Talk to me in English, please,
For I understand it well and speak it with ease.
Still, many expect little of me, being a Lebanese Armenian,
Yet, I'm surely better at it than many an American;
Up until I bump into a Romanian or a Sri Lankan,
Whose English pronunciation is worse than an Indian's.
I suddenly forget my lifelong knowledge of the language,
And utter ridiculously, 'Me go now'.
Strange! Why did I stutter in Philipp-Lankan?
To this mystery, is there any explanation?
Perhaps, fearing that I might be totally misunderstood,
I mimicked the speaker, as a talking parrot would.
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