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[quote=Anonymous]Our nanny speaks good but very heavily accented English, and occasionally struggles to explain something in English. It's occasionally a little frustrating for me, usually when I'm trying to communicate with her on the phone on the rare occasions when she calls because they're sick, and it takes a little bit to understand the situation. Or she has gotten in the habit of just taking me and showing me when something in the house isn't working instead of trying to explain. But it has not affected our kids, who are four and speak the clearest, most articulate English in their preschool class (often at too much length!). In fact, the kids are very aware of the things she pronounces slightly differently that we do, and they use her word with her and ours with everyone else. Probably like what they would do if she actually spoke to them in her native language.[/quote]
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