Today I spoke with a dentist. He told me my English is very good. He then asked me how long I had been in the UK for. I told him I've been here a decade. He told me he is a dentist and did a big hand gesture as if brushing his teeth. He then mentioned it had been humid in Bristol
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and explained to me what humid means (hot and as if the air was a little bit wet). He said sometimes in slang people say "mucky" and it means the same thing. He asked me what I did. I told him I'm doing a PhD in neuroscience. He said that it must be very hard for me to study it
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in another language. I told him it is not the language that makes it hard. He asked me if I was going to stay in England when I finish my degree. I told him I don't know yet but I think so and that I like Scotland too. He told me Scotland is a separate country but both are in the
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United Kingdom which can sometimes be a little confusing. I told him I lived in Scotland for almost 5 years and I am a UK citizen so I know this. He then told me Great Britain means something yet again different. And now I have developed a fear of the dentist.
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Replying to @Jade_Pickering
I'm sure there's a word in German for how this conversation made me feel.
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