But it’s funny, it’s like it’s all right there, ready to use almost. I have a pretty good French vocabulary. If I went to France or a French speaking country, I’d be speaking French or a combination almost immediately.
I went for a summer course to the University of Muenster, (what a joke)in 1974. I was pretty well familiar with French from 2 years high school and three to almost four years in VN. I do not speak Duetsch (German). I was always told French is pretty well known throughout Europe. I got in a taxi one night and ‘ Ou es the de la ???whatever I was looking for?” The taxi driver looked over his shoulder and said “Don’t you f’ng speak English?”