Wild Dingo-1
082/365- Lac Leman, Morges, Switzerland
“Who is this Savadear I keep hearing about?” Mr Wild Dingo had whispered that very question, which had been burning in his mind for so long, to a Francophone at work when we were living in Switzerland. Bemused, the Francophone laughed. “Not ‘Savadear,’ ‘Ça veut dire,'” he replied. The expression literally translates as “it wants to say” but actually means “it means.” Since that time, Mr. Wild Dingo had progressed so much that he could give presentation at work entirely in French. I was so proud of him!
This is one of my most precious memories of living abroad, before I knew I had been sick with Lyme Disease. I was not only having trouble progressing in French, but even English was getting difficult for me. Lyme was triggering huge memory gaps causing me forget simple words and phrases even in English. “Ça veut dire” would come in handy for a person struggling with Lyme Brain trying to learn French! Over the years it grew worse to the point I couldn’t read and I could barely write in English.
Today, under treatment, a lot of my cognition has returned but I still have a long way to go.
www.wilddingo.com/2012/05/15/who-is-savadear/
082/365- Lac Leman, Morges, Switzerland
“Who is this Savadear I keep hearing about?” Mr Wild Dingo had whispered that very question, which had been burning in his mind for so long, to a Francophone at work when we were living in Switzerland. Bemused, the Francophone laughed. “Not ‘Savadear,’ ‘Ça veut dire,'” he replied. The expression literally translates as “it wants to say” but actually means “it means.” Since that time, Mr. Wild Dingo had progressed so much that he could give presentation at work entirely in French. I was so proud of him!
This is one of my most precious memories of living abroad, before I knew I had been sick with Lyme Disease. I was not only having trouble progressing in French, but even English was getting difficult for me. Lyme was triggering huge memory gaps causing me forget simple words and phrases even in English. “Ça veut dire” would come in handy for a person struggling with Lyme Brain trying to learn French! Over the years it grew worse to the point I couldn’t read and I could barely write in English.
Today, under treatment, a lot of my cognition has returned but I still have a long way to go.
www.wilddingo.com/2012/05/15/who-is-savadear/