This conversation at the bus-stop on Friday replays in my head:
On languages...
Me: I like the sound of French! I didn't like it originally, but then I went to Montréal and I was like whaaaa French actually sounds this nice! I want to learn!
Kelly: That's weird, the French in Québec apparently sounds terrible in comparison to Parisian French!
Me: Heh I just like the sound of Québécois French I guess...
And the topic changed but I started to wonder - French is supposed to be a language that's very "light and floaty," for lack of a better phrase, and Québécois is apparently more rough sounding and throaty? (Or nasal, no idea) And grating on the ear. So why is it that I like the sound of this form of french better? In fact, before this entire business I found the sound of french very annoying, which was why I decided to learn german when choosing between the two languages. Kind of sad because now that I understand the cultures more I think I'm more francophile than germanophile - unless football is concerned =P (Deutschland 2010!) Contrary to what many people think, I think german sounds nice. (I've heard people saying that someone can be saying the sweetest things auf deutsch and it'd still sound vulgar). So maybe if I like the sound of german, which is supposed to be hard-sounding, and I only like Québécois french and not very much "proper" french which is supposed to be soft and floaty, then maybe I just like the extra "strength" that Québécois gives to "soft" french. 柔中带钢？
In other news, dinner tonight is FAIL. Cooking and thinking about embryology clearly do not go together. And I am drinking way too much apple and orange juice.
Also, I changed my fb language to french, in the hopes that it might give me some tiny bit of additional exposure to the language. Now, I'm afraid of clicking anything I don't automatically recognise, which makes me kinda want to spend less time on fb. Not such a bad idea in the face of exams, methinks. =P
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GGGGAACGA is a 22 year old female who loves God, biomedical science, traveling and music. She takes great pleasure in learning beautiful things like languages, the workings of the amazing human body and the evil microbes in our midst, etc. The latter two sometimes makes her rather disturbing company, unfortunately. She often pokes fun at herself, loves a challenge, can be unflinchingly (stupidly) stubborn and often alternates between taking herself overly seriously and not at all. Ger may be found in extremes of intense activity or mindless drift. Much to her detriment, ger is also a master procrastinator who never finishes anyth-
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