This made me think of Dutch and Afrikaans... or speaking Dutch with an Afrikaans accent...

…d little patience in trying to understand what I was trying to communicate on account of my accent. It was as if some of them had closed off their minds to English spoken with a foreign accent. Their responses ranged from cutting me off mid sentence to outright ridicule.
English Spoken with a Foreign Accent is Still English — Or is it?
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This made me think of Dutch and Afrikaans... or speaking Dutch with an Afrikaans accent...
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Written by 🦋 Marie A. Rebelle
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