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David Sedaris _ Me Talk Pretty One Day
Back in New York I took full advantage of my status as a native speaker. I ran my mouth to shop clerks and listened in on private conversations, realising I'd gone an entire month without hearing anyone complaint that they were "stressed out".
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Jodi Picoult _ Nineteen Minutes
She suddenly remembered studying the brain in science class- how a steel rod pierced a man's skull, and he opened his mouth to speak Portuguese, a language he'd never studied. Maybe it would be like this, now, for Josie. Maybe her native tongue, from here on in, would be a string of lies."
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Alexander McCall Smith _ The Full Cupboard of Life
To lose your own language was like forgetting your mother, and as sad, in a way.
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