“No.” said Serena slowly, doing her best to annunciate and raise the decibel level with each syllable. “That wasn’t what I meant.”
“Oui!” replied the French man enthusiastically from behind the market stall, fish still in hand as he gesticulated wildly. “Le poisson! Oui! Oui!”
“Non. Non.” Serena felt the blush creeping up her throat as people began to stare. “Non poisson. Non poisson! Non Francey! Noney Francey!”
“Oui poisson!”
“I don’t want the bloody fish!” Serena screamed, throwing her hands onto her head and scrunching the large-brimmed sunhat between her fingers. “I asked where the ferry was! The ferry!”
Lol! Poor Serena
Yes, poor Serena. It’s awful when you can’t communicate what you want to say.
Carol, this really made me chuckle. Good use of your 100 words. What made you think of it? Fab! Mrs W
I’m trying to do an hour of French each evening to improve my linguistic abilities.