Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/10/07/werner-herzogs-answer-to-how-many-languages-he-can-speak-turns-dark.html
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Do any of his answers not turn dark?
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On parle français ici!
But he spoke French in the clip! Was the interviewer pointing a gun at him?
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Mais pourquoi?? Of the two and three quarters languages i can order a sandwich with, French is the most fun with which to cause the hearer’s ears to bleed because of my terrible accent. (and besides, Germans immediately want to correct your grammar geworden sein ab)
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Also: Galactic Common
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(Thank you for the correct “polyglot” tag [vs. “linguist”]).
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Depends on how you feel about Disney World.
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“… and that was my first Beginner French language lesson… I’m Werner Herzog and this is my Masterclass.”
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Herzog? Dark?
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Always the optimist…
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I’d like to know when and why he’d previously had a gun to his head and was told to speak French.
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Werner gets shot…
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He describes it in the video clip…but if you want a spoiler
He was held at gunpoint by some drunk/high child solders (maybe mistaken identity), and when he attempted to talk his way out they said they are only speaking French
He does tell it far better then I.
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Your wish is granted: watch the film clip.
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Sacré bleu!
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“Excuse me, sir, do you have the time?”
WERNER HERZOG: I have less and less. I sometimes think back to a time when I felt, for a moment, that I had time enough. I was six years old. We were hungry that winter.
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I regret it. I shouldn’t have done it.
Am I understanding Herzog correctly as saying here that he should have refused to speak French and faced the consequences?
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To be fair, I’m pretty sure his recipe for blueberry muffins would turn dark.
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And yet brings sunshine to my day 
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