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pseydtonne  ·  4022 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, let's talk mistakes.

You're in Quebec and already bilingual? Alors, tabernak à la langue espagnole. You can already run thangs in at least 2.5 provinces.

(Sorry, I have a weird obsession with Montreal, Quebec, and Quebecois French. You're basically living in my Valhalla. Quelques arpents de neige -- rabais! I'm sure you'd trade me for my West Hollywood apartment in a heart beat, but so would I.)

Then again, Spanish is wicked easy if you already speak French. Mexican Spanish is fast but otherwise enunciated and useful. Pull down the telenovelas and it'll be like learning Joual from old issues of 7 Jours or Allo Police.





elizabeth  ·  4022 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You speak french and you live in Hollywood? that's pretty unusual :) Are you from France?

pseydtonne  ·  4022 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm from Utica, New York -- where death and pain reign supreme, so try the tomato pie and the pastries.

I lived in Boston for a dozen years. I wanted to move to Montreal but I didn't have the skills for a work visa (just a degree in philosophy). Now I'm a senior tech support and Unix admin person, but I'd rather teach.

I moved here two years ago with my now wife. She works at LACMA and I work from home. She speaks no French. She had to trust me while we were in Belgium for our honeymoon. The beer helped.