How I Dearly Love to Laugh!

Today, I was reminded of how important laughter is for the soul. I had two French classes today and everyone just seemed to be in such a silly mood. In our first class, we talked about the institution of marriage in France. Naturally, we proceeded to discuss homosexuality in France. Level 4, which is my level of French here, does not possess the most eloquent of French speakers. Most of us like talking, but it is more likely that we will be misunderstood rather than understood. So, we end up having some pretty entertaining discussions. For example, today, one of the girls from Russia, who is particularly loquacious, suggested that a good age to marry is 18. She went on and on about how "it is necessary" to marry at this age. Our French teacher was a little shocked, but this was nothing in comparison to the next comment. A guy from China piped up during our discussion and said that he liked transvestites. What he meant to ask was, "what is a transvestite?" Our professeur got a kick out of that one. So many things get lost in translation. I really couldn't prevent laughter from this point on. I ended up spending the rest of the day laughing at myself and admittedly at others. It just struck me today for some reason, how hilarious and at the same time, how awesome it is to hear a roomful of different accents struggling to speak French. I love it!