tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225908709483096965.post8298445231502478584..comments2024-03-28T10:06:01.257-07:00Comments on Oddball Observations : WEDNESDAYCatalysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225908709483096965.post-32467083918826970762013-05-31T04:56:09.056-07:002013-05-31T04:56:09.056-07:00Car terms are really difficult in French I find, y...Car terms are really difficult in French I find, you'd think they'd be pretty universal but they don't seem to bear any relation to their English equivalents. Doesn't help that I don't really understand them in English either!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225908709483096965.post-45319862217839340762013-05-30T09:54:44.127-07:002013-05-30T09:54:44.127-07:00The fun is in all the mistakes we make and all the...The fun is in all the mistakes we make and all the explanations we give and all the conversations which follow usually around a table with a glass of wine...Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354559064351144704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225908709483096965.post-62389774973357984922013-05-30T00:58:15.016-07:002013-05-30T00:58:15.016-07:00That is a great post. I too have extreme difficul...That is a great post. I too have extreme difficulty learning foreign languages. Of course, I'm also lazy in that particular area, seeing how Lucy speaks French so well. That gives me time to deal with the important things in life - like answering this post. I've lost count of the number of times a person shouts, to bolster their illusion that such action makes them more intelligible; or the way a French person insists that a word should be pronounced thus, when that is exactly how I pronounced it (at least I thought I did!).Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225908709483096965.post-58751221637554895382013-05-29T20:00:49.058-07:002013-05-29T20:00:49.058-07:00You can alway try Serbo-Croatian if you have an av...You can alway try Serbo-Croatian if you have an aversion to vowels.Phil Perisichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225908709483096965.post-11541862324888253822013-05-29T16:00:00.495-07:002013-05-29T16:00:00.495-07:00A friend was invited to dinner to meet a visiting ...A friend was invited to dinner to meet a visiting Chinese artist. He and the host arrived and our friend stood to shake hands. The artist bowed a bit and smiled. Our friend said, slowly and in a volume that caused other patrons to turn and stare 'IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU. WELCOME TO AMERICA. WELL-COME! I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL VISIT." Again she spoke very slowly and extremely loud. The artist smiled again<br />and said. "Thank you for your hospitality. You don't need to speak so slowly though, there is nothing wrong with my hearing."Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225908709483096965.post-89639138035801526722013-05-29T15:45:33.347-07:002013-05-29T15:45:33.347-07:00Didn't Esperanto try to solve that problem of ...Didn't Esperanto try to solve that problem of words not sounding like they are spelled? But for some reason it never became established as a universal language. Maybe people are too sentimental about the way words look in their language, regardless of whether it makes sense to pronounce them completely differently?Natalie d'Arbeloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757081405040926647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225908709483096965.post-12456522422752590552013-05-29T15:02:04.225-07:002013-05-29T15:02:04.225-07:00Make that "properly"? (LOL)Make that "properly"? (LOL)Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225908709483096965.post-68038813264355044852013-05-29T14:59:49.694-07:002013-05-29T14:59:49.694-07:00The problem is not in the spelling, it's just ...The problem is not in the spelling, it's just that you Americans don't know how to talk proper!Brickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643862636090957324noreply@blogger.com