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Originally Posted by Muncle
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Now let's talk Italian. Cop out! Cop out! Cop out! Just an attempt to avoid the more difficult Eastern European languages to take one of those easy Romance things. This ain't German, Russian, or Polish. Just say it in English, wave your hands a bit, move the sentence structure around however you like it, and yell occasionally. They'll think you're a native.
Buona fortuna.
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Oh Munc,
Please do not guilt me over denying my mostly German heritage. The huge dose I have of it already makes me exceedingly, excruciatingly responsible. Actually, I have a few other things going on, too. English, of course. And then there was the Cherokee great-grandmother. And who knows what else. But mostly....German.
It's not that I don't like a beer now and then. And I have to admit that a good oom-pah-pah band speaks to me somewhere deep in my soul.
But Munc, I want to speak Italian. I want to sound like music. And I already wave my hands around when I talk. I always have. I used to get into trouble at the dinner table when I was a kid. My dad would have to yell sometimes, "BOOMER, PUT THAT FORK DOWN WHEN YOU TELL A STORY. YOU NEARLY POKED OUT MY EYE!"
Soooo, interesting but...."a tad removed from the vertical room support." Translation? "Off the wall" And I am glad you like it and right back at ya, Munc.
Boomer
PS: Hey Linda, I just saw your encouraging words. Thanks. And I already know those hand things you're talking about. Wow! I am off to a good start I think and the Rosetta Stone has not even arrived yet.