Act II

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[anonymous]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x36gt0_nick-clegg

this is nick speaking french. I am afire.

prompt: dirty, dirty phonesex.

[anonymous]

I love how he's clearly searching for words/translation in his head there at points. Adorable.

[anonymous]

Fuck.

I already find French the sexiest goddamn language on the planet. Nick, you magnificent, multilingual bastard, just keep talking.

Must not get a crush on a politician. Must not get a crush on a politician. Must not ... Oh, fuck :D

(captcha: whams today. That feels oddly appropriate).

[anonymous]

*douses self with water*

Oh be still my beating heart!

[abluestocking]

Fuck, that's hot. :)

[anonymous]

Holy...

...there is no words. BEYOND INCOHERENCY.

(captcha: said detailed. No not true captcha!)

[anonymous]

Grammar!fail! There ARE no words.

NICK MAKES ME FAIL AT GRAMMAR OMG.

[anonymous]

I defy anyone to be able to speak a coherent sentence while listening to that AMAZING VOICE!

[anonymous]

I can't believe he nearly lost the leadership election to charisma vacuum Chris Huhne.

[anonymous]

IKR?

It would have been an utter travesty.

[anonymous]

Drool.

[anonymous]

French-speaker here (born and raised in French).
That was really good. I'm impressed! There was a feminine/masculine mix-up a couple of times and two or three times where instead of using linking words (que, qui, dont, for example) between two parts of a sentence he kind of started a new sentence, but that was all. For something as difficult to get through as political ideas in one's own first language, he was very articulate.

Impressed anon is impressed. Word.

[his_gidsship]

I am probably the only person on the planet that picked a politician (Jacques Delors) as their specialist subject for AS French. So, I'm kinda used to expressing political ideas in something that isn't my native language, although it might as well be given that my mother started teaching me it as soon as she was sure I wouldn't mix them up (er, and when I demanded. Aged 6.)

[anonymous]

Delors? Well, you picked a French politician for whom I have some respect, which is not something I can in all honesty often say. Good on you! Not that impressed with his daughter though (Martine Aubry); I had some hope in here, once upon a time

[his_gidsship]

Age 6, well aren't you a little genius? :)

There is nothing more mortifying than suddenly, for the first time in your life, finding yourself in a place that feels right, feels like home, and not being able to speak a word of the language.

I dislike going anywhere and not being able to speak the language, though - and sadly my Russian is nearly all gone, but my German has an alarming habit of semi-returning when I need it. And my Italian is largely culled from musical terminology, which makes for entertaining conversations in train stations when trying to change tickets ;-)

My mother was a professional interpreter, so there's no prize for guessing where my language skills came from ;-)

I don't think I'm a good data-point for "Brits", sorry ;-)

[his_gidsship]

I think (personal experience talking here) that it's easier for children not to mix up languages if it's not the same parent/person talking to them in said various languages.

I know that's the received wisdom (you have lots of research backing your personal experience!) but it wouldn't have worked best for me, I don't think. (Well, maybe it would have, but I didn't have that opportunity. OTOH I had as good a chance of being bilingual without having one parent who wasn't English as it was possible to have - my mother was the only English person the {man who would now be called a CEO} of Sabéna trusted to take dictation in French. Oops, and she picked up a load of Flemish swear words en route ;-))