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As far as I know Words have always landed heavy on my tongue as a child there were Some things I couldn’t Enunciate well Like soap in my native language Though English was my first first Language I lost it very early on I must say picking it back up Learning to relearn this language That is spoken in many places Wasn’t as easy As finessing my safina (soap)pronunciation In manikaka (Mandingo) It’s not about saying the words But how it is spoken How I struggle with that English is my primary language And yet I get asked which Language I think in Native speakers tries to over simplify things Break down so I could better understand them I mean I don’t know every big grammar that exists in the English dictionary But golly gee you don’t have to ask me If I know what the words mean after each sentence But you know I can never quite get it right When I am told that I have accent speaking My own native language Words My tongue Why does it feel like nothing seems to fit perfectly Words, languages Is this the price I have to pay for being multi lingual
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Apr 6, 2021
Apr 6, 2021 at 9:10 AM UTC
Words on my tongue
As far as I know Words have always landed heavy on my tongue as a child there were Some things I couldn’t Enunciate well Like soap in my native language Though English was my first first Language I lost it very early on I must say picking it back up Learning to relearn this language That is spoken in many places Wasn’t as easy As finessing my safina (soap)pronunciation In manikaka (Mandingo) It’s not about saying the words But how it is spoken How I struggle with that English is my primary language And yet I get asked which Language I think in Native speakers tries to over simplify things Break down so I could better understand them I mean I don’t know every big grammar that exists in the English dictionary But golly gee you don’t have to ask me If I know what the words mean after each sentence But you know I can never quite get it right When I am told that I have accent speaking My own native language Words My tongue Why does it feel like nothing seems to fit perfectly Words, languages Is this the price I have to pay for being multi lingual
Friendwithherpen
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Friendwithherpen
24/F/Northampton MA
Apr 6, 2021
Apr 6, 2021 at 9:10 AM UTC
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