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How to Learn the Language of Love on Netflix (With Added Nudity)
Every night I learn how to smoke, swear, and make sophisticated love on TV
They slow-dance across my screen at three-quarter speed, the continuous noise of their dialogue slowly separating into distinct words, some of which I’ve heard before. For a few seconds, I follow along. Then my eyes flit down to the subtitles, or, more often, get lost in the (always beautiful and often naked) actors, or the Parisian back-drop, or else my phone hits me in the face after I’ve dozed off to the soft poesy of the language.
But I persevere. Because I won’t go to to my grave speaking only English. It’s so dull. Blah, blah, blah, laptop.
Here’s why I’m learning French (again), why God told me to do it, and why I’m doing it on Netflix (while watching French people “do it”).
Why Am I Learning a Language At 53?
How dare you.
Learning a language can help you to think differently. Language informs our world view. We explain our reality with it, often badly. Our prejudice, biases, and understanding of the world are all filtered through language.
In French, a group of men and women is just called a group of men. That’s one example of…
