Merde!
I cannot speak French and it is extremely unlikely that I will ever learn to do so. There are a few words I know, but I can neither speak nor understand French well enough to carry on a conversation with even a first semester student who is taking the language. Yesterday, it occurred to me that this means I will never be appointed to the Court of St. James. The American Ambassador to England isn’t called the Ambassador to England, he or she is the Ambassador to the Court of St. James (Bless the English) and the Court language is French. It isn’t that this was ever on my to-do list, but I’d like to think I’d be ready for most things if asked. Alas. Please accept this post as my preemptive attempt to strike my name off the list of possible ambassadorial candidates.
Mercy boo coo
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Let's see; Her Excellency (your name here) United States Ambassador to the Court of St.James. I wonder if there's a title for the spouse of said ambassador? Excellent.
Unfortunately, your title would be "and spouse" which is actually cool because then I'd get to introduce you wherever I'd have to go on my ambassadorial tours.
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