So anyway, I think the French tongue is excellent
. I love the sensuous way that the French move their lips when they are speaking, especially the ladies when they say 'une' - they always look like they want to kiss you. This is a drawback of course, because the French men do this also - which is okay if you are that way inclined. However, I'm not sure about this always kissing on the cheek as a greeting - spreads colds and flu I would have thought.
I do think some of you are showing-off somewhat with you bi-linguality, although I'm always jealous of people who speak in many tongues. At my Catholic grammar school we learned Latin, French and German. Latin, I found very useful especially when talking to God - for it is well known He speaks Latin very profusely. German, I found to be rather too gutteral - but that is my fault not the German people. French, I liked very much although I didn't like having to wear that beret and have those onions hanging around my neck - the cheese was very nice though. Also, whatever Taylor says, I think both the French men and women sound sexy when they speak English - it's just that I don't fancy the men.
Zelda, you ought to feel ashamed by making me believe you are not French with your beautiful English writing and idiomatic English phraseology - even though I knew you came from Paris. And don't be such a smarty-pants by speaking so much of your native language in future...hold on, that's not right - you are always being a smarty-pants by speaking English so beautifully..drat and bother. I will, however forgive you if you say something profound or witty in your native tongue [whatever that may be] when next we talk.
There was a device called liseuse
Whose name was pretentious and loose
So we changed it around
And modified the sound
Now we call it a reader with juice
Tommy