Friday, May 11, 2012

Which "loving tongue"?


Which "loving tongue"?


Speech; an intriguing thing.
Communication of thought relies on it.
(I'll admit thought intrigues).
but
Choosing a second language, difficult step.
Which to choose? There are many, interesting;
Malayalam, Russian, Indonesian, Sanskrit, Latin or Berber.
Bob Dylan sang "Spanish is the loving tongue",
French is 'the language of love', they say, although 
I'm guessing Monsieur Sarkozy may be using
words not so loving right now.
so...
speaking a second language, tried it myself. Not easy.
"want I onions 3 cost of 5?"
must have sounded lame
to the locals!
So when youngsters 
give language a go
we can hear words so humourous
strung together;
"I can speak English now".
... "een hoy tut tut tu ip odd dada ip"
Classic. Understanding? Words! Thoughts! Ha!

1 comment:

Hi, thanks for reading my poetry and thanks for your comment.