[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > One of the most amusing things to happen to me is people in Southern > Italy telling me that the way I said common phrases like "va bene" > sounded "northern"- given how basic my command of the language is, > I'd have thought "foreign" or "tourist-like" would be the first > choice!. As a matter of fact, my first Italian teacher was > Piedmontese, so that might account for it.
My father was my first French teacher. His native language was German. Many years later, I discovered that my accent in French makes people assume I'm German -- I'd somehow absorbed that much of my father's accent. Luckily, my French has now rotted enough that I barely dare to use it anyway. :) Perry
