Some Brits Kept Those French Language Skills
27/09/2008 05:32
Hi Don,
Some people taught French at school in the UK did retain their knowledge. My mom was a prime example.
She learned French at school, got a French pen friend these two ladies kept in touch till mom passed away about 8 years ago! Mom writing in French and receiving letters from her friend in French!
In about 1955 mom and I went to France to meet the pen friend and her family. They could not believe how good mom's French was and that she spoke with a Parisian accent!
In 1989 mom and I were in the province of Quebec and there she was yakking away in French like she was a native of France.
She was even a volunteer at Father Jan School because she loved French so much!
So we have an English "gal" who retained her knowledge of French for at least 60 years! Perhaps she was the exception to prove the rule!
I can not remember much French even though I learned it for seven years over there and passed my French 30 exam after I moved here. To my instructor's amusement because he said, I spoke French with a Dutch accent! (I lived in Holland before here and spoke Dutch at work there) and knowing I was originally from England he found that very amusing.
Alison Glass
SINC SAYS:
Thanks for sharing that story Alison. I guess there are exceptions to every rule.
