In French Quentin is pronounced as 'conta-n' (the 'n' is nasal).
When I called him 'Quintin' as in English some of the other kids sniggered and said he was gay.
That was great because I spent half an hour embarrassing them on the true and developed meanings of the word.
BTW I have lost my voice completely.
Shouting like a loon in French for 6 hours today 'tais toi' ou 'taisez vous' for 32 screaming 15 year olds.
I must be mad to do this job! I've been there 3 weeks already......
I had to tell 2 girls off for kissing (each other.....yes) in the corridor yesterday.....but I did wait a while first.