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In reply to the discussion: How are we to feel young when our youngest daughter just turned 30? [View all]SwissTony
(2,560 posts)de Klerk was interviewed a couple of on Dutch TV when Mandela was released. He was quite understandable. I think both he and the Dutch interviewers avoided idiomatic expressions, which no doubt helped.
I arrived in Australia with only a Glaswegian accent at my disposal. I soon developed another accent which to English and American ears sounds extremely Aussie. But to some Australian ears, i sound English...yeah, English...in Australia. And I think "Hey, d***head. You're talking to a Glaswegian born Aussie. Are you anxious to have some urgent dental work done?" Of course, I only think that...up until now. I'm only 64 years old...I can hit you with my zimmer frame.
You mentioned your book on some other thread, now lost in the quicksand of time. I was interested. Looked promising. Got a link? Won't make you a millionaire....but...