On 6/6/2020 10:32 AM, between "Mike Powell : AUGUST ABOLINS":
Hugh Laurie (of HOUSE fame) plays an arms dealer. His Latvian is terrible (my
irst language is Latvian, so I should know!) LOL. And, to portray that Latvi
s can be criminals at such an international level is completely imaginary - of
ourse. ;)
Your written English is very good, better than some natives. :)
I would have never known.
I did not have to learn English.
Being born in Canada, I grew up with it spoken all around me (neighbors, friends, the greater community, school, etc) and on tv. For the most part, my parents always spoke the native Latvian in the home and to me. However, it was always usually English with my older sibling; "I'm gonna kill you!" was a common phrase. I was the walking English dictionary (and how do you spell..) person for my mom.
I had an A-ha! moment in the 4th grade, when I suddenly realized that Latvian-English was really just one single language to me. When I realized that I could speak either Latvian or English without having to think about either in advance, I wanted the same experience with French. But I was too old by then (as science also concludes) to develop that same assimilation.
The spoken-Latvian scene in The Night Manager is brief. The accent is very Russified (forced, very Russian-sounding, poor articulation.)
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