Yes, I know I missed a day last week, but for very good reason, which happens to be the TOPIC for day 5. It's Paris. I was in Paris on Friday.
Paris makes me happy. For clarity...visiting Paris makes me happy (read: I have no desire to live there or anywhere in France ever again, but I'm happy to visit anytime).
It makes me happy to be able to communicate with the "natives" in their own language. What's even better...everywhere we went, almost without exception, I spoke French with everyone we had to deal with...and NOBODY corrected my French. This is an amazing fact, and one that makes me very happy - because, like the English, the French aren't hesitant to correct you when you're wrong. I like that, because I WANT to be corrected. My french host mom did me such a great service by relentlessly correcting me on my pronunciation and spoken grammar when I lived there. Bless her.
I never thought I'd be on the road to being tri-lingual! Apparently, I can speak English, French and American pretty well!
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6 comments:
Well, from my perspective, it's Standard English, British English, and French.
Love, love, love the new picture! :}
uh...what happen to Texan, did you forget how to speak Texan? Girl...we can't talk if you forgot. :) Everybody knows I can't speak any thing else.
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Visiting Paris is on my list of things I really want to do before I die. Speaking French is not on that list.
And I wanted to be the first to publicly comment on the new picture, but Laurie stole the words from me. But I can be the first guy to comment... great picture!
Ah, yes...Texan...that's true. So, I guess I'm four-lingual (that's how we say it in Texan).
Todd, Paris is a mere 45 minute flight or 2.5 hour train from London. All you have to do is add a few days to one end of the springtime trip I KNOW you're planning. I give free tours.
Bas, why have we never been to Paris together??
Dovie, can you give me online French lessons? I've been listening to French for Dummies for about a year and all I can do is introduce my wife--which really isn't helpful.
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