Having studied Spanish during highschool and college, I have found myself with very little foundation for French. Although, I am thankful for my fluent, French-speaking friend and my new French friends who are gracious enough to speak English, I am in France and I find myself frustrated at not being able to speak the language.
I have found myself fascinated by language and communication during this visit. True, I never studied linguistics, but I love people and loving people requires communication-- not always language but always communication. I am learning to listen, watch and laugh at myself often. Today, while visiting an elderly home, a woman there asked me in French, "What I did for work?"-- my anwer brought great laughter-- having just been talking about the dates of my journey, I answered, "August 14th" thinking she was asking for my arrival date. Later with Summer, we sorted it out and had a very good laugh. Just one of many, many funny French language or lack there-of moments.
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