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Walk Like an American- The Finale (Part 2)_6

 
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PostPosted: Fri 22:30, 02 Aug 2013    Post subject: Walk Like an American- The Finale (Part 2)_6

environment (and once I entered places that tended to be a little more touristy), that visible affectation disappeared. I do want to emphasize, though, that this happened quite suddenly. It went from only-English to mostly-Hindi over the course of a single week that happened to coincide with a major "A-HA!" leap forward in my language listening and speaking skills<<Looking as if you fit in:>>I lived in Germany for three years as an Army officer and became fairly conversant in German and generally comfortable there (to the extent I had a period of culture shock when I returned to the US). Although I don't look stereotypically German (despite some German ancestry), I was very frequently approached on the street by both Germans and Americans and addressed in German. This despite a fairly regulation Army haircut and clothes purchased at the PX. I don't know why people often assumed I was German,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but to your thesis, there is something that tells you that a person "belongs" in a particular

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