What I love about languages is when you finally "have" to use them. I was in Spain this summer, and though it had been years, I was the only one who spoke Spanish. Now, granted, my Spanish is Mexican Spanish, but I did pretty well! I ordered food, taxis, EVEN was able to argue about the bill! I'm sure my verb tenses weren't the best but still.
A couple of years ago I visited France and our "hosts" were Deaf French folks. They didn't know ASL, or English, so French Sign Language was the only thing we had in common. I did okay all things considered!
In my work every day I use American Sign Language, all day, everyday, but it STILL amazes me from time to time that I am fluent.
I LOVE LANGUAGES!
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