Edited to add: The postal workers in Saint-Etienne take the tram with their roller-bags of mail (like the ones people use to carry their groceries here sometimes) to get to their route. Not sure if it's all postal workers, or just some, but it always makes me smile when I see it.
1) The Help (the bestselling book and movie) translates to La couleur de Sentiments, aka The Color of Emotions. Interesting - and actually, it makes much better sense for a French title since "the help" translated would not have the same cultural connotations. (Ok, I'm a bit of a language nerd.)
2) I am sort of thrilled about how much time I get to spend on google translate and wordreference.com. I love being surrounded by foreign languages and working on learning more. It makes me smile that the addition of "bing translate," which can automatically traslate a certain amount of stuff on facebook just by you clicking "translate"- is something I get to use frequently. (Ok, still a huge language nerd. But I love my life.)
3) That being said, when I tried to google translate some german in a facebook message from friends, this is what it gave me: "orthorhombic dehei?" No, I have no idea what that is supposed to mean in English....
4) I am having a huge pancake dinner for about ten non-american friends on Saturday. I can't wait to introduce them to pancakes and maple syrup.
5) I am now being tutored in Spanish once a week by my friend Rodrigo, who is from Ecuador. It's awesome on so many levels.
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