Entry #7

Lack of confidence and mistakes (begining of the internship).

Bill - Hi Wallis !
Me - Hi Bill !
Bill - How are you doing ?
Me - Euh... I am fine.
Bill - What did you do this weekend?
Me - I am... I was... I do... I did my homeworks and I sleeped but I am tired.
Bill - «I slept» not «I sleeped».
Me - Slept. Thank you Bill.
Bill - How long do you stay today ?
Me - Three hours.
Bill - Cool ! I drink a coffee and we will do the door to door. Ok ?!
Me - Yes.

More confident and much less mistakes (end of the internship).

Me - Hi Bill !
Bill - Hi Wallis ! What is up ?
Me - I am fine and you? I am going to stay three hours today.
Bill - I am doing fine thanks ! What have you done this weekend ?
Me - I slept, I did my homeworks and I went out with friends. Lots of things actually!
Bill - Have you been in the old port ? There is a big ice rink. It is cool !
Me - Really ? I did not know but now that I know I will go.
Bill - And do you know «Igloofest»?
Me - No what is it ?
Bill - It is a big event in Montréal, there is electronic music and lot of people.
Me - Nice ! When is it ?
Bill - I do not remember exactly...I think it is on january and february. We will check later. Today we are going to the door to door and talk about expressions ! But I will finish my coffee before.
Me - Ok. Wednesday it is my last day so I will make crêpes for everybody so...
Bill - Sew buttons !
Me - So buttons ?!
Bill - S.E.W. It means «coudre». When someone says «so...» you say «sew buttons» !!
Me - S.E.W ?! I would not pronounce «O»!
Bill - Yes I know that many people does not pronounce it correctly. All set ?
Me - Yes !
Bill - Let is go !



Ah-ha moment.

Bill - We need to find arabica coffee for Julie. Let's see...
Me - Here it is !
Bill - Yes ! We have what we were looking for so go to the check-out line!
Me - Check-out line ? Is it not waiting line?
Bill - Oh you can say both.
Me - What is the difference ?
Bill - Check-out line is to pay for purchases. Waiting line is a line when you are waiting for something not only to pay for purchases like if you are waiting to enter somewhere or if you are waiting in your car at the border of the United States...
Me - Oooh I understand ! But it is weird...
Bill - Why ?
Me - Because there is just one word in French for both ! Whether you are waiting to pay for purchases or because there are too many people in front of you, it is «une file d'attente»!
Bill - It is interesting ! But what is «queue» ?
Me - Oh it is the same thing. «Queue» is just colloquial language !
Bill - Oooh cool !!!