So I've been having a lot of fun picking up new words, especially those that are strange or sound funny. For example, the word for seal ("foque") sounds an awful lot like the F word. I just have to remind myself when I use it that it's French, and believe me, I've had to use it pretty frequently because people like to ask me about the marine life in California.
When my peers find out I'm from America, they always ask me if I've been to Las Vegas, not New York or LA, but always Las Vegas. French teenagers harbor a mild obsession for Las Vegas. I've also heard a lot of music in English. I'm absolutely sick of Viva la Vida and I Kissed a Girl; it seems like every time someone turns on the radio or TV, one of those songs is playing!
Speaking hasn't gotten much easier (that I can tell). People still have to speak slowly and ennunciate, and every now and then someone will ask me something and, even though I know the words, it just won't register, and I kind of stare at them stupidly until they explain. But people are understanding and friendly, and I know in a few months it will be no problem at all.
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well those songs are pretty tolerable. i mean it could be worse, they could be playing something awful.
and i agree, speaking will only get easier the more you do it!!
i hope you are having fun darling!
love,
alanna
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heeheehee
Ironic that "Viva la Vida" is an English song, eh?
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Hey vickie jake says hello we miss you very much.
I think mom already told you but i got two leads in the next two plays. That's like more then anyone else and i'm really freaked out but excited. I get to be molokov he's the sickest.SUpposedly my d=singing was good enough for chess even though i forgot the second song like 6 times. Any who 'm super excited to be a KGB agent you should look him up he's sweet.
How are things with you? you don't blog very much.
He's the sickest? Where do you learn these words?
I'm super excited for you, Nate. I literally freaked out when I got the news. Check your emails sometime, okay?
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