I am breaking up with my mother tongue.
Aura Wilming
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Ok. Here’s where I tell you I took Dutch at university and FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT five minutes after I got my degree. It is my biggest, deepest shame and I lay it at your feet, now, in submission.
Let’s start a support group for non-native writers. We can call ourselves The Motherless Tongues, which incidentally is also a great name for a band.