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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 1213 Views
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Answering the survey myself... Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:04:39 PM 648 Views
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We have a similar situation in Belgium. Legolas - 24/09/2010 02:32:25 PM 552 Views
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That is rather sad to say the least. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:15:32 PM 821 Views
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That's just Paris being a city of nasty people. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:32:40 PM 773 Views
I never noticed that Camilla - 24/09/2010 07:05:18 PM 659 Views
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I didn't mean just in Sweden, or Scandinavia. Legolas - 24/09/2010 04:19:32 PM 676 Views
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Interesting. Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:04:30 PM 614 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 717 Views
What was it on? Legolas - 24/09/2010 06:22:35 PM 619 Views
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Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) beckstcw - 25/09/2010 05:49:05 AM 739 Views
Real quick ironclad - 25/09/2010 12:03:51 PM 713 Views
Self-study can be worth as much as formal classroom study, I suppose Larry - 25/09/2010 03:43:14 PM 717 Views
Certainly it can. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:35:56 PM 722 Views
You know, gen eds typically include a language. *NM* Ghavrel - 26/09/2010 07:28:57 PM 277 Views
Yes, but other things as well. Legolas - 26/09/2010 08:08:20 PM 658 Views
Interesting Larry - 27/09/2010 03:14:00 AM 819 Views
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You don't have to prove it's economically valid? Ghavrel - 27/09/2010 08:31:46 PM 736 Views
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The amount of German is more surprising. Joel - 25/09/2010 07:55:29 PM 535 Views
Re: /Survey: Foreign language knowledge in Europe (and elsewhere) Morgawse - 26/09/2010 12:07:19 AM 803 Views
They should have asked about second languages rather than foreign languages. Tim - 26/09/2010 11:34:27 AM 638 Views
Aye, they should have. Legolas - 26/09/2010 12:26:51 PM 759 Views
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