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Happy Belgian National Day

21 July, 2006
Posted in: Princess

Me: So Daddy and I will be home all day today to mind you.

Her: No work?

Me: In fact, today is a holiday, it’s July 21, Belgian National Day.  Nobody has to go to work.

Her: Not you, not Daddy, not Aunty Pub Exec…

Me: Actually, Aunty Pub Exec probably does have to go to work, it’s only a holiday in Belgium not in England.

Her: And Aunty Pub Exec is English.

Me: No she’s Irish.

Her: But she speaks English.

Me: But we speak English and we’re Irish.

Her: Except Daddy, he’s French, he speaks French.

Me: Well, he speaks English to me.

Her: Really?  I didn’t notice that.

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  1. pog says

    21 July, 2006 at 11:17

    These little polyglots – don’t even notice which language they’re chatting in. Fab.

  2. sister in law says

    21 July, 2006 at 11:39

    AWwwwwwwwwwww!!!! That’s so sweet.

  3. Katja says

    21 July, 2006 at 12:04

    Truly multilingual, your daughter – I am most envious!

  4. Katherine says

    21 July, 2006 at 14:57

    I am curious. How many languages do you speak? I myself speak Spanish, English and some french and Italian but looking into becoming fluent.

  5. Brother Lawrence says

    21 July, 2006 at 22:00

    She has insouciance down to an art.

  6. kristin says

    22 July, 2006 at 01:37

    how does one say ‘my spots itch’ in gaelic?

  7. em says

    22 July, 2006 at 14:30

    Hilarious!

  8. belgianwaffle says

    26 July, 2006 at 22:40

    Thank you all very much. Katherine you’re clearly new here as to give me an opportunity to show off like this is foolhardy. Ha, ha..I am a native English speaker (which I hope is obvious) and I speak good French and Italian, what for CV purposes would be called “working” Irish and German and can understand a bit of Dutch and Spanish. And eh, no Kristin, I don’t know how to say “my spots itch” in Irish, that would not be a “working’ context..

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