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Originally Posted by merrylander
The biggest problem for speakers of a different language is slang or local usage. Having grown up in Quebec I am well aware how this works in both English and French. Allso having lectured abroad you had to be very careful to avoid such terms and phrases.
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Yep. It was funny to listen to Americans who thought they spoke passable German when I lived there. They would directly translate American idioms and wonder why Germans didn't understand them.
