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Originally posted by techweenie
That's certainly the view you get if you watch Faux, or the Cartoon Network (DARN that Pepe Le Pew!).
The French love me. If they criticize my pronunciation from time to time, I don't take it personally. They criticize each other's pronunciation, as well.
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Frenchies are allright once you figure them out and once you cover the language barrier , by speaking french yourself, even poorly... they aren't that difficult to deal with either...
i deal with them in my job , cause i'm the only french speaker in my team, and the reason for them not speaking english IMHO is not based on not willing, but mostly shyness, insecurity about their pronounciation of english and lack of practice(dubbing films in french for instance is not helping them )...almost all of them are fluent writing and reading it... and i'm sure they would be good speakers if only they got over the initial discomfort and insecurity... probably a lot better then most foreigners who try french actually..., the frenchies in our office, are quite good at english, the ones that visit too, and the girls make it sound very hot...(try calling any company in france, ze girls at ze reception... it's like they select em for the ability to sound hot on the phone, no kidding )
if anything, France is high up on my list for a place i might move once i got my things in Holland wrapped up... it would be a definate upgrade in quality of cuisine and style... all i need is the right vacancy in an outfit outside Paris, which i simply want to avoid due to it's unfriendly nature towards driving cars and owning cars ( traffic jams and lack of affordable parking )...