I used to be fluent enough in French that I could sit in a Paris cinema and understand (most of) a French film without subtitles. I was hopeless at it in school (didn't even take it for GCSE) but having a French mother-in-law and two holidays a year over there forced my hand.
I've also got GCSE Latin which is about as useful as you'd imagine in the wilds of Tyrone...
I've also got GCSE Latin which is about as useful as you'd imagine in the wilds of Tyrone...
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"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how the Tatty 100 is done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves." - Brendan Behan
"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how the Tatty 100 is done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves." - Brendan Behan