I'd like to teach the world to speak - with Brummie accents
Europeans often choose English as their second language - and one Handsworth Wood entrepreneur has given up her career at a children's centre to tap into the world's desire to learn our lingo.
Whenever I return from my holidays, I always feel a little guilty. Not because of the week of indulgence, lazing around or even the damage I have inadvertently caused to the ozone layer. But always because of my inability to speak a foreign language.
Pigeon Spanish and German get me by. I don’t even try Greek as I cannot decipher their alphabet. The reason I don’t leave the comfort zone, is that everyone else seems to speak my language.
Thanks to a woman from Handsworth Wood, Brummies now have the chance to rid themselves of the guilt of being ‘incommunicado’ the easy way.
Invite a plucky foreign student around, show them your way of life, teach them a little English – and get paid, to boot.
Lorna Allen, from Inchcape Avenue, used to be a deputy manager at The Brambles Children’s Centre in Perry Common.
Courtesy Nick Horner, Great Barr Observer
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