Neither does Vanessa Reynolds, née Vanessa Rutledge. But Ivonka Rutledge, née Ivonka Lustig, well that kind of does.
So when the mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law (along with about a thousand cousins) speak it, and the wife understands a lot and speaks a little, you have to at least make an effort. Especially when you "look Croatian" enough that all the cousins automatically switch over to Croatian when speaking to you. -Aaron -----Original Message----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: Thanks to Godfrey and others Date: Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:52 pm Size: 939 bytes To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> On 7/13/06, Aaron Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently had a six-year-old make fun of my Croatian. > > Not only did he make fun of my pronunciation, but he called all of his > friends over, did an impression of my pronunciation (which made the other > six-year-olds howl with laughter) and begged me to speak again to entertain > them all. Despite my name I speak little French. All three of my kids, however, went/go to French schools, so are perfectly bilingual. They used to laugh at my accent, and (like you) if their little francophone friends were over, would ask me to chat with them for their entertainment. What's a father to do? Of course I happily complied with their wishes. But tell me, Aaron, Reynolds doesn't sound very Croatian. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
