Friday, October 20, 2006
Tues 17 Oct Communication is such fun...
It never rains but it pours...This morning I met 2 Canadians in the laundrette staying at the same hotel. Had a coffee with them Nice to hve some company and not have to concentrate to be understood. And then this evening updating blog - the internet cafe owner showed me how to use the Google translator and we chatted using this. Lots of fun with a few of us in the cafe joining in and laughing when our language differences came across as something else.
For example, I typed "busy, busy" as a comment to a student and the 3rd in the conversation started laughing because verbally "busy, busy" sounds like the French for "making love"...
So just as I was leaving France, I got to feel part of the crowd. It really is a good feeling to 'belong'.
It never rains but it pours...This morning I met 2 Canadians in the laundrette staying at the same hotel. Had a coffee with them Nice to hve some company and not have to concentrate to be understood. And then this evening updating blog - the internet cafe owner showed me how to use the Google translator and we chatted using this. Lots of fun with a few of us in the cafe joining in and laughing when our language differences came across as something else.
For example, I typed "busy, busy" as a comment to a student and the 3rd in the conversation started laughing because verbally "busy, busy" sounds like the French for "making love"...
So just as I was leaving France, I got to feel part of the crowd. It really is a good feeling to 'belong'.
# posted by The Essence of Good Taste @ 2:56 PM 
