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Andrew Lam Quotes:

Ocupation: Writer

Life: b. 1964

I have a funny story to tell about English and how I came to fall in love with the language. I was desperate to fit in and spoke English all the time. Trouble was, in my household it was a no-no to speak English because somehow it is disrespectful to call parents and grandparents "you" - impersonal pronouns are offensive in Vietnamese.

- Andrew Lam

source: "‘Birds of Paradise Lost’: A Conversation With Author Andrew Lam". Interview with Anna Challet, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.

topic: Falling In Love, Speak English, Grandparent, Pronouns, Funny Story, Vietnamese

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