Ca va? I hope that you are all well and that you can excuse my absence from the blogosphere this past year. But I am picking up the blogging stick again so you can expect frequent updates, stories and thoughts from the mind of Me.
I am currently in Cannes in the south of France studying French. I have been here for 2 weeks and am staying for another 4 after this. And my main thought of this experience so far is (sorry Dad) not to do with learning French. You see there appears to be a distortion in the fabric of time that is active within the perimeters of this college causing time to pass non-linearly at an average rate that is faster than that external to the property. I could have sworn I only got here last week...
Although my French is certainly coming along. I now only have a 50/50 chance of freezing when talking to a French person and can successfully order food, ask for directions, find a toilet, purchase nonessential items and make a reservation. Actually I am selling myself short a bit, I (quite proudly) made a formal complaint in French the other day about an arrogant tosser of a student in my class who would simply not. stop. talking/bellowing/summoning the dead. Throughout this trip I have been writing down all the words that I have needed to lookup as I think of them and my list from that day reads as follows:
(disclaimer: I don't know how to put accents in on here!)
Chuchoter = shhh
Bruyant = noisy
Murmurer/ Parler a voix basse = whisper
La blague = Joking/kidding
Detendre = to relax
N'importe = it doesn't matter
Impoli = rude
Cela ne se fait pas! = That is unacceptable!
Gacher = To ruin
En colere/furieux = Angry
Indignation = outrage
Atroce = outragous
Tuer = to kill
Poignader = To stab
Plaindre/ Rouspeter = To complain
Faire un rapport = To report
Demonter =To take down
Batard = Bastard
On a brighter note, however, he is now (I like to think, as a result of my well worded complaint) much more appropriately behaved and I haven't had to look up the address of the local British embassy...
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