by Elizabeth BoquetI m thinking of giving up. It would be a kindness to myself; I ve been trying to master French for 40 years now. But how do you give up a foreign language when you live in one of its foreign lands, like Lausanne, Switzerland? And your family, friends and neighbors speak that way to you not to mention your dentist, plumber, mechanic, mailman, kids teachers ? Maybe I could go on strike for a day: just stay home and Skype English-speaking friends, read untranslatable...