Comments on: Tongues http://sudgopal.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/tongues/ From Ellaman street to South Methven street Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:08:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Diwant Vaidya http://sudgopal.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/tongues/#comment-36 Diwant Vaidya Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:53:43 +0000 http://sudgopal.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-36 rofl! Actually this reminded me of a whole thing comedian Eddie Izzard did. From auntiemomo.com: [quote] And I learnt French at school, up to the age of 16, and then I just kept talking it endlessly after that. And at school, the first page I ever learnt in French was full of things that are quite difficult to get into conversation, thinks like “the mouse is underneath the table” – la souris est en dessous la table. Just slip that when you’re buying a ticket to Paris: “Le train à Paris, oui? C’est ici? C’est maintenant? Cinq minutes… la souris est en dessous la table…” [/quote] rofl! Actually this reminded me of a whole thing comedian Eddie Izzard did. From auntiemomo.com:

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And I learnt French at school, up to the age of 16, and then I just kept talking it endlessly after that. And at school, the first page I ever learnt in French was full of things that are quite difficult to get into conversation, thinks like “the mouse is underneath the table” – la souris est en dessous la table. Just slip that when you’re buying a ticket to Paris: “Le train à Paris, oui? C’est ici? C’est maintenant? Cinq minutes… la souris est en dessous la table…”
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