Friday, December 18, 2009

Mi Espanol Es Primitivo

This week finds me working on my Spanish speaking skills. Are you surprised? Well, I am! Yes, I took ten hours of college credit Spanish as an undergrad oh so many years ago. But, like many of my peers, I took the courses but never practiced further than I needed in order to pass. And truly, in late ‘70’s St. Louis, there were not many opportunities to connect with people whose first language was Spanish.

But along comes a wedding between a native St. Louisan and a native of Columbia (the country, not Columbia, Missouri!). Upon learning that some members of the bride’s family are travelling here for the wedding, knowing little to no English, I decided to dust off my language skills in order to have some parts of the ceremony be bi-lingual. Thanks to the Microsoft Word program which offers translations and to the bride who made some adjustments, I will be speaking, for better and for worse, some Spanish at tomorrow night’s ceremony.

I'm glad that those ten hours of Spanish has finally paid off!

1 Comments:

Blogger Carolyn Burke STL said...

This is awesome Ruth! Does that mean I can recommend you as a bi-lingual wedding celebrant?? I get asked from time-to-time and only have catholic resources.

Carolyn Burke - Wedding Celebrant

December 20, 2009 at 8:01 AM  

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