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elleng

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23. With ? 3 years high school French,

Sun Aug 18, 2013, 11:21 AM

Aug 2013

and 3 in college, family was planning trip around France with our young daughters (20? years ago,) husb who had never studied French, maybe Latin, but thought he should, so took course in DC from l'Alliance Francaise, and learned the grammar I'd never REALLY learned in school.

So thought I'd 'brush up,' as we parents would be responsible for getting us around France for about a month, so went to l'Alliance, took their damn placement test, and came out with a 'start at level 1!' I cried!!! and said, f**k it! We did well in France, I did the speaking, husb did the technical stuff like renting car etc. AND the French (in France) were very kind to us! (Prolly because of our 2 cute kids!)

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Wes Clark & Robin Wright on Egypt [View all] elleng Aug 2013 OP

Interesting, thanks. bemildred Aug 2013 #1

Didn't the US overthrow a democracy and install the Shah? delrem Aug 2013 #2

Why yes, I think we did. bemildred Aug 2013 #3

My problem is that Clark is now speaking in retrospect. delrem Aug 2013 #5

Eh. I'm not "supporting" him, I'm just not willing to dump on him. bemildred Aug 2013 #6

I like your posts, bemildred, delrem Aug 2013 #7

I don't like to do personalities and groupthink much. It muddies the water. bemildred Aug 2013 #10

and he wasn't 'in power' then, either, elleng Aug 2013 #11

OK, and the Egyptian military coup just slaughtered over 600 people. delrem Aug 2013 #12

Distorted the US role in history? elleng Aug 2013 #13

He IS smart, intelligent, and honest, elleng Aug 2013 #9

That's what I remember. bemildred Aug 2013 #15

True. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #27

And we may yet have a mess, if Badr/Tamarrud get their way (per der Spiegel) Igel Aug 2013 #4

Poe? The Raven? bemildred Aug 2013 #8

'sweetly knocking on the door of my room, this and nothing more' elleng Aug 2013 #14

I gave it up after High School, wish I had not. bemildred Aug 2013 #16

Right, can't do everything! elleng Aug 2013 #17

French in college, as well. Igel Aug 2013 #19

I had that happen to me. bemildred Aug 2013 #21

That's SOME learning experience! elleng Aug 2013 #22

It still feels strange. bemildred Aug 2013 #24

Good of you. elleng Aug 2013 #25

Good for me is how I think of it. bemildred Aug 2013 #26

With ? 3 years high school French, elleng Aug 2013 #23

Indeed. Mallarme's translation. Igel Aug 2013 #18

LOL. Good translation is wizardry, magic, instinct. bemildred Aug 2013 #20