Day 5 in Paris
Today is my first official day of class. My first class since May of 2008. It is sort of terrifying. More terrifying is that it's in French and is about local European politics. However, some things are looking up. I have an apartment (yay!), a phone, and hopefully soon, a bank account. What I definitely don't have, as I am relearning, is a name that French people can pronounce.
Introductions in French are pretty straightforward. That is, until I have to introduce myself and say my name. "Andrew" is probably one of the worst sounding and easily confused names when said in French. In the last three days people have thought my name to be, "Ando," "Ander," "Ethan," "Edouard." It's almost come the point where I have to revert back to what I used to do, and just say my name is "André."
Problem is I don't really like the name André either. I figure that if I'm just going to tell people a different name, it might as well be a name I like. Mathieu, which would be my confirmation name in French, might work. Problem is, knowing me, I'd probably forget and then not respond to people calling for Mathieu.
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