Bilingual

I really enjoy being bilingual (English and Swedish). I was lucky enough to have been taught another language from a very young age. Many native Swedish speakers tell me they hear no accent at all when I speak Swedish. Unlike my poor father (God love him), who started learning Swedish in his 30s. His grammar and vocabulary are excellent, but his accent is horrible. My sister and I make fun of him all the time. But he knows we are just kidding and that we love him all the same. Being bilingual makes it easy to talk about people and not have them realize it. My sister and I did this the other weekend at brunch. We were able to talk about the unfortunate/interesting attire of the person sitting at the next table without them being any the wiser. It also comes in handy when you are annoyed/angry/upset and want to say something other people won’t understand. For example, “Jag tycker inte om det när folk ljuger. Men jag vet att jag är inte den enda som man har ljugit för.” Spend the next twelve days trying to figure that one out.