So, the other day I heard "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on the radio. But it was in Estonian....I think. Languages are hard -- and there are so many of them. I wanted to buy some fabric softener, but I couldn't tell which bottle to buy (There was no cuddly bear on the front of any of them). I looked on the back and there were fourteen languages on the back. 14! And I didn't have any chance at all with a single one of them. Not even some norsk or espanol for me to stumble through. Needless to say, my towels are not huggably soft. *sigh* I should probably do some research before attempting to buy things next time.
I'm in a women's choir here in Tallinn. It's a little difficult, because the instruction is in Estonian, as are most of the songs (the rest are in Russian :p), but everyone is incredibly nice. And I love to sing :) obviously. We'll be recording the songs we are singing, so hopefully I'll be able to share some with you!
missing home, missing you,
jennywren
Are you still huggably soft?!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I'm the best person to answer that question, but after an impromptu test, I think I can conclude with reasonable accuracy that, yes, in fact, I am still huggably soft. *sidenote* I can't believe Firefox doesn't think 'huggably' is a word. Silly browser.
ReplyDeleteI have a friend in Russia right now adopting and she was looking in her translation book for the words soy and milk and was going to attempt to locate some for the new little boy. We miss you here also. Guess what we have skype on our new cell phones :) Love you bunches Mattie,Brian and little C
ReplyDeleteNo way, I'm also listening to Total Eclipse... these days (blame Glee, I suppose) but not in estonian, please. About the languages, it's the right nemesis for you english-native-speaker: we all have to sweat and swear for rearranging our mind and reading dozens of academic stuff in english, so you have to suffer a little too. (p.s.: I guess you also suffer when you hear/read our very poor english, so forgive us for that)
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