Ye crowd know I’m all about the joy and god knows I can flap my gums with the best of them but I have nothing to say today because a bookstore in Toronto called Type says it much better than I ever could.
I love language …
And just in case you’re wondering how the French is coming along I’ve decided to take a new approach.
I hate language …
How to fake French – they left one out – start smoking.
I lived in France for 4 years and visit often for work meetings. I am in fact in Paris right now for meetings as I work for a global company based in France. (I grew up in NL and am not based in the USA.) I just watched this video and I am laughing out loud! It is wonderful. It is most certainly the best approach for learning the language. It could not be more accurate. Keep it coming!
My husband came in while I was watching the second vid just now to see why I was snerking so loudly.
I told him I was practicing my French.
Putain! Ça fait rigoler!
That second video is hysterical!!! I wish I had had these tips when I was taking French. It would have helped me enormously.
That French bit cracked me up. I love the way she starts gnawing on the end of a baguette. You can do this, Bobbi!
Oh I can gnaw on the end of a baguette and say putain perfectly.
I’m glad to see you’ve found an alternative method to learning the language. I’m especially a fan of the eating part. THAT I can do.
Ba ha ha….too funny! Have you seen the Friends episode where Phoebe tries to teach Joey how to speak french?
So entertaining, and in two completely different ways. Love ’em both.
(By the way, when I read your first sentence, I read it as “a Toronto bookstore called”, and I was thinking, “Awesome!”. And then I re-read it. Awww!)
Enjoyed the video….really funny and I love learning
French.
Funny story about pretending to be French. Back in the 80’s myself and a friend were on the coastal boat taking us from Port-aux-Basques to Burgeo on the south west coast of our beautiful island. We, being teenagers, decided to pretend we were french with a couple of local boys. We told them we were touring around NL and they were smitten..that is until we met them in the pool hall in Port-aux-Basques the following week! I’m the Night Auditor at a Hotel in Sin Jawns and I can’t wait to read your book!
If I could ‘Love’ this, I would. :D