French village life
May 15, 2008 by elberry
Among my favourites is the Festival of the Pig in Trie sur Baise, north-east of Tarbes. Prizes are awarded to the people who can (a) best imitate the cries of a pig and (b) eat the most black pudding. The record is 1.4 metres of black pudding in four minutes. Both are serious activities and require training.
(from this article by Anthony Peregrine)
i really wish i could speak French. i can read Camus fairly easily, because he has a very lucid and simple style. i can follow spoken French to some degree. i just can’t pronounce it, not at all, not after 8 years of French lessons at school. If i could, i would learn French properly and move to a quiet village somewhere and imitate the cries of a pig, and eat a great deal of black pudding, and all would be well.
