My father's grandmother lived with his family for the whole time he was growing up. His grandmother only spoke German. My dad can barely stumble through a few words in German. When he needs to make himself understood, he can, but he's not even close to what you'd expect from someone who grew up with a one adult who only spoke German and two more who spoke it pretty frequently.
Love isn't brains, children, it's blood, blood screaming inside you to work its will.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Jul 11, 2009 5:51:48 pm PDT #28653 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
-t - Jul 11, 2009 5:52:20 pm PDT #28654 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
uber preppy whale shorts
Oh, thanks. I was not aware of the existence of those.
Sorry about the looming library fine, msbelle. That sounds annoyingly high.
Cashmere - Jul 11, 2009 5:55:20 pm PDT #28655 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
msbelle, thanks for reminding me that we, too, have some library videos that are overdue!
Hil R. - Jul 11, 2009 5:56:11 pm PDT #28656 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Barb, for the ultimate Georgetown preppies, try walking along the docks on a weekend morning. People wearing those shorts, sitting on boats with drinks. Usually blasting Hootie and the Blowfish.
Dana - Jul 11, 2009 5:57:19 pm PDT #28657 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I got a couple startled looks when I was in Italy last time, because my pronunciation of certain foreign languages (Italian, German) tends to be pretty good, thanks to choral music.
Jesse - Jul 11, 2009 5:58:57 pm PDT #28658 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Video library fees are bananas. Which is why I never take them out!
Harper's Island: Holy crap. For a minute, I really thought only Henry was going to walk away. Phew! Good times.
Amy - Jul 11, 2009 6:04:03 pm PDT #28659 of 30000
Because books.
Totally, Jesse. I mean, total CRACK, too, but good times.
megan walker - Jul 11, 2009 6:05:12 pm PDT #28660 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's just wrong that those shorts are 65% polyester. Very wrong.
Jesse - Jul 11, 2009 6:08:55 pm PDT #28661 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And hey: the black guy made it almost all the way to the end! That never happens.
Hil R. - Jul 11, 2009 6:09:23 pm PDT #28662 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Another fun thing in Italy was trying to reverse-engineer Italian out of French, Spanish, and barely-remembered Latin. Like, if there was something that we needed to communicate, and could figure out a way to do it in two or three words, first my sister would try the Spanish words, and the Italian person would maybe understand one or two of those, but not all of them. So then we'd take that remaining word and I'd translate it into French, and first try just saying the French word, then try putting a vowel at the end of it, and then finally, if none of that worked, try to see if any of us could remember the Latin word for it.
It's not exactly the most efficient method of communication, but we managed to use to exchange train tickets and buy a few things like razors, toothbrushes, and a contact lens case. (The contact case was for me. I accidentally dropped mine down the drain of a sink.)