LINGUISTIC LOL
Reverse linguistic blunders... After years of making my own sexual-innuendo-charged linguistic blunders in French and dealing with the rollaround-on-the-floor carry-on laughter, I would like to congratulate myself for my poise and inner-calm for the following situation.... Ex lawyer, I have been examining the regional law bar students in Bordeaux for the last 10 years. Part of their European cursus is to sit a legal english oral exam in front of a jury. Taken very seriously, it is a major source of stress for most of them. Stress takes many forms - nervous laughter, facial sweats, near tears, speedy speech or even slow motion diction. One young candidate arrived before the jury yesterday, beautifully tailored black suit, mother's pearls, etc.... Her presentation had been rather wooden, but that was just the stress speaking. The content was brilliant. Discussing "causality" in slow, steady, careful English, she had meant to answer my question affirming that an affil