kelby_lake
04-25-2009, 05:32 AM
She was damned by fair praise- as a girl she had had far too much, and the mannerism and quirks of her youth described as charming were now mere affectations.
Her English was passable. It was slow and considered, spoken beautifully in her childish French accent, but she had the problem that stops most foreigners speaking other languages fluently- her lack of conviction. Often she would apologise, even if her pronunciation was correct, and her faltering English gave the impression that she was a young girl not a young woman.
She insisted on dropping her accent: 'I cannot speak your language in my tongue', she told me.
Her English was passable. It was slow and considered, spoken beautifully in her childish French accent, but she had the problem that stops most foreigners speaking other languages fluently- her lack of conviction. Often she would apologise, even if her pronunciation was correct, and her faltering English gave the impression that she was a young girl not a young woman.
She insisted on dropping her accent: 'I cannot speak your language in my tongue', she told me.