Thanks to Knitting…
Posted on February 7, 2005 by Christine | 3 Comments
Thanks to a pattern at Knitty (the Clapotis, found thanks to YarnHarlot), I have found a simply fabulous new favorite phrase…
“Je suis belle et ça ne demande aucun effort*”
I stand by the original statement I made on the streets of Paris last summer. In order to speak French well, you must say everything really fast, while slurring your words. Unfortunately, I have a “German mouth” and I tend to pronounce things instead of slurring them. Thanks to Mike, I can now say my new phrase with only 1-2 mistakes. My first attempt was a very bad effort by someone who can sight read German very well (I don’t know what I’m saying, but I can pronounce things in German easily.) If you know how to speak French, you will realize that nothing is pronounced like it is spelled, so my sight-reading efforts are simply horrid.
However, when in Paris, I can speak enough rudimentary French to ask a Virgin Record Store employee for “Jenifer’s CD Original.” A girl has got to do what a girl has got to do.
* I’m beautiful and I don’t even try.
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Hi! I'm Christine. Wife to Mike. Mom of Jason. Owned by 4 cats. Houston & Destination Wedding Photographer & owner of Hot Mama Boudoir. Blogger since 2000. Living in Houston, Texas since 1985. Living in a 1920 Bungalow in the Heights since 2011.
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February 7th, 2005 @ 11:09 pm
Oooh, I like that French!
My favorite sentence from French class was:
Tu diras bien des choses chez toi.
English translation?
Give my regards to your family.
Literal?
Say good words at your house. Heh
February 13th, 2005 @ 3:38 am
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Beautiful sentence, for your “German mouth” just follow the trackback
February 4th, 2006 @ 1:10 pm
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