Oh, what is wrong with my pronunciation?

I remember the day when I was very discouranged to continue studying English...

I had dinner with some Americans. I was seated next to Tracy, a young American woman from Boston. I recall the loud music in the restaurant. To be honest, being in loud backround makes it very difficult when you need to focus on listening and speaking - you are supposed to react, talk and answer questions. You need to be ALIVE.

We got the menu and went through it.
Then I said to Tracy: "I like SPINACH, I'll take it with something".
Tracy answered: "I love SPANISH too! I should take lessons. I don't know it very well."

I knew that time that it was better to be quiet. No one understood my "Czenglish" (i.e. Czech English) anyway!

BUT - We all have to go through such situations. Our English will get better eventually.