German EFL learner homophones

[mothwing]

One of the learners in my tutoring centre has the most interesting pronunciation. She was reading a text the other day and it took a while for me to figure out what she was talking about.





Oh. And "sought", forgot about that one. I think she was talking about a sword, about which she had thoughts. But I can't be certain.

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[mothwing.livejournal.com]

Instruction she didn't have, due to aforementioned teaching method on whose grave I dance daily. Gaily. I was looking forward to never having to deal with students who are used to that, but nooo...