"A lot of people dream of living abroad, but they hesitate based on their linguistic limitations. They ask, 'Are you fluent?' because they assume the answer will be yes, and this will confirm their suspicion that they, without fluency, wouldn't be able to hack it in a foreign country. I think they're letting themselves off the hook too easily."
"Would a native French person describe me as fluent? Maybe not. They always seem to pick up on my accent, and though I've often been complimented on my French, it seems there's always an unspoken addendum: 'You have very good..."
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