In this episode, I continue reminiscing about my college days at IUPUI. Specifically this week we talk about my trouble learning a foreign language.

Links of Interest

IUPUI website: https://www.iupui.edu/

Computer languages…

FORTRAN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran

BASIC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC

IBM 360 Assembly Language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC

Algol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC

Pascal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_(programming_language)

PL/I: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I

COBOL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL

PLL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphic_Programming_Language

C: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)

C++: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B

Java: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)

JavaScript: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript

Python: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)

PHP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP

HTML: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML

CSS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS

“Michelle” by the Beatles on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DvYhIotxgOA?si=O3QIkW3l7ejD7RCI

Paul McCartney on “60 Minutes” discusses “Michelle”: https://youtu.be/DvYhIotxgOA?si=O3QIkW3l7ejD7RCI

Paul McCartney sings “Michelle” to Michelle Obama: https://youtu.be/mF_fjhiPXbc?si=v4bWDzOsweCuKNC1

“It’s Not Easy Being Green” Kermit the Frog original version: https://youtu.be/rRZ-IxZ46ng?si=hgYmTBAuh1yHeMI3

Andrew Bird sings “It’s Not Easy Being Green” in French: https://youtu.be/8ehISMOqcdw?si=cXxLfklh0y9clBih&t=23

Ray Charles sings “It’s Not Easy Being Green”: https://youtu.be/KHR6HkHySWY?si=5dIpRTCwH2jPMb9-

Conjugating the verb “to be” in French: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/verb-conjugations/etre/#:~:text=sois-,Present,%C3%A9tant,-tu

Various Google translations…

“It’s not easy speaking French”: 

https://translate.google.com/?sl=fr&tl=en&text=Ce%20n%27est%20pas%20facile%20parlant%20fran%C3%A7ais

“How do you find rock music?”: https://translate.google.com/?sl=fr&tl=en&text=Comment%20trouvez-vous%20la%20musique%20rock%3F

“I look for it in my room.”: https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=fr&text=I%20look%20for%20it%20in%20my%20room

“It’s Not Easy Being Green”: https://translate.google.com/?sl=fr&tl=en&text=Ce%20n%27est%20pas%20facile%20%C3%A9tant%20vert.

“I’m full”: https://translate.google.com/?sl=fr&tl=en&text=Je%20plein

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