Re: Mispronunciation of Adopted Terms

On 06/02/08 22:45, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
On 2008-02-05 23:27:54 +0100, TsuiDF <stephanie.mitchell@xxxxxxxxx> said:

[ ... ]

But I will always be pleased that my German teacher said my 'r's made
me sound French, in German. I think to have a different foreign
accent in each of one's foreign languages is a worthy goal once you're
past the stage where you have any hope of approaching sounding like a
native speaker. At least it's interesting and occasionally confuses
the listener.

I was told (in Argentina) that I have an Argentinian accent when I speak Spanish. I don't think that can possibly be true (no one would mistake me for a native speaker), but it probably reflects a tendency to exaggerate certain characteristics that distinguish Chilean Spanish from peninsular Spanish.

When I tried out the few words of German I know, I was answered in Dutch.

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