Re: New Year's Day.
  By: Alexander Koryagin to Ardith Hinton on Wed Jan 20 2021 02:10 pm

 > I also wonder about my speaking abilities. But well, time's going on. Maybe
 > some day the echo writers in ENGLISH_TUTOR would be able to talk a little
 > via Skype and have a baptism of fire. ;-) Although there is a difficulty --
 > you have a night when we have a day. ;)

I worked for a German company for a number of years (they acquired us).  One of my first trips to Germany cost me a month of my life.  It actually wasn't half bad.  When I heard for the first time, "I have a stomach feeling," I had to put it into context ("I have a gut feeling" or "I have a strong feeling").  Similar, I had to catch myself whenever I'd use "bad English" whenever I'd talk (especially when I was trying to make a point).  Ultimately, it was a learning experience for both of us.

Skype, it might be interesting to help out--a trial by fire!  :)

Brian...
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