English and ‘new’ music
I’m constantly amazed at the world—its languages and cultures. Mostly, I’m thankful English is the ‘internationally’ accepted language. I can speak, read and understand English:). However, the past month has brought varied experiences with other languages and I have enjoyed those VERY much! 1. Sitting in a hotel conference room in Albania listening to English but the ‘murmurs’ all around the room of translation (many wearing headsets) into Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Romanian! Beautiful, humbling and music of a new kind. 2. Riding in a bus to a volleyball game with a team speaking Bulgarian, Chinese, English and Hungarian in the back. Then with the driver telling stories in Hungarian and a bit of Russian to an American understanding just the Russian but smiling and nodding his head for a solid hour. Classic - yes, but beautiful music. 3. Walking the streets reaching out to the women working there and their ‘boyfriends’ driving up speaking in angry Hu