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106 - The Language Secret - John Stedman - How to Learn a Foreign Language: Or. How to Speak 10 Languages. Badly

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How Did People React When You Were Speaking Their Language?

When a white person opens his mouth, there expecting the colonial language to come, i french. So when we spoke, in this case, it was congo, the reaction is sensational. They're so pleased. And they would delight in telling us little expressions or correcting us too. The greatest compliment sometimes is, e this wut. If i close my eyes, i can't even hear that. You're white, you knowuou justan and hat's a wonderful thrill to have that sort of reaction.

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