|
Humor Traveling in France AloneHumor Traveling in France Alone is a true story: Young Barbara Dillon decided to see the world! So that’s what she did. All on her own, solo, alone! She heard rumors that you could buy a plane ticket to go around the world for a year. As long as you kept going in the same direction, east or west, and picked your stops in advance, and arrived back home by day 365. [Didn’t know that, did you?] So that’s what she bought. She quit her job in finance in Boston, and informed her family and friends. They were shocked, disapproving, and alarmed for her safety. [And maybe a little envious.] “You quit your job? You’re going where? For how long?” “All by yourself? Solo? Alone?” Everyone except her parents -- who are totally supportive. Her older brothers Tom and Mike joked: “Well, I guess it’s no shoes for us this year.” “Gotta help little sister pay for her big trip!” So off she goes, heading west -- first stop Hawaii! ----- She finally gets to France -- almost a year later. By this time she is a confident world traveler. And more than a little proud of the way she has done it. All on her own, solo, alone! By now she knows a little French, so in conversations she casually mentions the fact that she is traveling solo. “Je voyage seul.” [“I’m traveling alone.”] Whenever she tells people this in France, in French, it gets little reactions out of people that secretly make her proud. A French woman’s eyes would open wider, as if to say, “What a risque thing for a woman to do!” An old Frenchman would purse his lips, as if to say, “What a daring thing for a woman to do!” A young Frenchman would raise his eyebrows, as if to say, “What an adventurous thing for a woman to do!” Until one day she mentions it to her bilingual friend Bruce. But he starts laughing! “Your French pronunciation is a little off. You’re not saying: ‘I’m traveling alone!’ [Je voyage seul.] Instead you’re telling people: ‘Je voyage soûl.’ [I’m traveling drunk!]” ----- LINKS TO MORE HUMOR LEARNING FRENCH: Humor of David Sedaris from his book Me Talk Pretty One Day
Humor of Other People Learning French:
Looking for something else? Use this search feature to find it:  Custom Search -------
-----
Know a Funny Story About Language Learning?
Share your humorous stories about language learning with the world. ----- Easiest Languages have thousands of words similar to English, so: “This is The Easiest Way to Begin Learning Foreign Languages.” Helping More People Begin Foreign Languages The Easiest Way. ----- TELL YOUR FRIENDS! |
