English is difficult - so I need help! :)

Same here, I would never have known.

Quite impressive.

Oh Thank You!

I was born in Germany to a German mother and an American
military father. My mother's family raised me for five years and
that was my first language.

My parents brought me to the U.S. when I could not speak hardly
any English, they enrolled me into school and I had to deal with it.
It was immersion, that's for sure.

Children are fast learners so it did not take me long to become
fluent. I became a citywide Spelling Bee champion, I excelled
at many subjects, was recommended for advanced placement
but we moved around so much that never happened.

I learned more English by watching television than anything else.
But that was ages ago. Now people tell me I have some sort of
an accent because I speak a certain proper way, I don't talk like
the locals even though I've been in Texas nearly fifty years,
they aren't used to the way I speak, it's just different.

That whole experience in my childhood made me more resilient,
stronger and it actually helped me get through difficult times in
my life. And I still speak German and some Spanish, French
and the other European languages.

That's one of the worst suggestions I've seen lately. Especially for a non-native speaker who is asking about nuances of a foreign language. Google Translate is sometimes helpful to get the big overall gist of something but not helpful when you are talking about the difference between in and at.

Mark

Ditch the first part, too disjointed.

Texan's first guess (always) to my accent is Australian.

I used to have a very thick Boston accent. Pahk tha cah it has mostly gone away .

And I pronounce most of my r's now . It will probably still be entertaining when I try to learn Spanish and have to lear to roll r's