----- Original Message ----- From: "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I grew up hearing Quebecois and English (my first 5 words were in French..) thanks to a French^WFreedom-Canadian nanny. I studied French for 5 years in high-school (and a year in college). Today, I can read simple French (signs in museums, maps, advertisements, subtitled-in-French dialogue in movies) but can hardly speak a complete sentence. I've also a smattering of Norweigian, and am fluent in ASL. Anyone else have experience with putting down a language for 8-10 years and returning to it? I'm wondering if the pathways are still in my brain, or if I'm going to have to suffer for years relearning the names for the colors, conjugating verbs, etc.. _________________________________________________________________________ I think it depends on whether you were brought up speaking the language. When I travelled through Germany a couple of years ago, I found that I could cope with conversational German fairly well, even though I had not spoken it for 20-25 years. Definitely holes in the vocabulary, butI was pleasantly surprised how much was still there. Three years of French at school proved absolutely useless in France. Regads, Ray. PS: Currently watching the Aussies demolishing Sri Lanka in the semi-final of the World Cup. (Cricket for the USAns) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
