Magic Minute Another Language Broadens Your Mind
MAGIC MINUTE // “Why don’t you speak English?” and “Go back where you come from!” was the awful way newcomers were treated in 1960s Australia.
Working in an Italian glass factory as a poorly educated 14-year-old opened my eyes to the truth.
I eagerly soaked in their language, their culture, and their kindness.
And in studying Italian I gained a better understanding of my own English!
My Italian still has Italians guessing for it’s flavored with the way I think as an Australian.
Not long back a fluent Italian speaker said to me, “Che bel accento e giro di parole hai” (“What a lovely accent and turn a phrase you have”) which made me feel good.
So learning another language broadens our view of the world because the thoughts and feelings we all Express are the same – only the words are different.
I’m Laurie Smale… Till my next Magic Minute. 🪄
