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They understand me here

December 29th, 2013

One aspect of going home when you are the minority language parent is realising that “people understand me here”. By that I mean that I’m so used to no one around us understanding what I say to my three-year-old in public that I have to do a double-take when I’m back home and suddenly remember that the people next to us on the train, on the bus or in the coffee shop or department store will actually understand what I’m telling her.
Not that I’m talking about top secret or inappropriate subjects, but for some reason I do talk differently when I know there is someone else around who understands what I say.
Weird, eh?

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