I am not going mad.
It is 1:30 p.m. in the French speaking part of Switzerland.
My children are watching Cartoon Network France.
Tom and Jerry to be exact.
In English.
Just like my brother and I did as little kids.
It must be some sort of conspiracy to teach little French speaking kids English.
********I love hearing the cartoon characters from [...]
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American culture that warms my expat heart
Wait a second…I am still in Switzerland, right?
I just turned on Cartoon Network for the kids.
I heard, “You jerk!”, coming from a characters mouth. Immediately, I had a sense that something wasn’t right.
It took me a couple seconds to realize it was because the cartoon was in English and not translated into French. It is the first time after living [...]





