Language discussion-Outside the 'Verse
POSTED BY: Tristan
UPDATED: Sunday, June 18, 2006 17:01
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mais oui!
but also had a nanny francais. Well actually, she was ethiopian, but she spoke French and Italian.
My problem now is that I start off in one language and end up in the other. So I speak Fritaliacais or Italiench.
I can cuss like a sailor in Greek and count to 11 (thanks to the lady that taught me all this at 4 in Athens - she thought it was funny to hear the sweet little american girl say F you!
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Mixing languages...oh, yes! I know just enough Spanish on top of the French I speak to get myself in trouble...I'll start out in French, and if I can't think of the word, I'll switch to Spanish; if I can't think of it in Spanish, I'll go down the list until I find it...may even end up in English 
We used to have get-togethers in college where the rule was no English could be spoken...the longer the night got, the more fun it was trying to figure out what we were trying to say to each other! 
FMF, the Ethiopian nanny...did she speak proper French (ie conjugate all the verbs) or was it Ivory Coast French?
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proper french
nuns taught her
scary things nuns
I have no birthplace. It no longer exists as it was! That is so weird. I was born in Asmara, Ethiopia!
Which is now of course once again Asmara, Eritrea
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Nuns...never had the chance to be taught by them, but I have heard the horror stories...
Curiosity is killing me...how did you end up being born in Ethiopia?
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My dad was a "Communications" person for the Navy. He went from enlisted to Officer (GO MUSTANGS!) During the cold war, the Navy manned a number of the "Communications" stations.
You name it, I have been there - at least on the European side. And all over the US east coast
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Shiny!
I spent my youth traveling all around Europe (home was around Paris, but we vacationed alot) back when there was still an Iron Curtain. Never made it to Africa, but I really wanted to go to Egypt.
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Yay! Another Navy brat! Though I was only in Guam and then the US. But I've moved 26 times in nearly 29 years.
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24 moves
13 different schools
Whoo Hoo Navy Brats!
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I was lucky...only about ten moves in 16 years. Been here in Alabama since 1987. Think I might stay. 
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You got me beat in schools. I went to 9 elementary-high school.
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