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I never noticed that Camilla Send a noteboard - 24/09/2010 07:05:18 PM

Perhaps, but my experience of trying to use my French in Paris once fairly much put me off. I still use it when I go on holidays and I generally have good enough French to ask for stuff in a shop or restaurant but I wouldn't be up to holding a full conversation.

That's Paris for you. But yeah, the French in general are chauvinistic enough that some of them don't really appreciate tourists speaking intermediate or fluent but accented French. There's a lot of bad things one can say about Americans in terms of languages, but they're more welcoming of foreigners speaking their language than anyone else. Then again, they'd have to be.


I was never met with that attitude in Paris. The city that stands out as a hellhole in that respect for me was Milano. I managed fine inn Italian two whole weeks in Rome, but when I tried it in Milano, I was met with stubborn incomprehension when ordering ice cream. I am still miffed.
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/Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Legolas - 24/09/2010 01:37:42 PM 1469 Views
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Answering the survey myself... Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:04:39 PM 895 Views
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We have a similar situation in Belgium. Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:32:25 PM 794 Views
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That is rather sad to say the least. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:15:32 PM 1040 Views
Indeed Mark - 24/09/2010 06:23:52 PM 852 Views
That's just Paris being a city of nasty people. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:32:40 PM 994 Views
I never noticed that Camilla - 24/09/2010 07:05:18 PM 901 Views
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I didn't mean just in Sweden, or Scandinavia. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:19:32 PM 928 Views
Well... jh - 24/09/2010 10:50:09 PM 834 Views
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Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:04:30 PM 849 Views
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American who just got a C+ on a French quiz reporting in. Ghavrel - 24/09/2010 06:09:31 PM 942 Views
What was it on? Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:22:35 PM 855 Views
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Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) The_Muted_Grimaud - 24/09/2010 09:38:05 PM 993 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) beckstcw - 25/09/2010 05:49:05 AM 1000 Views
Real quick ironclad - 25/09/2010 12:03:51 PM 959 Views
Self-study can be worth as much as formal classroom study, I suppose Larry - 25/09/2010 03:43:14 PM 946 Views
Certainly it can. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:35:56 PM 961 Views
You know, gen eds typically include a language. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/09/2010 07:28:57 PM 381 Views
Yes, but other things as well. Legolas - 26/09/2010 08:08:20 PM 879 Views
Interesting Larry - 27/09/2010 03:14:00 AM 1074 Views
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You don't have to prove it's economically valid? Ghavrel - 27/09/2010 08:31:46 PM 981 Views
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The amount of German is more surprising. Joel - 25/09/2010 07:55:29 PM 774 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Morgawse - 26/09/2010 12:07:19 AM 1041 Views
They should have asked about second languages rather than foreign languages. Tim - 26/09/2010 11:34:27 AM 888 Views
Aye, they should have. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:26:51 PM 979 Views
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