Ishtar, because we don’t HAVE to speak foreign languages (we have the good luck to born with THE international language of business, diplomacy, etc.) we don’t seem to take foreign language very seriously and part of that is crappy teaching that doesn’t focus on USING it. Language is treated as a cool parlor trick, not something that is a serious part of your development.
how about Tequila sunrises? Harvey Wallbangers?
“ishtar :puedes darle un consejo a alguien, pero no puedes obligarlo a que lo siga.”
That’s what I ordered last week at Rosa Mexicana.
Oh and I drank Singapore Slings at the Latin Quarter (yuck)
Ishtar, because we don’t HAVE to speak foreign languages (we have the good luck to born with THE international language of business, diplomacy, etc.) we don’t seem to take foreign language very seriously and part of that is crappy teaching that doesn’t focus on USING it. Language is treated as a cool parlor trick, not something that is a serious part of your development.
ishtar :puedes darle un consejo a alguien, pero no puedes obligarlo a que lo siga.
“MM called me laughing so hard she couldn’t speak. It was a first for her ;)”
bxgrl, like there’s a chance in hell I won’t make certain she sees this post!!!
“I can read and write fairly well, but please do not ask me to put two words together verbally.”
Agreed, ishtar. I could read and write Borges in the original Spanish, but couldn’t tell the cab driver to go to my hotel.
The Latin Quarter was where I went for my senior prom with fake proof.
just heard on bloomberg TV that today is “NATIONAL TOILET DAY”