I'm really interested in different languages, because I'm from Washington DC, which is a city with a huge international background. I went to an international (IB) school, where all of my friends were from very eclectic backgrounds, and my neighborhood was a mix of whites, Ethiopians (black), and Salvadoreans (hispanic). So I've always been exposed to different langauges and cultures. As well as this, my parents both work for the World Bank, and so we all travel a lot. My father is from Serbia, and we often visit there, as well as many other countries (the Bank sponsors some of our vacation time as 'home leave'). My mother is from San Francisco, but spent time living in Barcelona and the Philippines as well.
I speak Spanish fluently (we were required to take a language in school) and I speak decent Serbian. As such, I've always been interested in the discontinuities between different languages.
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