Comments on: culotte

By: kate

kate — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:55:47 +0000

Wonderful story – interesting blog. It took me back to those days when my son would get confused between English & French. He does it still … but usually knowing full well what he’s up to.

By: Iona

Iona — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:06:43 +0000

I loved this! too cute.
Kids say the most adorable things. It’s amazing that she has already learned to switch back and forth from English to French for the benefit of you, or those around her, like she knows that what she is saying is just bad enough to elicit an interesting reaction.

By: marina

marina — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:18:05 +0000

A comment on your Guardian article (since comments over there are closed): I believe my fiancé experienced exactly this situation. He had a job interview with a prestigious investment bank in NYC that went very well; they gave him a verbal job offer on the spot. He waited for the formal offer for a couple of weeks, then contacted the recruiter to ask what was going on. They had decided on second thought not to hire him. The only reason he got out of them was that “someone higher up objected to the hire”. We were confused, to say the least. It seemed exceedingly unlikely that he knew anyone in the upper echelons of this bank, and even if he did, that this person disliked him enough to deny him a job. However, he did have something of a blog on his website, where (a) he was openly critical of US foreign policy and (b) he was rather pessimistic about the US economy and the American dollar. We think that this may have been the real reason. As you say, the problem is that we will never know for sure, and the prospective employers aren’t going to tell you. He has now deleted his blog (in fact, his whole website now simply lists his contact information), and sent requests to various internet archiving organizations to please delete any old archives of his site. It’s unfortunate, but there you have it. I am now very careful of what I post online.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:28:19 +0000

This is my first time reading your blog, and I was surprised by your story (on your more serious blog). I recently read in the New York TImes Magazine that a students blogging/myspacing history can be used against the student in their college acceptance. It really brings many conventional things into question. What is grounds for rejecting or firing someone? Scary stuff.

Good luck with your book!

By: ogotaii

ogotaii — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:19:38 +0000

@Horatio
C’est du même acabit que les coupe-ongles dans les avions, c’est trop dangereux. (sic) Les bretelles aussi sont interdites dans la crèche de mon fils par exemple :-)

By: petite

petite — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:18:57 +0000

I’m all about the Glamour, me.

*snorts*

But seriously, it’s not actually out yet, is it? Not in my local kiosk, anyway, where drew barrymore is still on the cover? I’m confused.

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:11:08 +0000

Dawn : it just sounds cuter in a language that’s not yours. I enjoy stories like that in English because I’m French. ;-)

By: jingle

jingle — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:54:08 +0000

Super. Love your humour!

By: dilafa

dilafa — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:34:05 +0000

Nothing to do with this post (even if I A-D-O-R-E Tadpole’s anecdotes :) I have read the article about you in this month’s issue of Glamour (French version). You really have nice pictures there …and they talk about the book deal too !

By: dawn

dawn — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:53:47 +0000

Can’t you just eat her up? Cuteness!! The things kids say and it probably sounds so much cuter in French. Enjoy the innocence.