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Do you know what they call French kissing in France?

[ Of course you don't. That's why Ariadne is going to tell you. ]

There are a few different names for it -- "baiser profond", or deep kiss; "baiser avec la langue", or kiss with the tongue; and "baiser amoureux", or love kiss. In Austria, French kissing is slang for oral.

Any questions?

Comments

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Sounds like Australia and Austria might have some things in common.

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They should. I've had enough of your countrymen assume they're the same place.

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[ There's a slight wince. ]

I'd rather not claim them as mine. This is why I went to school in Europe, you know.

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It certainly allows you a wider scope for pretension.

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I like to think that it allows for more time away from my parents.

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[Well played.]

...I went to school in London.

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[ She tries. ]

Paris. Hence the French lesson.

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Ai-je raté le début de cet engouement parler français?

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Peut-être.

[ But then she laughs. ]

It's mostly Spanish back home, though, and that's less of a fad and more of a "you'll never get a job if you don't speak it" thing.

[intheblanks]

I'm getting more practice in here than my last trip to Verbier. Don't know much Spanish beyond the kind of abuse you get when you're doing something that hurts.



Medically.

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[ She's doing her best not to snicker. Really. ]

I don't much, either. I can say 'hello' and 'goodbye' and count up to ten.

[intheblanks]

However will you find gainful employment.

I make no apologies for quoting Mean Girls.

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Luckily math is still the same in every country.

Never apologise for quoting mean girls.

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But you might need to count higher than ten.

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But not outloud in Spanish.

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I'll keep my fingers crossed.

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Very kind of you.