I had a meeting on Tuesday for Tanzhautnah (that class I am teaching in October) along with all the people dancing and teaching in the festival this year. Oy, my German was so bad that night-- all mispronounced words and forgetting what crazy verb I had to stick at the end of the sentence. NOOOOOOO! Plus, I had to explain in German what a contredanse class is and why it is so fun, and I can barely do that in English. The best I could come up with is 'folk dance', 'square dance', 'two lines', 'jumpy', and 'pas de bouree'. Some perople did seem pretty interested in baroque dance anyway, as much as they could understand from my mangled German.
It also seems that the German Sarah Edgar still does not know how to take the subway. I mastered the NYC subway in about 2 months, but since I ride my bike all the time, the trains here are still a bit of a mystery. I did manage to memorize the number of the line that passes by my apartment, but I still get confused about the direction. That means that since my bike is currently a little under the weather (blue stuff was gushing out of the tire when I tried to put more air in it... not a good sign, eh?), I took TWO wrong trains today, and got lost while walking. Luckily I walked in a big (half an hour) circle, and could start again from the beginning.
By the way, Jeremy is doing fantastic with all the science. He's such a fancy pants that he is giving a talk at Cambridge in a couple of weeks. Yay!
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Good for Jer!! Is it Cambridge, England 0r Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA?
Once you show them a dance, it will be fine. Isn't dance a universal language?
You're just out of practice riding the subway.
totally out of practice-- and it doesn't help that I am dismayed that I have to pay when riding my bike is free + exercise!
Jer is going to Cambridge, England. The original!
Sarah, when do you have time to practice for all of the things going on? You have worked really hard and it sure sounds like it is paying off!
So, Jer, when are you going to England? You haven't been there yet, have you? You are getting close to being in more countries than your Uncle Herb, or at least making a dent in his list! I would like some details if you please.
Sarah, I know how you feel about trying to convey ideas in another language. We have a group that meets once a week to practice sign language. Last week a deaf man we know came to the class, and I kept trying to introduce myself with a "P" instead of a "K"! Lots of other dumb mistakes- you sort of get in a hurry and the "words" leave you!
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