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[listersgirl]

Once I finally left the apartment today, forced - forced, I tell you - out by the non-existence of food (what with having completely emptied out the fridge before I left on holiday), I was rather confused that people weren't speaking French, and I had to think really hard before saying anything, as if I were going to attempt to communicate with my piss-poor French, even though of course I was only speaking English.

Could that sentence be any more awkward?

ANYWAY, the point I am TRYING to make is that since I haven't actually talked to anyone since I got back to Toronto, my language centre thinks it's still in Montreal. I did hear (what I think were) Mandarin, Polish and Tagalog, though, so I think it might recover.

Comments

[globetrotter1.livejournal.com]

Salut! Comment ça va?

hehehehe

[starfishchick]

I was very much like that when I came home from France - it doesn't take much, does it?

[xiz111.livejournal.com]

I experienced that sort of thing when I got back from spending
a month in Australia a few years ago.

People here seemed so *quiet*, and it kind of
weirded me out that complete strangers weren't
trying to identify my accent, and weren't asking me
"So, mate .. you're a Yank are ya?"

I do miss hearing people refer to 'chooks', 'eskies',
'tinnies', 'the rego', and a 'flat white tall one' *

* chooks = chickens, eskies = styrofoam coolers,
tinnies = aluminum outboard-motor-powered boats,
the rego = the motor vehicle office, and flat white
tall one = a large coffee, with no foamy stuff (flat),
and with cream (white).

[listersgirl]

It's funny, because I don't remember experiencing that when I moved here from Montreal (other than people getting confused when I said I was going to the dep, ie. corner store). I think it's just because I haven't talked to anyone I know, only people in stores.