tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post3432696414767280522..comments2024-03-28T16:10:19.842-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: On Secret LanguagesJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15094474120099147412009-07-24T06:43:58.909-04:002009-07-24T06:43:58.909-04:00Lyn,
I never learned Morse code, what a mistake!
...Lyn,<br />I never learned Morse code, what a mistake!<br /><br />Mike, I'm totally jealous of your daughter, I wish I'd come to live here when I was still that age.<br /><br />And Rhys and everyone else who is truly fluent in another language, *I AM TOTALLY JEALOUS. <br /><br />I got to speak French all day yesterday to my French friend Anny, but she is unusually patient. I'm starting to be able to understand the newscasters, but I think true fluency is still many many Pimsleur tapes and years here away.Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-36151049480608528162009-07-22T20:18:30.122-04:002009-07-22T20:18:30.122-04:00And Rhys, that's hilarious.And Rhys, that's hilarious.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31701433979130663842009-07-22T20:17:55.070-04:002009-07-22T20:17:55.070-04:00My best friend in confirmation class and I (age 13...My best friend in confirmation class and I (age 13) went on the class trip to New York City. When we went to the UN, we pretended we only spoke French so the tour guide would have to give the tour in French AND English. <br /><br />I saw her recently (ny friend, not the guide) for the first time in 20 years...and we both still howled with laughter about our silly prank. We thought we were so funny.<br /><br />Thebats sbo fubunny, rebebbie!!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63529719728162908742009-07-22T16:37:59.457-04:002009-07-22T16:37:59.457-04:00From the fourth grade on, Morse code was the langu...From the fourth grade on, Morse code was the language my best friends and I used. The tin-can-and string business failed miserably--who has waxed string? But then we found flashlights with very delicate switches and we were in business. Not nearly as cool as French. I wonder exactly why it is better to be thought Canadian than Americaine? Safer, maybe?Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00696725323601926389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6939769615492756362009-07-22T15:49:01.452-04:002009-07-22T15:49:01.452-04:00My mom, dad and relatives used to speak a secret l...My mom, dad and relatives used to speak a secret language when they didn't want the kids to understand - it was called Italian!<br />Never learned it! Learned French instead. Wow, I really spited them!!<br /><br />Jan - My daughter leaves for Amien, just north of Paris, to teach - guess what? - English at the University there!!! She was supposed to teach in one of the grammar schools there as well, but her work visa limits her hours. You and she would have fun speaking French. She speaks 5 languages. Talk about a secret language - when she is with her Chinese friends they suddenly begin speaking Chinese. Her and her boyfriend (another English teacher for speakers of other languages) often times break into French. My son's secret languages are Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish. An then there is my favorite - Turkish! I'm the only one who knows any in my immediate family, so that's fun.<br /><br />So, I live in a family with many secret languages...<br /><br />MaxWriter - Loved your story!! My son lived in Florianopolis, Brazil for 6 mos. studying on an art grant at Santa Catarina Universidade.Mike Vecchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00016079615702702269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66920937819219436622009-07-22T13:25:08.968-04:002009-07-22T13:25:08.968-04:00Interesting, Jan. My husband has had emails blocke...Interesting, Jan. My husband has had emails blocked from his cousin in the South of France. I hadn't realized before that someone actually monitors and blocks emails. I thought that went against free speech etc!<br /><br />When I was about ten, my best friend and I used to speak imaginary foreign language to each other on the bus, waving our arms a lot and saying things like "Ish gosh yapurdl spekno?" I don't think anyone was fooled.<br />But when I toured youth hostels in Europe with a college friend we would pretend to be Finnish (as that's a language pocket and nobody can speak it) and we'd speak mock-Finnish to each other if annoying guys were hitting on us.<br />I'm actually bilingual in German and English and my daughters and I speak German when we don't want the kids to understand--actually also when we don't want my husband to understand!Rhys Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663634889908752121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46106229830276308932009-07-22T09:10:17.931-04:002009-07-22T09:10:17.931-04:00When I was young, my parents used to use French wh...When I was young, my parents used to use French when they didn't want my sister and I to know what they were talking about. That didn't work for long.<br /><br />When in another life I was an art historian, I used to visit France every other summer or so. I was immensely flattered when somebody mistook me for a Canadian when I spoke French--it was so much better than being labeled Americaine!Sheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73498097433230455862009-07-22T08:17:31.295-04:002009-07-22T08:17:31.295-04:00Hiby Hibank!
Yybes webe dibid dabubablle tibalk li...Hiby Hibank!<br />Yybes webe dibid dabubablle tibalk libike thibis. Wybe ciballed ibit giboose tibalk!<br />Cool post--or rather cibool pibost!Rebbie Macintyrehttp://www.rebbiemacintyre.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87741923128194240272009-07-22T07:33:49.160-04:002009-07-22T07:33:49.160-04:00We used pig Latin, but our parents understood us! ...We used pig Latin, but our parents understood us! Sigh...<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76193983156631957282009-07-22T06:56:11.719-04:002009-07-22T06:56:11.719-04:00I spent a year in Brazil as an exchange student li...I spent a year in Brazil as an exchange student living in a family where no one spoke English. I was a very young 17 and learned Portuguese almost natively. Two other American girls were in the same city on the same AFS program, and we spoke English in public as our secret language. Imagine my embarassment when we all returned to the US and were on a bus in New York City, and I said out loud in disgust in ENGLISH, "Look at those typical Americans!"<br /><br />EdithEdith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66555312389793019792009-07-22T06:14:05.785-04:002009-07-22T06:14:05.785-04:00Dub-ank,
I-ub dub-o.I-ub ub-think.
Ub-janDub-ank,<br /><br />I-ub dub-o.I-ub ub-think. <br /><br />Ub-janJan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5376652281186801822009-07-22T06:12:02.208-04:002009-07-22T06:12:02.208-04:00Hi guys,
I tried to comment yesterday and Blogger ...Hi guys,<br />I tried to comment yesterday and Blogger wouldn't let me. I tried three different users and passwords, even the Jungle Red Special code. Maybe it doesn't trust my French and thought I was an Internet spy (is there such a thing?). Anyway, will try to upload more pix, but have to do it from Lannie's computer because I have a little one that doesn't have any photo programs. Also, I get internet access only once a day, so it's all very tricky.Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48567805065661449252009-07-22T02:36:26.850-04:002009-07-22T02:36:26.850-04:00And Yabba Dabba Doo to you too! You guys are scari...And Yabba Dabba Doo to you too! You guys are scaring me. I "don't know much about the French I took" (google Sam Cooke or rent Witness - two classics) ..or the Spanish..or the Italian, for that matter. I've turned in to a Pimsleur speaker..if they don't have it on the cds I probably don't know how to say it!<br />I am working on my Kiswahili..and my Kigogo. No lofty conversations yet, just the basics.<br />Jan..I'm jealous of your sunflowers in the marketplace! More pix please.Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86568681744216302572009-07-22T00:24:19.059-04:002009-07-22T00:24:19.059-04:00OOh. Dboo yabooo tbalk dabubbablle tabalk?OOh. Dboo yabooo tbalk dabubbablle tabalk?Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.com