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I've lived as a foreigner and taught my mother tongue as a foreign language most of my life. In fact, foreign started early for me. I discovered the word foreign when I was 5 or 6 years old and immediately found it odd. I remember this encounter distinctly : the lead pencils we learnt to write with at primary school all had the word foreign written on their dark green barrels near the top in gold letters. Want to know more? Read this tale of innocence.