Thursday, March 8, 2007

How to Speak like You're Gargling Water

Yep, Frau Abercrombie is from Heidelberg. Though, of course, that's not why I'm going. I can't wait to hear all about everyone's Spring Break trips. We'll all have exciting trips to talk about! Not that Eating a Banana isn't exciting, or course. ; ) Anyway, I don't really have a lot to report today. My seminar yesterday was really frightening, because I had to get up and give a mini presentation. I think I did okay, though. Afterwards, I went to the cafeteria with a guy from Singapore named Damien. Then, I attempted to find this movie theater that shows films in the original language, so I could watch an English movie. (The normal theater here dubs all the movies, which I find really annoying. I hate watching films where the sound doesn't match the actor's mouth movements. Subtitles are so much better). I couldn't find it, and so I went home and I had nothing to do, because, you know me, I had already done my homework. Sometimes being studious isn't a great thing.
Today in class, our teacher spent a good deal of time working on our pronunciation. She said you should pronounce the vowels as if you were gargling water or trying to get phlegm to come up. We all had to practice doing that. It sounded really gross. Oh, well. That's what I get for choosing German over Spanish.
Okay, I think that's it for now. Sorry nothing really interesting happened, but I should be able to report on fun stuff this weekend. Wiedersehen!