I wish I could speak French just like I can play piano
I talk a lot on Facebook about my inability to speak French. It's not from a lack of technical ability, but from a lack of comfort in speaking French out loud. A lot of well meaning people try to tell me that I "should just try" and that "it doesn't matter if you make a few mistakes" but that's missing the point, unfortunately. Comfort in doing something is not always directly proportional to technical ability. For some people, they can head over to France after a few lessons and take delight in ordering in a restaurant or buying something in a shop. That's just not how I'm wired, and it's not something I'm ever going to be able to do. Or so I thought. Something struck me the other day whilst I was playing the piano. We recently bought a piano for the house - I know, cool, eh? - and I quite often wander into the music room and plonk myself down and play and sing a couple of songs whilst waiting for dinner to cook in the Aga.