A Foreigner to Their Own Country - Confession 96

I fully realise how gauche it is to begin an article or any kind of prose with a famous quote, but I hope you'll indulge me in this instance. I do genuinely believe that it gives a nice entry point for a series of thoughts that have been swirling around in my head for a good while now. One does not inhabit a country; one inhabits a language. That is our country, our fatherland - and no other. Emil…