>> German and Thai,
>> but I have a problem with french... heh :) Which of
>> course, brings
>> into question his skill with any languages he claims to
>> speak. I know
>> little bits of both spanish and french, but I don't claim
>> to actually
>> _speak_ them... Not conversationally anyway... J'aime
>> parle francais
>> mais j'aller pas amis parle francais avec moi... and it
>> really is sort
>> of a "use it or lose it" sort of thing.
> Exactly, despite his doctorate.. or I guess his doctoral
> studies program in
> English, he was incomprehensible in the language, and
> couldn't understand
> Cockney well enough to order food in a store. You have to
> hear French
> students in an English class to knwo what I am talking
> about :) *They*
> understand each other and thereby reinforce all of the
> horrendous accents.
There's nothing worse than a deep-southern Texan trying to speak
french... every consonant on the end of a word is not only pronounced
but emphasized... <<shudder>> Luckily I grew up in Dallas which is a
fairly metropolitan city and watching Sesame Street and the Electric
Company which were filmed in Boston. My parents tell me I had a boston
accent for a while when I was really small. Plus the french classes in
1st-4th grade which I think I mentioned before. Now I have sort of a
"where the hell are you from" accent.
> How real-life is what they are learning? To be fair, I am
> sure he did in
> fact read English quite well, and maybe even write it.
> By the way, past a certain level it is sort of like riding
> a bicycle. There is very little call for French in New Mexico,
> but I can summon it up when necessary.
Great Spirit of Notre Dame, I summon thee!
Oh sorry... not that kind of summoning. :)
How did you find a CF job in New Mexico anyway? I used to go to summer
camp in Ute Park, about 3 hrs north of Taos.
> But then I was pretty much immersed in it for years and years.
> But I have found I can remember my German and Japanese,
> given enough time
> and resources. But no, I probably could not order pastries
> in Japanese :)
> in German, maybe, if I didn't mind slaughtering the
> language... but then I
> am not a doctoral candidate in either language either :)
der cream puff ? heh :)
Sad... around here I probably know more people who can order pastries
in Klingon than in German. ... sad sad...
"We have only one word in our language." ... "What?"... "Exactly. I'm
the missions interpreter. I've learned every earth language, except of
course Esperanto. You can tell that one's going nowhere."
Sorry... free association getting to me. :)
What what what?...
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