In which I am confidently wrong and cause a disaster in a restaurant. Plus recs for Shuchi Talati's new film, James Adomian's special, and Lizzie Presser's investigative journalism.
I made a small mistake in speaking french to a tourist eight years ago (now i view it as a small mistake, but at the time it happened, i viewed it as a grave one). I had learned basic-level french in university (French was in the list of my BA courses. My BA major was English Language and Literature). One day when my family and i had stopped at a restaurant to eat sth and get back on the road to reach our destination asap, i tried to speak french to a tourist (she really was french). Instead of saying "Vous étes française? (Are you french?), i said "Je suis française? (Am i french?), after which i choked and couldn't continue. Fortunately, both of us could speak english and continued a bit in english.
Funnily interesting. Thanks for reply (I'm not french, i just love listening to french songs by older gen singers like Celine Dion, Lara Fabian, Daniel Lavoie, ...).
I made a small mistake in speaking french to a tourist eight years ago (now i view it as a small mistake, but at the time it happened, i viewed it as a grave one). I had learned basic-level french in university (French was in the list of my BA courses. My BA major was English Language and Literature). One day when my family and i had stopped at a restaurant to eat sth and get back on the road to reach our destination asap, i tried to speak french to a tourist (she really was french). Instead of saying "Vous étes française? (Are you french?), i said "Je suis française? (Am i french?), after which i choked and couldn't continue. Fortunately, both of us could speak english and continued a bit in english.
hahaha I love quizzing a random person on whether you yourself are French!
Funnily interesting. Thanks for reply (I'm not french, i just love listening to french songs by older gen singers like Celine Dion, Lara Fabian, Daniel Lavoie, ...).