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		<title>Do You Speak English?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having grown up here in the States, I have acquired fluency in the English language (though in matters of writing, I still have a ways to go), and when spoken, it is done so with an American accent. This is not a matter of pride or arrogance for me, but when someone questions my ability [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=23&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Susu, Milk, Bus, Bis, Bapak, Father</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nadia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noah can now say more than just a few coherent words. This morning he said &#8220;bus&#8221; when the all-too familiar bastian of school appeared on the TV screen. We were watching Baby Einstein. Yes, I finally caved in. Well I didn&#8217;t cave in, but being a full-time working mom now, I do not have much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=22&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Down the middle road&#8230;</title>
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The inspiration for this blog actually came from a post in this blog. Upon reading the article, I realized I do not belong in the two categories, Indonesian or American, but I straddle both, down the middle road, as an Indonesian-American.
There seems to be a negative connotation attached to the concept
of Indonesian-American and with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=momsieinkpot.wordpress.com&blog=1635510&post=19&subd=momsieinkpot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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