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Show Notes
Gitane is French!
French-Canadian to be precise. She grew up in an entirely French-speaking area of Canada and says she didn't truly learn English until she moved to Santa Monica and no one spoke French!
French to English. How does that work? How do you move from speaking (and thinking in) your birth tongue to speaking (and maybe thinking in?) a different language. Aside from the spelling and pronunciation, there is also a difference in philosophy between French and English. Dr G used as an example the first book she ever read in English -- The Little Prince. In the English version, the fox says "there is a secret place ..."; while in the original French version, the fox says "there is a mysterious place ...". (Gitane highly recommends this book as something to help one think about serious matters in a light way.)
Gitane is a KDRT producer. And a Davisite with an interesting back story. (Our life-story interview aired on 2024-10-24. The idea for this discussion of French led from that chat.)