Last week, I snubbed the British, with a little help from the Americans.
Admiring Whistler's Mother at the museum, an Englishwoman standing next to me said breathlessly to her husband, "English, wasn't he? I remember reading about him!"
"American!" I said, calmly, because at moments like these, it is easy to make the mistake of overemphasis. "You can read it here, born in Lowell, Massachusetts" I said pointing.
The woman looked unsurely at me first, then her husband.
"I used to live in Lowell" I added modestly, administering the coup de grace. That's French for the final blow.
'Oui' is another French word I know. It means 'Yes'. Other French words I have learnt from a French film dubbed into English are 'Voila', 'O0lala' and 'Yes Yes Yes More More More'.
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