Monday, December 31, 2007

Third Week Language Barrier

Tomorrow (the new year) will be exactly three weeks since I landed in Caracas, and tonight it was the first time I noticed that I'm starting to have trouble speaking in English. While my internal monologue remains Spanish-free, as soon as I start speaking my pronunciation comes off with a strong Venezuelan accent and the speed I speak is much, much slower like I have to translate everything from Spanish, followed by my internal monologue developing a thicker accent as well. It doesn't get better in Spanish, either, because when I speak it I still feel that I'm translating from English first.

I seriously need to call someone to test my English.

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