Latin vs Greek?

mythmom
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:22:27 +0000

Oh, marite. It’s such a shame. I was taught French by a war bride, or so she called herself, who was a Parisian. She spoke so beautifully that I adored French and have proudly spoken on my three trips to Paris and was never once taken for an American! Guess what! They think I’m Italian or Portuguese. Not my accent, which has been complimented, my dark, dark hair. (Haha, not anymore. Fashionably a bit lighter and highlighted.)

My only complaint with French, which I adore, is that everyone speaks so fast. Sigh. I will never be fluent. I actually can completely understand Italian movies after briefly studying for PhD, but French, which I have prostrated myself to forever, eludes me in movies. I can catch some of it, but not all. Sigh.

JHS: You strike me as a very romantic lot. I would have been in love.