French flashback

[susandennis]

I was just on hold to Bank of America (yep, again - wonder how much of my life has been spent this year on hold to Bank of America?? hmmmm) anyway, they were playing a French Christmas carol that I hadn't heard in years.

In high school, I sucked at French (along with most everything else) but also like everything else there it was an excellerated course of study. We were taught it all. (Even though I sucked at it, when I got to college, I was immediately placed in advanced classes and I wasn't totally lost.) Come Christmas time, we ate French Christmas cookies and sang French Christmas carols. I don't remember merde of my French and would not have thought I had any of those carols in my memory either.

But, the music was an instrumental version and I discovered that I remembered all the words....

And, I have finally been added to my Mom's Bank of America credit card so now when they screw up, I can just pick up the phone, get on hold and, eventually, find out what the problem is.

Comments

[geordie.livejournal.com]

Ah French. I studied French from 11-16 which was 1973 to 1978, and then got a U (unclassified, off the bottom of the chart) in my final exam. But I still know some French, despite my best efforts not to learn it. I hated the teacher I had for my last two years with a real passion, the one before that was good and got me up to 52% which was well into the pass band. Despite that, 25 years later I can still trot out appropriate French phrases from time to time. Who'd have thought.

[susandennis]

Me, too, about the odd phrase here or there. I'm pretty sure that school somehow injected stuff into my DNA.

Is this it?

[spiritgirl.livejournal.com]

Un flambleau, Jeanette Isabella....?

La, la la

Le Christ est Ne, Maria Apelle,
La la la

Don't check my grammar/spelling, but I'm singing and humming along!

Re: Is this it?

[susandennis]

Not that one (this one has a lot of turalura lie, turalura lee in it) but that's a good one. I remember it, too!

[pinkfish.livejournal.com]

I was betting on "Jesu Christ s'habille en pauvre"

Do you remember any of the real words to the one you heard?

[susandennis]

You know, I just tried to get it even phoenically and it's gone - I have the tune and the turaura's - your words, however, fit the scat - they are the count to fall just before the turaura's.

Le noël français...

[(Anonymous)]

...c'était lequel? Celui que je préfère, c'est «Il est né, le divin enfant». Je l'aime beaucoup!

--Thom