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My mom was born in the Azores, Portugal, and came to America in 1965. 1 month after I was born, she started to work full time again, and left me in the daytime care of my grandmother (her mother) who still to this day doesn't speak English. Thus, it was either "learn to speak Portuguese, or don't communicate with your primary daytime caretaker." Since Portuguese is A LOT easier to learn than English, I picked up on it much quicker and for a while my speech was a garbled mixed with horrible accents and the like. Eventually I straightened out, but even today if I'm speaking or thinking too quickly it comes out kind of messy and people look at me like I'm a freak.
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