Is that what “pointy” means? 
If so it’s my least favorite aspect of French, no doubt about it.
I didn’t really mean it in that way. I just meant it sounds ‘clean’, because there are no really guttural or harsh sounds (unless spoken by a husky old man, or something). But that’s just my personal preference, and I’m probably biased because it’s the only other language I can speak.
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And don’t forget the R why is that letter so different across Europe?
I think that’s the reason why Italians prefer Spanish over French. It’s more similar, but it’s also easier to pronounce. Well, except for the B/V thing which might be confusing. And the J. And the LL.
You know what? *Beep* foreign languages.
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Yeah, if you can’t speak English, don’t beeeeping speak at all! 
Well… January 29th, 2017. Munich. Stragula pub.
Meeting with Ron Gilbert in person, flesh-and-blood.
He stares in front of me, I was blocked (and excited), in my mind there were so many sentences in italian and I wasn’t able to translate them in english, suddenly I got anxious and thought: “Will he understand what I’m going to say? Or will he just smile kindly to me, without having understood a word? What if I will say something too stupid? And if he will tell me something, will I be able to understand?”
Then… he did the first move:
- “Can I take a picture of you? With and without your glasses on?”
He was clear. Every single word was well pronounced. So I answered calmly “Yes, of course”.
Then I asked him some other things. Even if I did some grammar mistakes, he kindly corrected me. I was relieved.
But I admit… that time, I was almost terrified not to be able to speak English!
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Awww! I’m glad it went well in the end 
Were you dressed as the hotel kid?
(I’m not the one with long hair)
I had the glasses of Zak McKracken (or the Hotel Kid, those are the same)
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The real-life counterpart of your forum avatar! Cool!
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Yeah, I was mocked by the german guy of Adventure-Treff for this suit, but who cares.
I have no idea why. You look great!
He was explaining something in german, then he addressed me and asked me, in english:
- “Where are you from?”
Me: - “Italy!”
Then he spoke in german, and the final sentence was him (dressed in black) saying: “WE… German. HIM… italian!” (audience laughing).
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How ironic, when it looks like he could hardly speak any English himself 
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Ahh, I ended up in that kind of situation several times while I was living in Germany, where I panicked and couldn’t speak in the foreign language.
The moment that first comes to my mind is when I went to get my eyebrows waxed, in the beauty section of a department store. I went up to them, immediately forgot the word for “eyebrows”, and then froze up for at least ten seconds. Afther that awkward moment they assumed I was English, and luckily they could speak it too. So all went well. By the end I was a lot calmer, so I thanked them in German - and they gave me such a weird look 
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Still better than my parents that after seven years of coming to Zurich to visit me insisted on thanking and greeting in Italian. That nerved me.
Fortunately I now live in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland
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I love it, although I have to say it looks a bit sweaty.
My jacket?
Oh wow, that could’ve gone wrong. You could be telling us a story about how you lost your eyebrows instead! 
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Yes, it has a bit of a polyester-y glow to it, unless that’s just the light/camera. 
Oh wow, can you imagine!
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I know this is very off-topic(*), but: Why do women wax or tear out their eyebrows?
(*) Well, maybe the screams during the waxing procedure are some sort of pronunciation…? 