French swear words

I can hear you thinking: why don’t you study French in France? Because I don’t want to be in interpreter, so I can make do with the French spoken in Belgium. The southern part of Belgium is just above France and the people there speak as good French as they do in France.

Yet I am studying French in the Flemish part of Belgium in the little student town Leuven. Why?

1. because it’s only 20 km away from the French speaking border
2. because on August 15, they have a great open door rockfestival in the center of Leuven called MarktRock
3. because like this I have the opportunity to teach non French speaking people French (quite impossible to find people that don’t speak French 20km further in the French part!). And you do need a lot of student money as the Euro keeps on rising compared to the dollar
4. because Leuven is a very cute cozy little town
5. because Leuven is only a train ride away from London
6. because I was obliged to learn Dutch, which means 1 extra language under my belt

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Your best bet will be that you will be able to snore in French if you ask me

Anyway, I always put on French music when I go to sleep. I put the music very soft so I sleep in rapidly and don’t get disturbed at night with it.

Does it work? Well, they say that it works when people want to quit smoking: they need to listen all night to a tape that keeps on repeating “you are smoke-free”.

My 2 cents is that when you make yourself a habit like putting on a French tape at night in order to learn French, you are focused on what you want to achieve when you go to bed. Being focused is always a way to success!

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