Subj : To learn English read something interesting ;-)
To   : Anton Shepelev
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Mon Nov 24 2025 23:46:12

Hi, Anton!  Recently you wrote in a message to Alexander Koryagin:

AK>  To learn English read something interesting

AS>  Also: discuss something interesting, and write
AS>  somethings interesting.


             Okay... here's my contribution.  Recently I noticed an article by a man from the southwestern corner of Canada who spent a year teaching in Germany. He commented that when he didn't know a particular word in German he'd say it in English, whereupon his students laughed.  Then they'd tell him they use the same word but pronounce it a bit differently.

             I've had a few similar experiences myself.  When a teacher from the Netherlands pronounced the /v/ in "Volkswagen" as an /f/ I thought to myself "Oh
.... the people's car".  In grade ten I found this insight a revelation....  :-))




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