Susan Boyle, a popular new British singer appeared on the Charles Osgood t.v. show in the US with subtitles. Her spoken voice is quite incomprehensible for the average American.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/14/sunday/main6207724.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody
An American once asked me where I'd picked up my English. He nearly fell flat when I said 'in Britain'.
ReplyDeleteSed cxu vi estas usona civitano au' brita au' dana? I found your English quite native in some idiomatic usage at your article at Nation Magazine. I find Nation sometimes challenging to read, which also leads me to think you are a native.
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