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“Aber ganz egal wie fließend ich in all diesen Sprachen bin, wenn ich nicht Josie spreche, schauspielere ich bloß. Das tun wir alle, wenn wir außerhalb der Kulturen interagieren, in die wir hineingeboren wurden. Es ist sogar unvermeidlich, denn es ist unmöglich, in einer fremden Sprache ganz man selbst zu sein. In der Sprache eines anderen wirst du zu einem Besucher, einem Gast - manchmal ein sehr willkommener Gast, den man kreischend und mit Umarmungen in Empfang nimmt -, aber trotzdem bist und bleibst du Gast. Denn sobald du aufhörst, die Sprache der Gruppe zu sprechen, hörst du auch auf, einer aus der Gruppe zu sein. Und dann bist du allein, egal mit wem zu zusammen bist.”

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