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Oct. 19th, 2004 02:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conuly
Funny story about my Bonpapa follows!
See, my Bonnemaman was a war bride. She was Belgian, he was American, they met, fell in love, got married, and did not have a baby until 1949. Costa's first language was English, Carmen's first language - I believe her only language at the time - was French. And maybe she knew a little Walloon. Whatever.
And my grandfather wanted to propose to her. But he didn't know how. So he carefully learned how to say, in French: "If I were to ask you to marry me, what would you say?", which is apparently quite a difficult conjugation. He never actually proposed to her.
Okay, it's not that interesting in the retelling. But I always like the story.
See, my Bonnemaman was a war bride. She was Belgian, he was American, they met, fell in love, got married, and did not have a baby until 1949. Costa's first language was English, Carmen's first language - I believe her only language at the time - was French. And maybe she knew a little Walloon. Whatever.
And my grandfather wanted to propose to her. But he didn't know how. So he carefully learned how to say, in French: "If I were to ask you to marry me, what would you say?", which is apparently quite a difficult conjugation. He never actually proposed to her.
Okay, it's not that interesting in the retelling. But I always like the story.
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