so you had French as a second language for six years. As for the French, well, they are well-known for being disdainful to those they perceive as a non-French speakers.
>Yes Alberta public schools, and all over the city, not in any one >section. When I travel overseas I try to take whatever free time I >have, travel on public transportation, and see stuff, get down in the >alleys, check out the places the locals eat. > >In Italy after my first day I had basically picked up a guide, and a ton >of information in broken French and English. In France I had a hard >time even getting people to acknowledge I was there. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 10:15 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: French Protest > >um, these would have been Alberta public schools? Still. I am sure you >could ask for directions. What part of Paris are we talking about, out >of curiosity? If you were in the tourist areas people may simply have >been Americaned out. That woman shouting across a room about how cute >something was was real, and probably singlehandedly set perceptions of >American back city-wide. FWIW, I was fluent, but my mother was routinely >treated as subintelligent because she was not. As are most non-English >speakers in the US, to be fair. > >It's hard to escape the stereotypes others have of your country when you >are in a foreign country. I can't tell you how many times I had to >explain that no, I had never seen an igloo, not a real one anyway. > >I think this is where Joachim was going. My experience in Denmark was >that younger people tended to speak English and older people spoke >German. And did not want to. As a complicating factor, my German was >just barely good enough to buy food and ask for directions, so I doubt >anyone thought I was German. So he may well be saying something else, as >I suspect he speaks German the way he does everything..... > >>God I hated Paris, and the exact opposite experience. >> >>I learned French in school, not in the 2 years in US high school >manner, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231743 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
