Showing posts with label French. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

It's worth a try

To be honest, most people were very patient with — and amused by — my French.*

On the other hand, Mme B (who served as a missionary in Paris, taught French at the MTC, and currently teaches at the high school level) has an accent that usually passes for Parisian. People wondered where we were from when she spoke, but when I opened my mouth, they knew I was American.

*There was an incident at the supermarket, but we'll get to that later!

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

The peasants are revolting

Why eat cake when there's pumpkin pie?

Friday, May 26, 2017

Savoir faire

A lot of other schools are already out for the summer; we're just getting started on finals!

Monday, November 28, 2016

Sketchbook: An enlisted man

Isn't that one of the main reasons to join the French Foreign Legion, to disappear?