tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post7556637071311831831..comments2024-03-25T17:27:38.456+01:00Comments on Itchy Feet: the Travel and Language Comic: French ReceptionMalachi Ray Rempenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-72407764637215162032017-05-21T20:34:17.602+02:002017-05-21T20:34:17.602+02:00Completly untrue, we speak as much english in the ...Completly untrue, we speak as much english in the country side, we just tend to be more patient in generalAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060685105716571432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-85322585666662792122016-06-03T01:09:02.284+02:002016-06-03T01:09:02.284+02:00I can make myself understood (though never as well...I can make myself understood (though never as well as I'd like). But when I was in Montreal, I became convinced that Canadian French was beyond me. Cerulean Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212953653794261332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-86015492758874980322016-06-03T01:05:00.558+02:002016-06-03T01:05:00.558+02:00You have just pinpointed why I'm afraid to spe...You have just pinpointed why I'm afraid to speak French in Paris. Cerulean Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212953653794261332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-64934494141768105142016-05-30T12:15:38.068+02:002016-05-30T12:15:38.068+02:00As a French person, I guess it's also related ...As a French person, I guess it's also related to the fact that in Paris a lot of people can speak English. In the countryside, they can't this much. :)OnMyWayTowardsYouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909692741632554447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-55592930295807114442016-05-30T03:27:00.209+02:002016-05-30T03:27:00.209+02:00Hope you didn't take me wrong. I was referring...Hope you didn't take me wrong. I was referring to tourists who picked up a few sentences from a phrasebook or have vague memories of middle school French, not to people who can actually speak French (as I imagine you did after living in France for over 2 years). Plus, I do have difficulties understanding people with strong accents (which is why I try not to take it personally when people don't understand my English).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749989289338343445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-90400650210674493692016-05-29T21:15:57.461+02:002016-05-29T21:15:57.461+02:00Unknown --- that's very interesting, since I d...Unknown --- that's very interesting, since I don't remember a single occasion after living in France for 2.5 years now that a native French speaker has not understood our "broken" French. But I do remember zillions of occasions when we have not understood them, and that is when they switch to English in frustration.teihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04289745868554035019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-33294751286097283902016-05-29T20:32:19.501+02:002016-05-29T20:32:19.501+02:00Fair enough! I guess it's up to the foreigner ...Fair enough! I guess it's up to the foreigner to say, "no, really, let's stick to French, be patient, I'm trying to learn." I have to do that here in Germany all the time.Malachi Ray Rempenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827725501736261649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-67240730707143612532016-05-29T18:35:36.601+02:002016-05-29T18:35:36.601+02:00(To be fair, my English isn't all that intelli...(To be fair, my English isn't all that intelligible either; but I couldn't possibly answer a question I didn't understand anyway, so it was still the better option)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749989289338343445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-43756290184214273432016-05-29T18:31:03.852+02:002016-05-29T18:31:03.852+02:00... And of course I just couldn't tell them: &...... And of course I just couldn't tell them: "Man, your French is unintelligible, I can't understand anything you say. Let's stick to English" ;-D<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749989289338343445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6238329353013891803.post-30510474635020041492016-05-29T18:25:13.077+02:002016-05-29T18:25:13.077+02:00As a former Parisian (not working in retail or any...As a former Parisian (not working in retail or anything) -- I used to switch to English in the hopes that the tourist asking me a question would too . Not because of any snobbishness but because I could understand their native English much better than their erratically pronounced basic French. No disrespect meant; I was just trying to understand them better.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749989289338343445noreply@blogger.com