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I'm serious!
Posted by JMJ in NC [Email] (more from JMJ in NC) on Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:37:07
In Reply to: Re: Does swearing count?..made me chuckle! n/m, Joeychess, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:31:10
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Growing up, my folks spoke mostly Dutch to me, I would typically respond in English. Really freaked out my friends if they were around, only understanding 1/2 the conversation.
There were a lot of French Canadian families in my area, so I picked up "conversational French" fairly easily. I got in the habit of swearing in French so my parents wouldn't get too upset (since they didn't understand it), but one day while at work a few years after college, my computer crashed, and I let loose a solid string of French religious curses. A French Canadian coworker happened to be walking by, pulled a 180 and stuck his head over the cube wall... "I didn't know you spoke French!" he said. He honestly thought I could speak French, as he said my pronunciation and phrasing was perfect!
JMJ
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT: how many languages do you speak?, Siegfried, Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:53:23
- Funny story, Eric Law, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:58:48
- Latin, No Snaab, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:36:50
- Beyond basic pleasantries, all you really need is, Noel, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:17:26
- gonna disagree, Siegfried, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:44:52
- We don't really disagree., Noel, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:00:24
- I've got another fun story to tell, Siegfried, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:38:29
- Uh... :), vvk, Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:20:42
- Oops, vvk, Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:22:47
- Re:, Siegfried, Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:49:00
- 50+, Reality, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:13:44
- Does swearing count?, JMJ in NC, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:46:51
- yep, it does, but only IF..., Siegfried, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:45:20
- Re: Does swearing count?..made me chuckle! n/m, Joeychess, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:31:10
- I'm serious!, JMJ in NC, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:37:07 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: OT: how many languages do you speak?, jonathan, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:56:41
- About six, Kristjan , Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:58:31
- 3+, BlaaSaab, Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:12:59
- Re: 3+, Street, Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:49:25
- Amazed at how many multilingual people we have here, turrbo , Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:28:21
- Re: OT: how many languages do you speak?, JohnA , Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:07:33
- Speak 4 languages, Can ask for lunch in 6 and, Joeychess, Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:16:49
- Regretably, monolinguistic, MI-Roger , Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:42:51
- 2 (n/m), Siegfried, Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:53:57
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