renaissance poisson

yeah, i am pretty quick with this. language acquisition is one of my talents; i have an ear for it, and i am really grateful for it. once upon a time i wanted to be a simultaneous translator at the UN. life sure does happen differently...

but learning any language takes most of all a lot of practice, and the sort of monomaniacal immersion thing i do speeds that up. but most people actually have, you know, lives, and can't invest that sort of time and effort.

mandarin is somewhere further down on my list, *heh*. some day... maybe after i polish my french more. it's embarrassing to live in canada and have such bad french.

so you're going to china!? how exciting is that!

most people anywhere i've gone have really appreciated my attempts to speak their language, so i bet your 8 phrases will pay off. :)