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chemicalfan Escribi�:

Wait, isn't that stash's line?

;-)

OK, English humour i guess???

Sorry guy, but i havent understand....... but you know french guy..... not capable to speak others languages than French.....

chemicalfan Escribi�:

Wait, isn't that stash's line?

;-)

nice pun :D

An accident but I'll take it X-D

I want to go to Together.. but im only 15 :(

I'll probably go next year when im allowed to travel on my own :D and if the year goes as fast as this.. then it should be no time :D

Dini tu m'emmenes dans tes bagages ? :D

DiniDeLaMuerte Escribi�:

chemicalfan Escribi�:

Wait, isn't that stash's line?

;-)

OK, English humour i guess???

Sorry guy, but i havent understand....... but you know french guy..... not capable to speak others languages than French.....

Well I can ;)

And Chris and yourself !! But i agree - many parisians ( I say parisians cause i dunno bout the rest of France ) don't speak English or simply dont care. But no worries Dini , that was just an inside joke ;) It's normal that u dont understand that even if you were Japanese!

French sucks at foreign languages... We have one of the most weired language on the planet and we can't even learn english, which is pretty easy :-/

i dont speak anything except english :( i fell so ignorant when i go abroad sometimes, i end up speaking very loudly and pointing in the hope that they will understand more.



but then having said thast they usually speak english anyway, so its kind of a wasted effort :P

Pointing is a really good way of telling people what you want. When I used to work for BK, and foreign people came in, I'd much rather they pointed than stood at my till for half hour (during lunchtime rush) trying to find the right words, and to say them so I could actually understand them (a lot had really heavy accents).



Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with foreign people coming here for a holiday, but some didn't seem to know their limitations when it came to speaking English. :?

Ben_j Escribi�:

French sucks at foreign languages... We have one of the most weired language on the planet and we can't even learn english, which is pretty easy :-/

*shrugs* I found French rather easy to learn. Perhaps it is difficult to master, but it didn't seem difficult at all to learn. I've nearly completely forgotten to speak the language over the past 5 years, but I could read books and write essays competently at a high school level in the language.



Quebecois French is messed up, though. Very bastardized form of the language. Like American English, I guess.

iguanapunk Escribi�:

chemicalfan Escribi�:

Wait, isn't that stash's line?

;-)

nice pun :D

Bwahaha!!



Accidental puns are the best!

Ben_j Escribi�:

French sucks at foreign languages... We have one of the most weired language on the planet and we can't even learn english, which is pretty easy :-/

I took French for a few years in middle and high school. For a year I had one teacher, this guy with a hick backwoods coutry accent so imagine this: "Parlay voo Fran-say" what a joke! Later on I had a teacher who was actually from Paris. I learned a lot and because my teacher was actually French, she really emphasized how to speak using the proper accent (or as close as an American can get to the proper accent.)



I found the basics of the language easy to grasp. My big problem with it wasn't so much the language itself, but I wasn't in the proper environment to retain all that I learned.



But don't feel bad about not knowing another language too well. Here in the States it's not common at all to be fluent in other languages - it's just not emphasized. Unless of course you live with family that speaks nothing but their native tongue inside the home.

whirlygirl Escribi�:

I found the basics of the language easy to grasp. My big problem with it wasn't so much the language itself, but I wasn't in the proper environment to retain all that I learned.

That's precisely it. I now hang out with a fair number of French-speakers (and former French-speakers), but I'd already lost the ability to speak French before I met them.

But don't feel bad about not knowing another language too well. Here in the States it's not common at all to be fluent in other languages - it's just not emphasized. Unless of course you live with family that speaks nothing but their native tongue inside the home.

I heard a lot of Spanish while down there. More Spanish than I hear French up here (which is one of our official languages).

Yeah, we do have plenty of people who can speak Spanish on account of having immigrant families where it's spoken in the home. And California has a massive Latino population, so even the English around here is dotted with Spanish words and phrases.



You get a lot of people who can speak it since a young age but because the focus is on learning and comprehending English, a lot of people who can speak Spanish can't write it. I knew a lot of 2nd and 3rd generation Latinos who couldn't even speak it except for a few words just to get by.



As for foreign languages as a whole, it's just not emphasized in school, especially elementary schools where children at a young age are more receptive to learning it. It wasn't until middle school where we were given the option of either taking French or Spanish.



I was looking into a private school for my son (just for shits and giggles, not like we could afford it) and the one I wanted him to go to taught either Spanish, German or French. But that was private school.



I actually wish I'd taken Spanish instead to be honest. I'd have gotten a lot more use out of it outside of school.

French was mandatory until middle school here and was then optional. We have a lot of French immersion and a few true French schools here in Winnipeg. A lot of my friends went to either immersion or French schools. I just took it as an option throughout high school, but did rather well.



We finally got our first Spanish school a couple of weeks ago.



English is by far the dominant language in Winnipeg, but French will serve you well in certain parts of town, incl. where I live.



In other parts of Canada, Japanese and Chinese are definetly the unofficial second languages of British Columbia and French is the dominant language in Quebec (and not far from in New Brunswick). Indigenous native languages are common up north.

Ben_j Escribi�:

Dini tu m'emmenes dans tes bagages ? :D

Pourquoi pas????..... dommage que tu n'es pas pu venir..... inutile de te dire que c'est le genre de soir�e m�morable!!!!! :P

Jeanie Escribi�:

And Chris and yourself !! But i agree - many parisians ( I say parisians cause i dunno bout the rest of France ) don't speak English or simply dont care.

French people (the previous generation (my parents)) and older do not care about foreign stuffs....) i mean their parents always told them that France is really nice to live, lovely, our solidarity care system is (was) one of the best of the world......so that s why they did not have many interests learning foreign languages..... but this is changing..... and more and more french teenagers and young adults are used to speak few words of one or two others languages.....

Jeanie Escribi�:

But no worries Dini , that was just an inside joke ;)

No worries Jeanie, that was just a bit frustrating to not understand inside jokes!! while speaking about that, what "stash's line" means????

mippio Escribi�:

i dont speak anything except english :( i fell so ignorant when i go abroad sometimes, i end up speaking very loudly and pointing in the hope that they will understand more.



but then having said thast they usually speak english anyway, so its kind of a wasted effort :P

Precisely, old chap. All these foreigners understand English, they're just too lazy to speak it unless you shout very loudly. Flapping your arms a lot helps too.