18 Uncles — My Accent Feels Fake
Navigating the identity crisis after teaching in foreign countries
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Madrid, August 2010, it was one of those sweaty Spanish summer nights where the midday heat refuses to leave, and the air just hangs around, seemingly with no place to go and too far away from the coast to be nudged by the famous Levante, Poniente, or Leche wind patterns. Skin still sticky with slight perspiration, I was leaning on the rail of a balcony in the center of the city, speaking to two new friends from Kentucky and in awe of the rhythm and elongated vowel sounds of their rural American drawl.
And I know they were thinking the same thing about me.
