Originally posted by janeyo
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Seriously though, the GCSEs etc may have improved things but I still remember having some French vocab to learn for homework and one of the words being for a half burned log - now I can't say I've needed that phrase very often in nearly 40 years of English speaking so it's highly unlikely to be essential vocab abroard. We also learnt a lot about some local house thief who always wore a stripey jumper on the text book. I think anybody would have found that hard to feel inspired by. Did an evening course a few years ago and learnt far more as that was round general useful conversation and much more fun.
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