to vote for favorites. Only 6 votes needed to get on the list.Fluency in French is a requirement at the Royal Military College. I received daily instruction in the subject during the year I attended. I worked my way down until I reached the class at the bottom of the system, which you could politely say was for the linguistically challenged.
I love Spanish. No tedious classes soured my appreciation for its lyrical cadence. In Mexico I am enjoying learning the odd phrase. The locals are friendly and patient with me and after a few days I have the basics. When the waitress asked for my drink order today I said with confidence, “Vino blanco, s’il vout plait.”
Ah fuck. I’m mildly retarded in two languages.
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I found the same thing when we recently started to learn spanish… http://www.one-giant-step.com/engfranish-anyone
Now I seem to translate into french and then into spanish – wierd.
[...] you need is a heartbeat. I left for home at Christmas barely passing the one course no one failed, I was in the French class for the mentally challenged, and I had earned an infamous place in the history of [...]