Сontemplation tranquille

Je suis allé au Louvre la semaine dernière où j'ai contemplé la Joconde pendant des heures: elle est magnifique ! //

I went to the Louvre last week where I contemplated the Mona Lisa for hours; she is magnificent!

Today's phrase from Transparent Language made me smile. I just imagined the guy standing there for hours while the museum is teeming with people. I am reasonably sure he'd be ushered out soon enough.

il portait un château

Il portait un château // He was wearing a castle

Many a time when learning a language I misspoke - used a wrong word or pronounced the correct one badly - and caused some amusement. *

Of course I am not alone in it. Yesterday in class one of my classmates confused two similar(ish) words - chapeau (hat) and château (castle). Easy mistake to make, especially since we had just spoken about castles.

It called to mind a rather Monty Python-esque image, so the cat is wearing a castle. He is a bit scatter-brained anyway.

Timur also reminded me that in Time Bandits there is an episode with a giant wearing a boat on his head. Of course it is still very Monty Python, what with Terry Gilliam having written it and all.

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* Well, actually, I can almost as easily do it in Russian too, especially when distracted.

Pensé à un cambriolage

Le salon était tellement en pagaille que j'ai tout d'abord pensé à un cambriolage ! // The living room was in such disarray that I first thought there had been a robbery!

 

At first I drew this pic thinking it's his mum giving him a piece of her mind again. Then I realized that the phrase was all in the past.

So. I think it is one of those visitors who start talking as they walk through the door, and she is talking about someone else's living room room while taking her coat off.

Wait till she walks in this one.

The cat looks sort of guilty. I don't think he needs to feel guilty, he is just artistic and likes pizza and coffee.

(ok, now everything is explained away) .

All sticky

Si tu laisses de la confiture sur la table, ce sera tout poisseux ! // If you leave jam on the table it will be all sticky.

Now, when the Inktober marathon is over, I will start taking things nice and slow.

A phrase comes from Transparent Language again. I like to think of it being said with the voice of Howard's (invisible) mum.