I've always thought that my English is pretty awesome. As long as I can remember I've had an interest for languages and especially English. When I was a about 12 years old I used to read a Swedish-English dictionary before I went to sleep just to try to learn as many words as possible....yes I know, I'm a nerd.
I've never had any problems communicating in English. There is one thing that has started to frustrate me though. At certain times when I'm speaking to Andy I really want to use a Swedish word because I can't think of the English one, or because it describes the situation better. But obviously I can't. This frustrates me a lot as I feel it's unfair that I will always have a disadvantage when it somes to the English language. I was trying to explain something the other day and I coudn't think of the word I needed to use and I ended up having a fit about how unfair it is and how I wished he could speak Swedish so I could have the upper hand for once...yeah I did that :S
Anyway, it's annoying sometimes and it's got me thinking about people that move to (and settle into) countries where the language is completely new for them. It must be so hard and so frustrating not be able to get your point across when needed. I've got nothing but respect for those people!
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