Thursday, February 11, 2010

Why I like English Better than French

"Le/La" vs. "The"

**A Conversation while walking down the streets of Touba**

Me: Hey Abo!
Abo: Hmmm?
Me: Un jour, tu sors toute la nuit et tu m'appelles. Je ouvre le porte pour toi.

*Laughter*

Soda: Charlotte.
Me: What?
Soda: It's la porte not le.
Me: Quoiever!!!! Le...la...c'est la meme chose!!!!

**More Laughter***


Earthy Apples

I was looking at a bag of "pomme de terres," which literally translated means "apples of earth." Earth Apples??? They're potatoes!!! Apples and potatoes are nothing alike.