[Scene: In the car, on Rte. 35. It is dusk, and the Suze and I are going to dinner.  She has just finished a conversation on her cell phone.]

Me: Who was that?

Suzi: Oh, that was my mother.  She finally figured out how to get around my website.

Me: What did she think?

Suzi: She really liked it, although she had some comments about my resume.

Me: She was able to read your resume? [Suzi's mother was born in Brazil and still struggles with English]

Suzi: Yeah, I guess so.  She laughed when she read the part about how I'm fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.  [Suzi is often derided by other members of her family for not speaking Portuguese as well as they do.]

[beat] Me: How do you say fluent in Portuguese?

[long pause]

Suzi: I have no idea.