👉 "Okay, first things first," I say to my friend on our phone:
"I have this really fun idea for a new game that we can play together." "Well, what's the plan?" he asks. I look at him with a grin and ask, "What do you think about 'Anglo-French'?" "Okay, so 'Anglo-French' is when your friends all speak in English but use French words. It sounds hilarious to me," he says, nodding his head. "It's like we're using the same language for different purposes," I respond. "Well, I don't think that's true," he counters. "So, let's go with this fun idea!" I say, excited about our new game. "Okay, great! What do you think is the hardest part of playing 'Anglo-French'?" he asks. "I think it's being able to pick up on everyone's dialect and understanding their accents," I say, nodding my head. "Oh, that's tough. Let me tell you an example sentence from one of your favorite games." I say. "Sure thing," he says. He points to a scene in the game where I'm playing English with someone from France: "What's 'L'Appartement?'" I look at him and say, "Ah, that's just a French phrase for 'The Apartment,' it's the third person singular form of 'the apartment.'" "So, when you use 'L