“Well conservant conversant with the English language.”
One NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month) prompt was to write a poem that contained at least five words in another language. I wrote this one, about linguistic blunders in a cross-cultural world. Been there, done that?
Day 1 in the U.S. of A
How do you take your coffee?
she asked, and I said
In a cup, s’il vous plaît,
a big one,
I’m so jet-legged.
Later we found out
that we both knew Pierre,
and I said Oh mon Dieu
and she said OMG
and Get outta here,
so I left.
(Zol H, 2013)
WordPress Daily Prompt: Conversant
I wish I could read and understand all languages, unfortunately that will never happen.
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The Dutch – I take it you are Dutch – are good at languages, aren’t they? Many speak English, French and German.
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They do. But google translate is also a good friend of mine. haha
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Good one.
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❤
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