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Originally Posted by 12B4S
Texas would be tough enough AL, just with the accent and idioms. Around Ft Polk or somewhere in the deep south, God help them.  One advantage I had, was that most of the folks I knew in Toelz also spoke English. Without that, I would have learned very little bayerisch. Did notice one thing though. The more beer, the better I could speak both languages/dialects.  |
I too have noticed that my fluency increases as I take in more fluids of the alcoholic variety.
For some, including me, this points to one of the biggest problems in language-learning, overcoming the inhibition of sounding stupid. And alcohol certainly helps you overcome inhibitions. Maybe they should add liquid lunches in the language labs.
Of course, overcoming the inhibition won't actually keep you from sounding stupid.