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Submitted by Susan Liddle on April 4, 2018, at 8:27

Thanks for your article, Catherine. It's interesting to hear the other side of the coin. I am an Anglophone, and have been working in bilingual environments for decades, in the private sector and government. I have often noticed that even if I'm the only Anglophone, the conversation switches to English, even if all I've done is use an English word because I couldn't think of the French one. Lately, I've asked my French colleagues to speak to me in French even if I speak in English. We made a joke of it, and it seems to be working. They're very kind when I stumble over my words, and I'm learning to be as patient with myself as my colleagues are with me.
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