Tonight we went to dinner with the parents of a friend who is Belgian. There was a lot of conversation despite the language barrier, but I felt bad since I couldn't offer even a bit of pigeon French. However it was interesting to observe the verbal gymnastics as everyone tried to communicate.
At one point the word 'spy' came up which the French speakers didn't recognize and the English speakers found difficult to translate. Someone blurted "James Bond" as an explanation and the word was immediately clarified. It's funny that people can take years of language courses and ultimately a movie is most effective at cutting across the language barrier.
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