Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for December 05, 2010
December 04, 2010
December 06, 2010
Transcript:
Stone Soup by Jan Eliot Phil: What's your hardest class, Holly? Holly: Whatever I have at 8:45 A.M. Holly: Or...2:45. I usually SLEEP through that one. Holly: And the one right after lunch. Who can THINK after lunch?? Holly: Or BEFORE lunch, for that matter. Stomach growling...it's hard to concentrate. Phil: OK, well...what's your BEST class? Holly: The one with the least HOMEWORK! CRUNCH CRUNCH Phil: I'm trying to find out what INTERESTS you... Holly: Then why are you asking me about SCHOOL?!
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Duffer37: Are you suggesting that if you lived in Paris, and found a gaggle of American ex-pats, you wouldn’t speak in your native tongue? I certainly would.
My former supervisor enjoyed language classes; she learned enough Spanish to converse fluently with the Chilean caretaker, then spent a holiday in Chile. Now she’s retired, and she’s moving there for a few months to teach English. Until she sold her house, though, the fellow she had helping her with renovations was Quebecois, and they spoke French as often as English.
Last weekend, I met a charming teenager who speaks fluent English, French, Spanish, and German, is almost conversational in Tagalog, and is working on Japanese. May the gods help any guys who want to keep up with HER intellectually! :)