Is That Your Coat?

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When I was learning German and other languages, I would always repeat the question when someone asked me a question. Is that my coat? You know, and that little moment of having a moment to repeat a question brought me some time to work out my answer. Plus also, you get to repeat the question every time. Those little things where you can just buy time are very useful and important. Just little, little time saving memory or brain sort of enabling little tricks. Yeah. Very useful. Absolutely. And that was a specific one. Well, okay, good luck with the book. And I hope that you managed to sell it to as many people as possible. It's been lovely to

James Harris is a writer, comedian, English teacher and language learner (French, German, Chinese) from England. In this funny chat, we talk about learning Chinese, being married to a Chinese woman and his semi-autobiographical book, "Midlands" which tells several funny and touching stories about two ex-pats living in Germany; Stuart, who is a stand-up comedian trying to understand the Germans, and Doug who gets involved in a love affair. James reads several passages from the book during the episode.

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