Because I care about dramatic readings — and only so… I sadly report this. Catherine Deneuve was booed in Italy. Barbarians.
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Because I care about dramatic readings — and only so… I sadly report this. Catherine Deneuve was booed in Italy. Barbarians. 33 comments to Boo!Leave a Reply |
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I don’t know who she is but she shure is purty.
Brandon,you should have seen the commercials she did for Chanel No.5..my word.You talk about beautiful.
Ata boy Floyd. Hey, she might be a vampire…
ryukyu: She used to be a vampire. Being a “shapeshifter, she’s now a cougar!
And, despite her unfortunate partner, a helluva gorgeous vampire. I do like theme days…
http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/blog/deneuve_hunger.jpg
You’d think with her time spent with Marcello Mastroianni. she’d have picked up a little Eye-talian.
Attractive French women make me weak at the knees. If I were in possession of important state secrets, and an attractive French woman spy tried to prize them out of me–I hate to think of the consequences.
Fortunately (I guess), I’ve never had anything that an attractive Frenchwoman ever wanted.
And yes, I’ve heard the jokes about soap.
How, on earth, could you boo that??
She could stand there and read her cable bill and it would be just fine.
While I do enjoy the French accents something about the Eastern European accents gets me. Who knows maybe it’s a vampire infatuation.
Lars,
For several years my work took me to many different countries. I spent some time working in France and the women are surprisingly petite. Obviously not all women, but many; narrow shoulders, short, thin. I bought Mrs. Firefly (not a large woman) a beautiful skirt and jacket outfit there and it was too small on her. I did what I always do, pick out a woman in the store who looked like her size and asked her which size she would buy. I had been working there long enough that my perception of women had skewed to the diminutive and I picked a woman shorter and sleighter by at least one size.
I was married then, so obviously not paying too close attention, but I found the women rather nice to deal with. Many were not patient with my inability to speak French, and were even less interested in hearing English, but I got the impression they wouldn’t be too annoying to spend time with.
For the record, by far the nicest women I met in my travels were in The Phillippines and Mexico. I know part of it is women in those countries see any American man as a potential free ticket out of hell, but they sincerely were, by and large, very nice folk. Ireland was also a very easy place to work as a foreigner. I honestly do not know if it’s simply coincidence, but all 3 countries are majorly Catholic in nature.
Yes Rufus thats why they were nice to you.
Stephanie, I was aware that the women I met in those countries would all do almost anything for a chance to live in America, and I was a well-dressed, youngish businessman with all my hair and almost no excess body fat and apparently earning a good living. I got that part of it, but still, even watching folks deal with other folks, and talking to the men I worked with, etc… People in Mexico and The Philippines tended to be non-self-centered and genuinely nice. In both countries I quickly learned to avoid mentioning anything I might like to have, or be interested in, because they (men, or women) would move heaven and Earth to make it happen.
Brandon,
I like Italian best, but one of my least favorite languages to hear is German. German is my wife’s first language. When we were dating I teased her about what a harsh, silly sounding language it is. Then she spoke German romantically to me. It’s a whole different sound! Really cool stuff.
I am fascinated by languages, and know a bit about many, but I still don’t think any sounds better than Italian. Italian has a great balance of rolling, interwoven vowel-consonant sounds with a great, up-down of inflection and awesome use of the soft consonants. French can sound great, but not always. Italian always sounds good!
Years and years ago, I read a columnist (and I can’t pull up his name), who said, “It’s ironic that Americans consider French accents romantic and Italian accents funny, because Italian is by far the more beautiful language of the two.”
Me, I speak Norwegian. Not very romantic, judging from the responses I get.
Thats a language I want to learn (my cousins is Sogn would be pleased heh!), as well as Latin, and Hungarian..don’t ask. No desire to learn Italian. But I do speak German, somewhat.
There used to be a radio talk show host in New York named Barry Farber. He was a huge believer in the benefits of learning other languages, and he could speak quite a few of them.
When asked which was his favorite, he said it was Norwegian. When asked why, he’d answer, “Have you seen Norwegian women?”
Now I like that one!
I happened to be in Oslo a few years back, just at the time when the Crown Prince got married. I have never seen so many gorgeous women in one place in my life.
+JMJ+
Not that anyone asked me, but . . .
My least favourite language to hear is Chinese. My favourites are the different Polynesian languages. I had one Chinese roommate whose yakking on the phone at night was the most annoying thing in the world. I had another roommate from Tokelau (a very small Pacific Island with a population of about 600) who could lull me to sleep with her own late-night “yakking.” =)
Enbrethiliel,
Does Tagalog count as Polynesian? I do like it. It sounds “islandish” with a Spanish flair. I found it fairly easy to pick up while I was there. It’s a language that lends itself well to phrases. I could easily reproduce whole clauses and phrases without thinking about individual words; same with Italian. With most other languages I think about unique words and build sentences, one word at a time, but not with Tagalog or Italian.
And, for the record, we’re always asking you and all of threedonia, anytime we write anything, Enbrethiliel. We do this site because we like to learn.
German if you want to actually really speak a language (my second language) is awesome. Really wrap your mouth around the language and bite down hard. I sang in Italian, and could never quite get the romantic stuff. Seemed a bit overdone and fluff.
Stephanie,
It is awesome. I learned to speak after I married Mrs. Firefly and I have had a lot of fun with it. When I started I thought I would never be able to come close to making some of the sounds, but I eventually got it. I notice my voice is lower when I speak German than English. It wasn’t conscious, but somewhere along the way I naturally learned to shift my jaw back, and speak more from my lower jaw, if that makes any sense. I guess I speak German from the back of my throat and English from the tips of my teeth.
Speaking of tips of teeth, I love watching Germans try to make the “th” sound in English!
Speaking of tips of teeth, I love watching Germans try to make the “th” sound in English!
My father has been in this country for over half a century, and my sister can still make fun of him saying “Tursday”. And as he’s gotten older, the accent has gotten thicker.
Yep the Deutsche hard T. My voice which is low anyway, made lower from when I was sick gets very low when I speak German. I discovered my inner Berlin accent and could sound like a real native.
Has so much changed,Rufus? Still not well dressed youngish businessman?
That’s the same, Scott M., but unfortunately my work no longer takes me overseas. Or, maybe fortunately. With the ages of the Young Fireflies I’d be missing a lot if I were away from home for weeks on end.
Rufus,
My girlfriends primary languages are Thai and Lao and there is nothing remotely appealing about the sound of their language. It always sounds like someone who has stepped on a nail and is yelling in pain to me. Fortunately when she speaks English her accent is adorable.
One language that’s hard on the tongue and throat, for me, is Hebrew. When I was in culinary school years ago taking the international baking and pastry course that was mandatory to be an uber chef, I learned how to make challah bread and was told it’s pronounced, “ha-la.” When I told a jewish friend about it, she said that it’s pronounced “insert clearing phlegm from throat noise – la.” I think the school was trying to save us from laryngitis.
+JMJ+
Rufus, Tagalog might have been a kind of Polynesian language about a thousand years ago, but it definitely isn’t now. Your observation is interesting. I never thought of Tagalog that way. Which phrases can you still remember?
Oh, and believe it or not, I know exactly what you mean about German speakers and the TH sound in English! =P I knew a very nice German lady who couldn’t say “Perth” when talking about that part of Australia.
I think the Irish do something a little different with the TH sound, too. When I was listening to the Cranberries in the 90s, the TH sounds sounded like a more plosive sort of T.
“I think the Irish do something a little different with the TH sound, too. When I was listening to the Cranberries in the 90s, the TH sounds sounded like a more plosive sort of T.”
When an Irish bartender I knew turned thirty, everyone made a point of asking how old she was. Because it came out sounding like, “I’m dirty.” It worked two years later, also.
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Yeah,right,Rufus
Yeah,right,Rufus….your boxers are probably up to your neck
I’m turning 51 on the 17th…ugh
+JMJ+
Turnabout is fair play, aye? =S Now I’m wondering how I sounded to my native-born French teacher when I thought my accent was so great!
I also know I have a terrible Spanish R!