Français 101
Oui, d’accord (Yes, okay) If you’ve ever moved to a new country and don’t speak the language, the best way to integrate with some passable ease is to appear agreeable. Oui, d’accord. Yes, okay. This ensures the other person that not only am I willing to agree with them, but also hides the fact that I’m unable to follow up with any probing questions. This is the first and possibly last phrase I’ll ever utter in French. Oui, je suis d’accord (Yes, I agree) In an unintended move to mirror my life with that of a personal hero, David Sedaris, I left my comfortable confines of an increasingly suffocating LA for the lush seaside of northwestern France. As some have joked I left the west coast for another west coast. The perfect irony lies in the fact that I have always proclaimed myself as a) not a beach person and b) a city girl. Not only am I choking on my own words, now I need to do it in a foreign language. Sedaris writes with great visual effect about his experience living