imposter

I went to a concert last night, the band is from New York. After the show I was chatting with the pianist and was complemented on the quality of my English which I, of course, had to grin at. Apparently I speak with a slight German accent that is deceiving to other Americans.

Later in the evening I spent some hours dancing and talking with some Germans. Towards the end of the evening I was interrupted mid-sentence with, "Wait! Where were you born?" Once it came out that I am, in fact, not German, I happily received the feedback that no accent had been detected for some hours.

I still have loads to learn with this ridiculous language, but it's moments like these that remind me how integrated I have become in a relatively short amount of time. Rad.