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# Do they even know how smart I am in French?
- URL: https://multitasked.net/2026/09/05/do-they-even-know-how-smart-i-am-in-french/
- Published: 2026-09-05T08:01:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-05T08:12:39.000Z
- Description: Do they even know how smart I am in French? And how sad I am to be deprived of my very dear puns?
- Author: Martin De Wulf

When talking with native speakers, I'm often reminded of this clip of Gloria in Modern Family: 

Do they even know how smart I am in French? And how sad I am to be deprived of my very dear puns?

It works both ways, too. When I'm the native speaker in a meeting, I have to remember that my colleague in Bujumbura or Dakar might be making the same effort I do in English, and probably doing that in their third or fourth language. 

At least in writing, the computer now checks my grammar, but I still struggle to come up with the puns.