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A Chinese client of mine relayed a story to me about how his five year old son helps him with his English pronunciation.  The son was born in America and according to the father, has perfect American pronunciation.  They have a game they play where the father says an English word, trying his best to make it sound very American, and then the son rates his attempt on a 1 to 10 scale (10 being the best).  Recently, the father tried to say the word “soil”.  After several tries, the highest rating the son would give him was a 2, after which he said, “Oh, just say dirt !”