Well, that was, um, educational
Oct. 18th, 2010 12:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
highlyeccentricPrompted by Tarimanveri's adventures with RadioFrance podcasts, I have been listening to French-language podcasts from Radio-Canada. Well, just one, so far, and only a third of it at that. Comprehension, it is slow, and requires repeat listening.
So far, I have gathered this much:
Charming guy with hilarious Quebecois accent interviews another guy about stuff. Other guy has even more ridiculous accent.
Other guy, Pierre, is an arachnologist working for an American company in Texas. They talk a lot about speleological missions, geological movements, and biodiversity. And also, i think, about the trials and travails of working in Texas. And about a comic-book character, at one point.
The only part I really understood was the mini-lecture on "la taxonomy systematique".* The arachnologist is very passionate about systematic taxonomy.
For some reason they seem to have made a round table joke at the end of the segment, but I can't figure out WHY. Maybe I'm mishearing things.
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* Are you proud of me, Trojie?
So far, I have gathered this much:
Charming guy with hilarious Quebecois accent interviews another guy about stuff. Other guy has even more ridiculous accent.
Other guy, Pierre, is an arachnologist working for an American company in Texas. They talk a lot about speleological missions, geological movements, and biodiversity. And also, i think, about the trials and travails of working in Texas. And about a comic-book character, at one point.
The only part I really understood was the mini-lecture on "la taxonomy systematique".* The arachnologist is very passionate about systematic taxonomy.
For some reason they seem to have made a round table joke at the end of the segment, but I can't figure out WHY. Maybe I'm mishearing things.
~
* Are you proud of me, Trojie?