Not only lived abroad
3 years ago
but stayed abroad.
Just because my ancestors left Europe doesn’t commit me to share their folly. Besides, it’s infinitely more entertaining. My folks used to complain about the “accursed expense of bilingualism”; all the toothpaste tubes and cereal boxes and whatnot that had to be in both French and English. Tsk tsk tsk. Now when I look at a toothpaste tube or cereal box, I enjoy trying to figure out just what anti-halitosis and Corn Flakes are in Finnish.
It’s a life of simple pleasures.
