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[…] Never have it at home for breakfast. Lunch if I have the desire to make it and the ingredients.

[…] Yes but commoners like me say ballcock.

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Do you really have that at home on an ordinary day? It seems quite a number of different ingredients to prepare all that.

[…] I have never heard the word ballcock, but I know ball and cock. I am sure a dictionary would come in handy, this time. 😅 Do you mean the "flotante"?

[…] Genders are all by memory, and they change depending on the romance language. I always mix up the salt's gender, which is la sal (feminine) in Spanish but il sale (masculine) in Italian. Of course, I remember there is a difference with that word, but when I am speaking freely, it comes out wrong. I have the same issue with the two TH sounds in English (none of which exist in Italian). When I watch videos of English teachers, it is all crystal clear. When it is time to use it, then my…

We speak English at home because I'm a bit lazy, but it often depends on the conversation we're having. I do still have difficulty knowing where to put the accents and haven't got my head around the rule yet. Genders are also quite tricky, but there are rules there too.

I missed the Scotland game, watched the highlights and was blown away by Scotland's performance. But I did watch Italy vs England and was rivetted and delighted when the final whistle was blown. Gonzo Quesada (Argentine coach) deserves a huge amount of credit in how he has coached Italy. Apt use of schadenfreude here :mexican:

I asked my husband to please correct my pronunciation as he says it sucks, as there is no point in saying it sucks without helping me improve. There wasn't a single word I was saying correctly. The vowel too open or too close, the s too strong or too weak, the stress in the words wrong, the aspirated J not aspirated enough (we don't have this sound in Italian, at all) Overall, a very frustrating feedback and my efforts to correct it were unsuccessful. I couldn't simply hear the differences he…

[…] I gave up trying to speak Spanish years ago after nobody knew what the hell I was saying whenever I spoke it.

Over coffee with a local client, I was reflecting that soon I am going to meet the 12 years mark in Buenos Aires. I feel like I have just arrived, on certain days, and that it is time to move forwards, on others. One thing I think I failed, is integrating by language. Truth to be told, I thought I'd be bilingual by now. Instead, I hit my plateau 4 years after arriving here, and now I am just slowing adding up new words and idioms. Something I have never worked on was my pronunciation. Even…

[…] :wt-hell: Just back from the countryside and saw this. Amazing how well Italy have improved over the last decade while certain others form has slumped. Good for them. :thumbup:

Italy 23 England 18 Another big shock today....that's their first ever victory against England. https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/live/c07xk2je51zt