[Sca-cooks] Accidental french

[Ana Valdés]

Thanks for your kind words, Huette! I had once a dear friend, she died
too soon, only 38 years old, she was a native English but spoke French
and Spanish as well and lived in Paris. She worked as a professional
translator for United Nations and met in her work many different people
speaking English in the most different ways. "It's funny, she used to
say to me, what you, non-English speakers, believe its English is only a
poor version of our language, including 300 words and mediated by MTV
and Disney. The difference between what people think its English and the
language of Milton and Shakespeare is enormous".
I agree with her, I think often the English we use as "lingua franca" is
a poor English, only related to instrumental and functional issues. I
wish I should be able to write so good English I could transmit all
shades and nuances I wish...
Ana

Huette von Ahrens wrote:

> Ana,
>
> I think that your English is perfectly
> understandable.  Your choice of words and
> spelling is no different from many native-born
> Americans.
> I am in admiration of your ability to speak,
> write and understand so many different languages.
>  It is something that I have always wished to be
> able to do.  To be able to communicate with so
> many different people and cultures without having
> to expect that they know yours is a wonderful
> thing.
> Keep up the good work!
>
> Huette
>
> --- Ana Valdés <agora at algonet.se> wrote:
> > Many times is not a choice or an intuition but
> > a speedy pushing of the
> > keyboard, as in Modestal. but charned or
> > proviant?? Maybe archaic aceptions of
> > modern words? I am by the way raised by German
> > nuns and my grandparents were
> > Italian, it means all my languages are mixed up
> > and I am not longer sure about
> > spelling or syntax in any language.
> > But I hope my posts are enough eadable and
> > understable. The whole point  is the
> > most of us, non-native English speakers, speak
> > and write a "broken English".
> > But tell me if you find some of my posts
> > uncomprehensible.
> > Ana
> >
> > Marilyn Traber wrote:
> >
> > > This message is in MIME format. Since your
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> > > --
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> > > You know, with my aphasia, I didn't even
> > notice until I went and reread her
> > > posts...and then had to read them a third
> > time deliberately loking for
> > > nonenglish words...
> > >
> > > and it is cute...beats my normal
> > spell-checking problem;-)
> > > margali
> > >
> > > the quote starts here:
> > > I am curious as to whether Ana realizes that
> > she occasionally uses
> > > the French rather than the English word for
> > something. Not a
> > > problem--indeed entertaining.
> > > --
> > > David/Cariadoc
> > >
> > > Marilyn Traber
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