percy toboggan
25-Feb-08, 18:18
those of a certain age will recall this euphemism from decades past - it meant something rather saucy in days of yore.
A more respectable platform for my post....I'm currently tryin' to learn the French language ahead of my third visit in May. I've always felt rather inadequate (not for the first itme) in the past, and have resolved to improve my hitherto pathetic grasp of the language. On our last motorcyle jaunt to Gaul we ended up eating in, or at MacDonald's simply because menus baffled us. I never , ever, feel quite so 'abroad' as when I visit France...maybe that's why I'm drawn to it.
Not for the first time my essential 'Daily Mail' has come up trumps*, and two c.d.'s I was freely given a couple of years ago have latterly wormed their way into my car and cab. It's very stimulating - learning. I seem to be grasping the concept quite well....sadly however my collection only extends to two of the nine c.d.'s. So I'm currently scanning e.bay....my search may well be fruitful.
(*I wonder what the French is for trump? )
Is anyone here bi-lingual?...or even semi-fluent ? I just want to be able to convey the basics but I'm so enjoying myself I'm minded to press on with this....I can still remember much of the German I memorised at school. I got a miserable grade 3 at C.S.E. but the class was taken by a poor, weak teacher and I'm afraid I messed about too much - cheek mostly. So much so, the man hit me over the head with me text book and also kicked me when I mocked his footwear(hush-puppies). It wouldn't happen today - more's the pity....never did me any ha....;)
A more respectable platform for my post....I'm currently tryin' to learn the French language ahead of my third visit in May. I've always felt rather inadequate (not for the first itme) in the past, and have resolved to improve my hitherto pathetic grasp of the language. On our last motorcyle jaunt to Gaul we ended up eating in, or at MacDonald's simply because menus baffled us. I never , ever, feel quite so 'abroad' as when I visit France...maybe that's why I'm drawn to it.
Not for the first time my essential 'Daily Mail' has come up trumps*, and two c.d.'s I was freely given a couple of years ago have latterly wormed their way into my car and cab. It's very stimulating - learning. I seem to be grasping the concept quite well....sadly however my collection only extends to two of the nine c.d.'s. So I'm currently scanning e.bay....my search may well be fruitful.
(*I wonder what the French is for trump? )
Is anyone here bi-lingual?...or even semi-fluent ? I just want to be able to convey the basics but I'm so enjoying myself I'm minded to press on with this....I can still remember much of the German I memorised at school. I got a miserable grade 3 at C.S.E. but the class was taken by a poor, weak teacher and I'm afraid I messed about too much - cheek mostly. So much so, the man hit me over the head with me text book and also kicked me when I mocked his footwear(hush-puppies). It wouldn't happen today - more's the pity....never did me any ha....;)