Other people, other English

On my wonderful trip I had the opportunity to meet so many people from so many different countries. That was probably one of my favorite parts, because I just love to hear about different cultures and how they experience life here.

Of course were Germans the majority (we apparently don´t like our country so that we take the first opportunity (an exchange year) to leave it). I was always kind of worried that I would be behind with my English improvement and skills for living in an English speaking country for seven months, since I don´t interact too much with other German exchange stundents. I just noticed that I still do embarrassing dump mistakes (the"v" sound is still hard for me).
BUT: Hey, there are still tons of exchange students out there, with a way stronger accent and worse mistakes :) !
One girl for example always said "same by me" instead of "same with me". Little things, but things you should know. My English teacher in Germany would have killed her for doing the some mistake over and over again, but here in the US people are just too polite. No one ever told her that this was wrong.

People stop being polite, be honest and straight forward!!! Please.
Of course, I hate it if people correct me, but I know that it is to my best benefit and after 2 weeks being mad and them I eventually talk to them again ;)

I also finally came to the point were I could understand what a German accent sounds like. I speak with one of course, but every time someone said "I like your accent." I had no clue how I sounded to them. After listening to Germans speaking English for a week, I can tell what a German accent is: very clumpy, not soft at all, more like stones falling down a table. I think, it´s because we´re more used to use the tongue to speak and not lips too much, that gives everything a sharp sound.
It´s funny, but I know now, when I sound very German :).