elegant and fluent, “Uh…..” But I recover and haltingly say, “Ich möchte einen…
Mindy Carlson 