lack of use
Jul. 11th, 2014 12:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
baronessekatThis morning has been a harsh reminder of how much you forget when you don't use the skills.
Back in High School I was borderline fluent in Italian.
We have clients in who are from Italy. While they speak English just fine, I have heard them talking to each other in Italian. Apparently I smiled at just the right moment when I understood what one of them said and they asked me, in Italian, if I spoke the language.
After 25 years of not really speaking, reading or hearing it, it was all I could do to be able to say "Capisco multo, parlo cosi-cosi" "I understand much, I speak so-so".
Part of me wishes I had kept it up. Today is a prime example. But when you have no use for something in over 25 years, there doesn't seem to be a reason/point to keeping the skills fresh. Sadly.
Back in High School I was borderline fluent in Italian.
We have clients in who are from Italy. While they speak English just fine, I have heard them talking to each other in Italian. Apparently I smiled at just the right moment when I understood what one of them said and they asked me, in Italian, if I spoke the language.
After 25 years of not really speaking, reading or hearing it, it was all I could do to be able to say "Capisco multo, parlo cosi-cosi" "I understand much, I speak so-so".
Part of me wishes I had kept it up. Today is a prime example. But when you have no use for something in over 25 years, there doesn't seem to be a reason/point to keeping the skills fresh. Sadly.
