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How I learned English by myself (part 1)

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I was looking for a job the other day. And I have been impressed...how different everyone sounded when they spoke English. I was applying for a job in a Call Center, who works supporting other companies like retail, tech support, debt collection and customer care between their services. And those starting weeks, I managed to listen to everyone, how they sound like really different people when they speak in English. Some sound more American than others. Others sound more like British or Australian. And myself, I was on that not-that-desirable range of sounding like a Colombian, because of my genetic range and wavelengths. However, I never felt ashamed about it, until I started speaking with more older Americans over time...   Anyways. Let's go back into the topic. My new teammates and I were presenting ourselves, the basic questions, about our favorite foods, our hobbies, about our previous experience selling things and about how we managed to learn E