Another semester done!!!!! :santa_ok::santa_ok::santa_grin::santa_ok: Oh... And I'm going to Bordeaux France in 2013
Do you speak French? I'd imagine a small town in France would be hard to get around if you don't. I'd love to visit Mont St. Michel one day. The christians in the 15th century used to take a pilgrimage there once in their lifetime to ask God for something. I know what I'd ask God for.
Hearing Chinese people (it was a Chinese restaurant in Italy so I should have seen this coming) speak fluent Italian without even trying to sound like a native was kind of funny. But to the natives it probably doesn't sound any funnier than my Chicago accent. Basically it's silly to even try to imitate an exact foreign accent because it's not really necessary, it's pretencious, and is actually a distraction. Humans have a great ability to catch on to what someone is trying to say as long as proper grammar/syntax is used. Obviously all bets are off when it comes to weird ass Arabic shit, and those African tribal "click-pop-clack" languages. BTW at least one of those weird African sound languages came about because hunters were communicating without alerting the game by using the usual human sounds. So by using sounds that more replicate harmless animals/sticks breaking/etc. they blended in more with nature. Eventually the simple sounds developed into a full-blown language! Obviously the Ancient Aliens show has a more exciting explanation. :santa_undecided:
I once had some Mormons knock on my door to witness to me. One of the guys was Laotian, not a big deal to me since I worked with lots of them, so I was expecting either Asian accented English or normal English. Guy spoke with a flawless British accent, completely wigged me out as I was not expecting that at all.
There was an Asian standup comedian, back in the 90s. Actually he was a Texan comedian but his race was Asian (don't know what nationality). And that was his first laugh of the bit, when he opened up with a classic Texas drawl. The only other bit from his routine I remember is telling about his friend, "J.B.", getting a driver's license. See it seems J.B. was tired of having to explain that the "J.B." didn't stand for anything, so when he filled out the forms he wrote down "J only" "B only" and wound up getting a driver's license for "Jonly Bonly". Edit: Henry Cho. Google kicks ass.
Funny story about my French... When dealing with the useless staff to help me with my schedule... The lady asked me why I am had to minor in French even though it has absolutley nothing to do with my major... I straight faced told her, "Because when the zombie apolcaypse occurs we will eventually end up in Canada, in French-Canadian territory" She didnt know how to respond so she fit it into my schedule.
