A bit of background...I was in French (Immersion and Francophone) schools from Kindergarten until grade 7 in Ontario and Quebec. After that I was in English schools in Ontario, California and B.C.
What is interesting to me, by being back in a french environment, is how certain words or things are triggering old memories. Even silly words.
For example, I saw the word "Cahier" in a newspaper. For me that brought back a flood of memories of going back to school, being in school, growing up going to school. The word "Cahier" just means "book" and it is what used to be printed on all of my small notebooks that I had in Ontario and Quebec.
I had the same sort of flashbacks when I encountered:
* La mouche noir
* Hearing the song "Petit Papa Noel"
* Seeing the book "Les adventures de Nicolas"
I wonder if things in my memory are stored associated to their language -> so the fact I am here is triggering those memories. Or if it is just simply that I haven't seen these semi-common french triggers in english life.
What is also weird, and possibly related to this, is that lately I have also had some dreams about people that I have not seen since that time. e.g. Family friends like the Hordyks.
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