Sylvia Alejandra McCoy (quadrimanial) wrote,
@ 2012-07-16 03:44:00

Meme Date
Two tickets to Before Night Falls at an indie cinema and a blind date. Sylvie had no idea what Vernique was up tot. But hey, two tickets to Before Night Falls and a boy picked out by Vernique Denning. Who was she to say no?

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	quadrimanial 2012-07-16 06:22 pm UTC (link)
	She laughs. "Yeah, some of the gang at school like to get envious about the difficult-to-penetrate skin thing when it comes to mosquitoes or the occasional brief flea infestation, but hey, only so much I can do about it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2012-07-17 04:44 am UTC (link)
	"I bet. The bites aren't such a problem for me, obviously, but in places, they get into everything. I try and cut back on their numbers just to avoid mosquito beer." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-07-17 04:51 am UTC (link)
	"Ew! I'll bet. So, how good's your Spanish? If it's not, no problem; they've got subtitles." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2012-07-17 04:54 am UTC (link)
	"Not too bad. I speak it with a French accent and all, but I should be able to follow the movie without a lot of trouble." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-07-17 05:07 am UTC (link)
	"Great then. And an accent's certainly not a problem; you wouldn't figure, but Dad's Spanish has an American accent you could cut with a knife." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2012-07-17 05:39 am UTC (link)
	"I should work on it, but there's not that many chances to really use Spanish, and its just close enough that I switch back to native language habits. Not surprised with your dad, though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-07-17 05:45 am UTC (link)
	"Makes sense." She cants her head a little, just curious from a professional standpoint. "You find yourself codeswitching much with French and English, or did you learn it late enough that that doesn't really happen? And yeah, but Mom's merciless about it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2012-07-17 06:28 am UTC (link)
	"All the time. I still mostly think in French. I actually learned Latin before I heard a lot of English. I've mostly ditched the accent, since everyone was English speakers around the Jeffries' house though, and I don't hear a lot of French, day to day. But when it comes to other Romance languages, the Quebecois comes right back in." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	quadrimanial 2012-07-17 06:36 am UTC (link)
	"Makes sense. Latin's fascinating, but what really gets me is Catalan. It's like halfway between, in some ways." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2012-07-17 06:44 am UTC (link)
	"Wow, there's one you don't hear often." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quadrimanial
2012-07-17 06:51 am UTC (link)

"Every little girl reading the Aubrey-Maturin series long before her mother would let her if she knew what was in it dreams of one day writing her diary in Catalan. I did it once, too." She makes a few remarks in the Gallo-Ibero-Romance language in question, then smiles sheepishly. "For all the parts you didn't get, that was actually really boring, unfortunately. Nothing awesome happens when you want a really cool diary entry."

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