But, if you took--and a few of you

不过如果你你们有的人
have heard me say this before so forgive me--

可能以前听我说过这样的那先担待着
in 1789 if you tried to guess how many people spoke French,

在1789年有多少人说说法语
in France, you might come up with eighty percent as a guess

在法国你可能猜百分之八十
or ninety or whatever--it was about fifty percent.

或者九十或者随便多少其实是大概百分之五十
Some people were bilingual. So, what did they speak?

有的人说两种语言那么他们都说什么
Well, start anywhere you want. Breton, which is a language

从哪开始都行布列塔尼语
that has nothing to do with French at all--

这个语言和法语没有任何关系
here, oh I've got a really funny story I was going to tell about

这我准备讲一个特别有意思的故事
a Breton priest,

是关于一个布列塔尼牧师
a French speaking Breton priest,

说法语的布列塔尼牧师
but that's for another day.

不过这以后再讲了