Ills on chope la chtouille dans un clapue parisien et ont failli se faire casser la figure par le mac!
(They got a dose of the clap in a parisian whorehouse and almost had their faces smashed in by the pimp!)
My mum gave me a book on streetwise french. the slang. its a very good book. but the language is so crass it makes me cringe, the words i would never even say in english some of them are so very offensive and racist and just erghh so vulgar! Every page i open of it seems to be about how to have phone sex in french, or call up a prostiute, theres even two chapters on l'enculage (gay sex, literally buttfucking). and it goes into a lot of detail about all of the activities involved in these instances. i am a little confused about why my mother of all people, is wanting me to learn such depraved, vulgar things in different language, that i wouldnt even talk about now. there is deffinately nothing beuatiful about the slang french, it is not the language of love!
i have always loved languages. when i was at school my family used to speak only in french so that it became so natural to us children. i used to love how it feels to find a word you never new and slip it into a sentence. it was like a luxury that you are free to indulge in everday. when i was really young i would even think in french for fear tht some one could read my thoughts. i thought that if someone was trying to read my thoughts they would just give up. translating and mind reading is too much effort for a 8 year old!
i did languages at secondary school, french spanish and german gcses. but had to quit a week before the exams because i had taken on way to much with my illness, and at the time could barely speak english.
i dont regret my desicison because i know i could never have got through the exams, but not having a modern language qualification (even though i use the langue on a regular basis where as the rest of my class probably forgot everything long ago) has really limited my uni options.
i miss feeling the words rolling round, and deciding whish to pick. and its just lovely! i have decided to learn lots of languages. it will benefit my career and just be wonderful!
i have always wanted to learn swahili (kishwahli), and to have a more natural grasp of spanish and so this is where i am starting. i have found a swahili learning scheme, and am quite excited! ive even had a lesson in turkish :)
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