Literary – April 15

“She is written in a foreign tongue.”

–Henry James, born this date in 1843.

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist discovers that s/he and a new acquaintance are from two nations separated by a common language.

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1. Kathryn Radford says:

   15 April 2023 at 9:56 am

   A sourthern hunk on holiday in Florida lay by the pool. I heard him chatting with a friend in English. Still I asked if he were indeed speaking English. Grinning by the pool, he replied he barely understood me because of my hard Canadian R. He then pursed his lips to pronounce ‘ooot and aboot,’ as all those south of the border think we pronounce ‘out and about.’ Finally, my American adonis suggested we use body language. I’m a translator, I replied.

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