Every Exit Is an Éxito
“What’s the Spanish word for ‘contact’?” “Contacto.” “What about ‘product’?” “Producto.” “And ‘exit’?” “Exito!” As my husband (then-boyfriend) and I were laughing so hard on my silly Spanish mistake, I reflected on my language-learning journey: I was practically born with three languages. Born and raised in Hong Kong, I naturally speak Cantonese, English and Mandarin. …