Entering HIS world.

Sitting «　criss cross apple sauce　», books all around, let’s get started.«　Well dressed, speaking many languages, someone who travels a lot, but above all someone that is able to speak intelligently about things that don’t matter at all.　»That is his idea of a classy gentleman.
This young man whose dream job would be writing for the New Yorker magazine, because he finds it “sophisticated and prestigious”, started French because he thought it would «help [him] meet girls　», «　I wanted something exotic, I could have chosen Chinese but Chinese is a little bit TOO exotic.　» French seemed to be perfect «　everybody here in the US learns Spanish, I wanted something else.　» French is exotic but above all it is classy. «I thought it would allow me to appear like a classy gentleman. That I would gain respect that it would make me sounds smart and intelligent as not everybody is able to speak French here in America.”
“I am not from a classy neighborhood” and from what I was able to see of Greg, it seems that he was always quite attracted by this idea of being or looking good, fascinated by those gentlemen in suits, always well dressed and who looked so intelligent.
I don’t think Greg needs French to look classy.
Not one of the French interns at Normandale French Immerssion School, Greg speaks really good French as he has spent a year in France. French helps makes him feel like “a sophisticated traveler”.
“It feels good in my mouth” not a common way to describe what one think about a language but terribly accurate! Isn’t it exactly what you feel when speaking English? None of us interns from Normandale, Valley view, France, Spain, Columbia are native English speakers and I think most of us would agree with this statement: “It feels good in my mouth.” Whether you think that when speaking English or when speaking another foreign language that is why you like speaking it.

Speaking with Greg was quite fascinated, and even more for me who is not a native English speaker, even when he speaks you can tell he has something for words. It seems that every words he chooses to talk about something fits perfectly and that no other word would have describe it better. While listening to him answering my pretty common questions, I felt like he was telling me a story and I was devouring everything he was saying.

Looking forward to read his first article in the New Yorker!