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Originally Posted by Nordic
Well, I am not a beginner 
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I know sweetpea. I know you've spoken and written English for a long time. Its just that we are never as good with our second, third etc. language as our natural tongue. There will always be some sounds we can't quite master. Some tonal change that escapes us. Wanna hear me bastardize French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Vietnamese? I can prove what I am saying is true.
Like the word girl. Those combination of letters just never worked for the ex. No matter how much we practiced it he'd never get it right. He also cuts off the last syllable or two on anything longer than 3 syllables. Like refrigerator. Its refriger to him. For me the gutteral stringing of many consanants in Viet and some words with no vowels throws me. Oh and don't even get me started on how many Viet words don't even have a vowel in them. :P
Still I find the little errors too adorable.