Why Is Your French So Good?
Now that is a question I was asked twice last week-end. People who heard me speaking French to my 6-month old daughter asked me how come I spoke so good French.
I am not sure what to think about the question, really. The proud side of me that loved to think that I am good at languages really appreciated the fact that anyone could, after speaking to me in German, think that I was German. The side of me that's French and proud to be didn't really like the fact that anyone could think that I was German.
Dilemma, if any. So many "expatriates" have a hard time knowing where they are really from, I guess it's a legitimate personal concern. But I am pretty sure I am French. And even surer I am not German. So the question really should be: Why is your German good enough that we could mistake you for a German?
. Not that it is. But I like to think so. Sometimes.
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Oh, I never heard that one! Hugs from another expatriate in Hessen (and french) (and, by the way, my supervisor is the son-in-law of the bookshop owner in your little town) (world is small). Go on writing, it's always a pleasure to read impressions so near to mine.
You should go with the proud side. You have some serious language skills, and I am bitterly jealous. :-)
Hello from this side of the world!