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    The rhythmic clatter of abuelas' knitting needles used to drown my silence. Every Sunday at Abuelita Rosa's Miami apartment, our family gathered - cousins chattering rapid-fire Mexican Spanish, tías debating telenovelas, while I sat mute clutching my café de olla. That sweet cinnamon coffee turned bitter on my tongue each time someone asked "¿Y tú, mijo?" and I'd just shrug, cheeks burning. My high school Spanish classes felt like ancient hieroglyphics compared to their living, breathing slang. - 
  
    Rain lashed against the tram window as I squeezed between damp overcoats, my ears burning with the guttural chaos of Flemish announcements. Tomorrow's client pitch demanded flawless Dutch - a language that still sounded like angry furniture assembly instructions after six months of textbook torture. That morning, I'd spilled coffee on my last clean shirt while butchering "uitgang" for the tenth time. Desperation made me tap Ling Dutch's garish orange icon during that claustrophobic commute. - 
  
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