Fermez la bouche

Would-be president Barrack Obama stated it’s embarrassing that Americans go to Europe and all they can say is merci beaucoup.



The senator is extremely wrong on this issue. While speaking foreign languages is a fine skill, it is not embarrassing that I don’t. Obama is embarrassed of me and any other American who does not speak a foreign language. I took French my freshman year in high school. I took Latin for a few years. I took Spanish in college. But 20+ years have passed and I am no longer conversant (stated as though I ever was).

The very first foreign words I learned was when I was a young boy . . . so young I still peed the bed. For some reason I spent the night at my aunt and uncle’s house in Easton, PA. My cousins were 10 years or more older than I was. Cousin Sherry apparently was learning French. She taught me a phrase because it was a hoot to have a little boy say it, I am certain. I was a good student as I have not forgotten it.

It seems appropriate to write here. So, Sen. Obama, fermez la bouche.

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