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Language Trouble

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Few things are as embarrassing as hearing yourself say out loud a phrase in a foreign language that sounded beautiful when you practiced it in your mind.

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  1. methylethyl Avatar
    methylethyl

    BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT ANYWAY.

    The key to learning *anything* in a foreign language, is accepting that you will sound like a total clown, and doing it anyway.

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      Clarissa

      I sound stupid and mumbly even to myself.

      It doesn’t help that German words are eminently unpronounceable. Although they sound beautiful in my head.

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  2. cliff arroyo Avatar
    cliff arroyo

    I actually found German very pronounceable. And weirdly I think my voice sounds better in German than in any other language….

    And as for embarrassment taking a long time formulating a formal email and being proud of yourself and then seeing several mistakes just as you hit the ‘send’ button….

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