Cultural Differences
Digressions in French class are a regular feature, since the teacher likes to lecture and is a tad opinionated. This morning we went around the room discussing the various Christmas/New Year's traditions in our home countries, again with Monique doing most of the talking. To be fair, I think she's worked at the Alliance Francaise for a very long time and she seems to have a genuinely wide knowledge of different cultures.At the end of this, one of the Chinese girls wanted to know how the French articulate a dog's bark (anyone who has read Tintin books know that Snowy says "wouah"). So we went around the room and gave our national take on dog and cat noises. For some reason the North American "meow" cracks up Chinese girls.
posted 13.12.05
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