I don't think so? It's Gruss who thinks French kids are models of politeness. Perhaps you're thinking of that. The French were pretty rude to my mother, who never did become fluent. I didn't have much of an issue but most people thought I was French. Possibly from Alsace, a few of them. I *did* say that to some extent the French have a point. Also that Americans do the same in the US.
As for learning the language -- I think their attitude is more or less that you should do it well if you are going to do it. Six years of Alberta public school French (the significance of this being that it's not a French-speaking place) probably gave you a good vocabulary but a heavy accent. Just speculation, but it would explain your results. Please note that I am not dealing right now in whether they *should* act this way -- just whether they do. Dana >So wait weren't you just defending the French as saying this wasn't >their normal behavior? > >I'm sooooooo confused, I need to go back over this thread. > >Damned weekends. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:48 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: French Protest > >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 >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 >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, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231823 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
