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Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Thoughts both confusing and enlightening.

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Thoughts both confusing and enlightening.

French

elbeno, 10 March, 2011

Yesterday I was asked (by a native French speaker) how long I had lived in France for. Nice to know that all those years of study haven’t atrophied too much (I have never lived in France).

But I don’t speak French as well as my mother did, who was once asked (again by a native speaker) what part of France she was from!

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