[Sca-cooks] Accidental french

[Sue Clemenger]

Yeah! What Huette said!
I've only had the opportunity to learn a little French and Latin (couple
of years of each in college, and I've since forgotten most of it,
although the oddest verb conjugations pop up in my memory sometimes!
<g>).
A number of years ago, I had the great pleasure to go to a reading given
by a Russian poet (Yvgeny Yevtshenko...my pardon if I misspelled that,
the books are at the other end of the house).  Not only was he a
completely amazing poet in any of the languages he used that night (I
remember Georgian, English, and Russian), but he was pretty darned
informative.
I remember either he or his translator telling us that in Russia there
were more teachers of English than there were Russian *speakers* in the
US.....
Made me feel more than a little bit culturally impoverished!
If I had time for learning languages, I'd like to pick up on my French
and Latin again, and maybe Salish (I think it'd be neat to learn a
language spoken by the people who lived here *first!*).
And Irish, I'd learn Irish.
And maybe Russian!
I am not exactly a "fluent" person, but languages and cultures and
peoples just *fascinate* me!
--maire

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