Portugal. My father is British – he teaches English – and my mother is Portuguese, so I grew up totally bilingual. As you can hear, my RP is more RP than most British speakers of it! I’ve had to work hard at cultural references though because we only lived in the UK briefly while my scientist mum was doing her PhD at Imperial College. Apart from that it was just visits to grandparents. The good thing about it though is that it means
Gil Sidaway
Apr 30, 2024
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