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Accent

Lost in translation

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 || Brent Sherman

In my high school, the only teachers who spoke with accents were the foreign language teachers, as they were native speakers of French or Spanish. They had a slight accent but were otherwise fluent in English.
At Wash. U., it is common to have non-native English speakers either as professors or teaching assistants. I remember that [...]

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