Comments on: Will Tom Ever Speak in different Tongues? http://www.thomasso.com/2010/01/12/will-tom-ever-speak-in-different-tongues/ Life in Fort Langley, BC, Canada (near Vancouver) Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:07:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Diane http://www.thomasso.com/2010/01/12/will-tom-ever-speak-in-different-tongues/comment-page-1/#comment-23577 Diane Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:23:38 +0000 http://www.thomasso.com/?p=2533#comment-23577 Tom - You have my complete sympathy in your (desperate) attempt to learn another language, French. How I wish I knew more than this English I stutter. I believe you have missed that little window of opportunity in age where the brain can absorb the complexities of a second language. Here is some really feeble advice, and quite a stretch. When I was in a voice class I could not sing, too inhibited, until I pretended I was a singer, and voila! I belted out a song. When my nerves were shot and I had to drive a huge truck I was terrified I was going to kill someone. After I went around a corner with two wheels over the curb I pulled myself together and pretended I was a professional race car driver. It worked! Is that too much of a leap to pretend you are French? Okay never mind, I go back to my best, original advice which is to get a French girlfriend, tout suite! diane Tom – You have my complete sympathy in your (desperate) attempt to learn another language, French. How I wish I knew more than this English I stutter. I believe you have missed that little window of opportunity in age where the brain can absorb the complexities of a second language.
Here is some really feeble advice, and quite a stretch.

When I was in a voice class I could not sing, too inhibited, until I pretended I was a singer, and voila! I belted out a song. When my nerves were shot and I had to drive a huge truck I was terrified I was going to kill someone. After I went around a corner with two wheels over the curb I pulled myself together and pretended I was a professional race car driver. It worked!

Is that too much of a leap to pretend you are French?
Okay never mind, I go back to my best, original advice which is to get a French girlfriend, tout suite!

diane

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