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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 1353 Views
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Answering the survey myself... Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:04:39 PM 774 Views
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We have a similar situation in Belgium. Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:32:25 PM 684 Views
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That is rather sad to say the least. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:15:32 PM 930 Views
Indeed Mark - 24/09/2010 06:23:52 PM 752 Views
That's just Paris being a city of nasty people. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:32:40 PM 900 Views
I never noticed that Camilla - 24/09/2010 07:05:18 PM 792 Views
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I didn't mean just in Sweden, or Scandinavia. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:19:32 PM 819 Views
Well... jh - 24/09/2010 10:50:09 PM 717 Views
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Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:04:30 PM 736 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 842 Views
What was it on? Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:22:35 PM 755 Views
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Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) beckstcw - 25/09/2010 05:49:05 AM 876 Views
Real quick ironclad - 25/09/2010 12:03:51 PM 849 Views
Self-study can be worth as much as formal classroom study, I suppose Larry - 25/09/2010 03:43:14 PM 841 Views
Certainly it can. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:35:56 PM 838 Views
You know, gen eds typically include a language. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/09/2010 07:28:57 PM 332 Views
Yes, but other things as well. Legolas - 26/09/2010 08:08:20 PM 778 Views
Interesting Larry - 27/09/2010 03:14:00 AM 938 Views
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You don't have to prove it's economically valid? Ghavrel - 27/09/2010 08:31:46 PM 870 Views
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The amount of German is more surprising. Joel - 25/09/2010 07:55:29 PM 659 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Morgawse - 26/09/2010 12:07:19 AM 925 Views
They should have asked about second languages rather than foreign languages. Tim - 26/09/2010 11:34:27 AM 773 Views
Aye, they should have. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:26:51 PM 884 Views
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