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 2012-07-17 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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