tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12043376.post4164841330392379694..comments2023-09-10T11:10:04.130+02:00Comments on Angela in OZ: If You're French, this Post is Probably Going to Piss You OffAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08517218658953992674noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12043376.post-68134427533622454952010-04-26T21:54:06.417+02:002010-04-26T21:54:06.417+02:00I just read your post, so I am a bit late to comme...I just read your post, so I am a bit late to comment. But if it makes you feel better I’d like to say that I have lived most of my life in the USA but I still have a strong French accent. When I meet someone they always say “where are you from?” which I think is kind of rude when you don’t know someone, but then if I don’t pronounce a word 100% right, I’ll have to repeat and repeat. I could tell you many stories about living in the US as a French expat – many from quite rude Americans. French people may not all be friendly, but there are many more like them here in the US. Actually I was fired from a job because I had a French accent.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12043376.post-42855432777235940462010-03-25T09:11:28.740+01:002010-03-25T09:11:28.740+01:00I lived in Paris myself for a while (I'm Austr...I lived in Paris myself for a while (I'm Australian), and whilst it was a dream come true, I can't say that the French were the warmest of people. Bit snobby and affected. Had a French boyfriend who loved how natural and down to earth I was.Contented Singlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362053632652210997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12043376.post-83504567119545350342010-03-23T22:05:38.839+01:002010-03-23T22:05:38.839+01:00Zhu-I have a friend. He's French, has lived in...Zhu-I have a friend. He's French, has lived in France or London his entire life. French is his mother tongue. He learned English at school and then became an English teacher. One night, I went to a party with him and he was speaking to other French people, in French, and occasionally translating a few words or sentences for me. When he stepped out of the room, all the other people starting exclaiming that his French was pretty good, but that his accent was a bit Canadian...he's never lived in Canada. They thought just because he was speaking to me in a British accent (when he spoke English), he couldn't possibly be French. We laughed and laughed and laughed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517218658953992674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12043376.post-66174835518790221842010-03-17T03:10:24.519+01:002010-03-17T03:10:24.519+01:00I must be masochist: I read this post and couldn&#...I must be masochist: I read this post and couldn't wait to get pissed off as a French!<br /><br />But... must be my Canadian side. I just found myself nodding all along. Trust me, I understand and agree: French people are slightly neurotic when it comes to the so-called proper language use.<br /><br />When I visited France a few years ago, my parents' friends made a point of making me talk for like five minutes and then stated: "yes, you got some Québécois accent". Er... how? I live in Ontario and seldom speak French (that was before I taught French). Never mind. To them, I was bound to have a Québec accent so that was it.<br /><br />In Paris, I occasionally spoke English in stores because I was tired of people ignoring me when I spoke French (I was going back and forth between the two languages because of Feng). Never mind people's English was terrible. It seemed like they'd rather embarrass themselves speaking a foreign language than risking to hear me embarrass myself speaking... yep, my mother tongue.<br /><br />Oh, and ask any Québécker... they absolutely hate when French people perfectly understand what they mean but correct them anyway.<br /><br />Don't worry. I'm sure your French is just fine. French are just a bit weird...<br /><br />Oh, and a last anecdote I just remembered: I sent Feng to buy some stuffs at the boulangerie once. He has never learned French, he just knows a couple of words he picked up here and there. He pointed to some croissants, pain au chocolat etc. saying s'il vous plait. It was pretty obvious he didn't speak French... yet the boulanger gave him a whole 15 minutes long French language lesson!<br /><br />Er... sure, thanks :-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12043376.post-63308014917560372192010-03-16T15:18:30.656+01:002010-03-16T15:18:30.656+01:00He would have loved my one year of French I took i...He would have loved my one year of French I took in 9th grade...buffalodickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00663035745368682736noreply@blogger.com