A little Belgian culture

[tagh]

A great tradition in Old Liège:

[Char]

Well I'm embarrassed to say that I had to give up half way through as I couldn't catch much of what was being said.
It made me realise how much I rely on reading lips and body language to communicate in French - I've found it a bit tricky during Covid with everyone wearing masks.

[tagh]

Plus the Walloon dialect can be a bit challenging, Char

[Blaze]

Wonderful stuff !
Interesting about the lip reading, Char. I think we do it without realising - it's the same on the phone, you can't see the expressions. Also, some people do mumble behind their masks !!

[Pathca]

Well I'm embarrassed to say that I had to give up half way through as I couldn't catch much of what was being said.
It made me realise how much I rely on reading lips and body language to communicate in French - I've found it a bit tricky during Covid with everyone wearing masks.

One of the less recognised side effects of Covid,especially if dealing with hearing impaired people ,some of the mimes I have done this last two years would put Marcel wotsisname to shame

[Spardo]

Wonderful stuff !
Interesting about the lip reading, Char. I think we do it without realising - it's the same on the phone, you can't see the expressions. Also, some people do mumble behind their masks !!

I absolutely concur with that, I dread my phone ringing in case I am mistakenly rude to someone who I really need to talk to. I usually fall back on 'je suis anglais et aussi un peu sourd, c'est possible de m'envoyer un sms ou mail svp?'

As regards lip reading, yes I am sure I do that too, but also, until a recent 4 days struggling with a new computer's azerty keyboard, I didn't realise just how much of a touch typist I really am. No matter how I stared at it, it was still almost painful to force myself to hit counter-intuitive keys when needing QWAZ and M in particular.