The hip young barista patiently listed to my mangled
question, which seemed to me to take several minutes, and then she answered, in
English: “Pretty much”.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Crimes against the French language by Elle (possibly the first post in a series)
At the modern coffee bar Kate found near our apartment in
the Marais, I produced one of my most clumsy and awkward French sentences to date. I can’t repeat it here (for shame, but also
because I can’t recall it in all its inglorious detail ... possibly because of
the shame), but essentially I was asking, in a very mangled way, if a
particular coffee listed on the board was the same as the café crème with which I was more familiar.
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Hilarious! Yes PLEASE make this the first post in a series. And if you could maybe record all your conversations in French so you can recall the inglorious detail, that would be good too.
ReplyDeleteWell, she clearly understood the question so maybe it wasn't as mangled as you thought. She was very sweet, and the coffee was good, so I think that makes it all worthwhile.
ReplyDeleteSadly Gervy, there are too many crazy French conversations to record... I will try to recall a few more to add at least one more to the series!
ReplyDeleteIt was good coffee wasnt it Katie? Sigh!
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