I went to Spain a couple years ago. One of my favorite trips ever. A few people in our group spoke Spanish…which was helpful, but even while speaking Spanish we still stuck out like sore thumbs.
Because even though some of us knew how to speak Spanish, we didn’t speak it very often.
And if you don’t speak it very often, it’s not that you’re faking it, you’re just a bit out of practice and don’t carry the same flow. You’re not part of the group.
The language(s) we speak everyday are the ones we are best at speaking…to the point where we easily recognize the others who speak like us, and the ones who don’t.
If you want to be a part of the group, learn the language and speak it regularly.
***For the sake of the metaphor, the word language can be changed to lingo.
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