Foriegn Born and Dating Americans
I have had a number of clients who were born outside of the United States, now living and trying to date in the USA. Not only do these folks often have the different cultural norms of courtship to figure out, if English is their second language, understanding and being understood can pose major problems. Even acquired fluency in English still can leave the speaker with a strong accent that makes being understood difficult. Also, when it comes to finding marriage partners, usually people look for more similarities than differences. Anything that smooths the bumps helps.
I saw in today’s paper (7/29/06) an article by Dionne Walker of the Associated Press about people and businesses emerging that help such folks sound more “American.” Also mentioned in the article is the online based service Accent Master While I can’t vouch for the quality of any of these services, I was surprised to read about the existence of them at all. If you speak heavily accented English, you might want to check them out.
From Your Romance Coach,
Kathryn Lord
