I can speak it a little bit. Very badly, to be honest (although my accent is fairly decent, because a French friend of my mum taught me for a while). I did do an A-level in it, but I've not had the opportunity to really use the language properly. I'd love to spend a long while in a French-speaking country, someday, to give me the final push to understanding it.

See, I have this book. It's part of a series that I adored since teenagerhood, about a character called Angelique (see icon - and Rigel knows who I'm talking about - romantic novels, you know). It was originally written in French, and the last book or two have not yet been translated. I've read all the ones in English (fifteen or so), and I own one of untranslated French books, and it's frickin' HUGE. I've never managed to get more than about a quarter of the way through. Absolute torture. I need to know what happens. Every now and then I pick it up and have another go.