2004-06-15 
 

jamais

Stopped at a crosswalk moments ago and heard a French woman directly behind me laughing heartily and saying, "Non! Jamais!"

The man she was with then confirmed, "Vrai?"

To which she replied, "Jamais! Jamais!" and continued chortling while he pronounced, "C'est l'Americans!"

Point being that I wasn't expecting to hear French at 7:30 on a Tuesday while staring up across the street at 24 Hour Fitness, and my interpretation of the conversation went elsewhere.

"No! Show Me!"
"Free?"
"Show Me! Show Me!"
"Say 'La Merry Can'!" (Which is when the tiny, but present, French part of my brain kicked in and translated what thought I heard into what had actually been said.)

An aural illusion of sorts. Like when a vase you've been staring at suddenly becomes two faces talking. The bummer is that this hiccup in translation caused me to miss exactly what she said next. Extra frustrating because I'm pretty sure she was reiterating exactly what it is that Americans never do.

That's all, just another random moment in the life of Mike.

* posted by me at 11:22 PM

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