You Need A Nose To Speak French

Host Brother: Can I borrow your ipod?
Me: Why?
Host Bro: Please? You're pretty.
Me: Whatever. Here you go.
Host Bro: It's a joke! You're not pretty.

How mean.


Today in phonetics class we were working on the "nasal" sound that the french are so effing good at. My nose is too small to do it properly. Anyways, I was sitting there, calmly flunking an exercise on telling the difference between


Sain- as in healthy
Sein- as in boob/breast
Son- as in his/hers


(Son sain sein-> badly worded/conjugated etc but means "her healthy breast")


When I had a profound thought.


Put yourself in the Harry Potter mindset for a moment.


Because of his weird transformation and new noseless state of existence, Lord Voldemort WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THE NASAL SOUND.


Thus, he couldn't speak french. Mind=Ecrasé.


I wonder if the people who dubbed the movies into french and translated the books thought about this. You really really need a nose to speak french.


It's currently the season of getting sick, and I have caught a wicked head cold. Here is some french vocab/slang to go with the achoos and sniffles.


Etre Crevé- To be dead (slang)


Choper/attraper- to catch


J'ai chopé la crève- I've caught an evil cold.


Éterver- To sneeze


Tousser- To Cough


Renifler- To sniff


Se moucher- To blow one's nose.


Taught my host bro the call and return of-


See you later alligator...


In a while crocodile.






Peace out girl scout.