Random comment: The first Wednesday of each month at noon there is a test of the emergency alert system for the city (at least as far as I've gathered). Today (March 2nd) and last month my politics class was interrupted by a siren at 12pm and 12:10pm. Maybe some cities in the US do this, but not where I live. It surprised me, but it's probably a good idea.
Tonight I went to see a play called "How to Become a Parisian in One Hour" with my Internship Seminar class. I was expecting it to be kind of lame, but it was actually pretty funny. It's a one man show in English where the guy talks about mostly French/American stereotypes. A lot of what he said was definitely true and I really enjoyed the show, although it was a little past my bedtime...sleepy.
More bad translations....
Really...?
Sounds terrible in English
An actual email I received..
"Mademoiselle,
I don't remember if you speak french. I am writing in english though. I
received the document "achat de timbre". Thank you for zat.
Cordialement"
"Zat" really?...Just write in French
Sorry for a kind of lame post this time...busy week. I promise to be more exciting next week ha ha!
Ok two things- if that chandelier is made out of bottles of alcohol then that's the coolest thing ever. Also, I saw how to become parisian in one hour too and I thought it was funny, and we got to meet the guy after!
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