During the last weeks of a summer long business assignment in Madrid, Spain, I started to forget how English sounded. Reading was no problem. I could speak English fine, but not very clearly. Fortunately, the problem was easy to fix by watching BBC news from London on television every night. The international edition news anchor spoke in a neutral way that was equally clear for both North American, and European listeners.
IIN to forget native language
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During the last weeks of a summer long business assignment in Madrid, Spain, I started to forget how English sounded. Reading was no problem. I could speak English fine, but not very clearly. Fortunately, the problem was easy to fix by watching BBC news from London on television every night. The international edition news anchor spoke in a neutral way that was equally clear for both North American, and European listeners.