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Like everybody in France under 45 is fluent in English, and who the fuck wants to talk to an older European. Every single French colony without exception is phasing out or has phased out the use of French as France was such an awful colonial power. Did you know that Eclair is pronounced aey-clare? This does nothing for me. I guess some people want to read Les Miserables in the original Foot Mold Language, just like random people enjoy reading Ovid or Cicero in Catholic script.. And just like Latin, fuck that everything has genders and complicated conjugation.

I swear, the French teachers in school were trying to impart the vibe that if we know the French language, French women would have sex with us.

I refuse to defend any facts that I asserted in this essay.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Like everybody in France under 45 is fluent in English

this isn't even remotely correct lmao

Death to America

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

for real. their accent is so thick they may as well be speaking french

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

euh du coup doo yu no wehr is teh bar? I wante a glaseuh of bir

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

OP clearly never met a French person. Even if they can speak English, that doesn't mean they will do it just to conviniance a foreigner.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just cause they know English doesn't mean they want to use it while you're in their country.

Learning a second language is a gateway to living anywhere that's not anglo-burn

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't visit France (unless you're a refugee from Burgerland)

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm a refugee from Burgerland

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BTW, do you get that brand of Anglo expat that doesn't learn the language after living their for years and talks to everyone like a kindergartner in English? Or is that just a global south thing?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

we get them here in hungary, which is not global south but not western europe either. i've always assumed anglo immigrants are just like this everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It must be rad to tell everyone in perfect French how absolutely terrible Amerika is. Do the lord's work!

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I actually like going to france? I seem to be the only person. I also like speaking the language. It is a fun one, very melodic.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Counterpoints:

1: the instruction manual for my guillotine is in French. How am I supposed to figure out where to put a king's neck and where to place his body if I can't read le manuel d'utilisation??

2: Debout, les damnés de la terre

Debout, les forçats de la faim

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Learning a second language is a good thing

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

French is not a language, it's a contagious parasite.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

French women would have sex with us.

That was a warning to stay away from the language.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

and who the fuck wants to talk to an older European.

I-was-saying

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

But only in Russian.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"I want to talk to an older European"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, I'm not even joking when I say this... Well, I don't have plans to learn French necessarily, but one of the big reasons why I want to build my Norwegian skills is for the sake of the older folks who don't speak or aren't comfortable with speaking English. Older folks are by all means a mixed bag — trust me — but I still just like being around and hearing from them generally, and I wish them well, I don't want them to feel lonely or forgotten.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

English vocabulary is 50% French so you're basically speaking 50% French anyways owned

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Learning French gets you many points towards Canadian permanent residency

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would I want to be a northern redneck?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

For affordability compared to the other provinces, and also better family welfare. Plus, it used to be easier to immigrate to compare to other provinces

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

who the fuck wants to talk to an older European.

Me. I love French daddies.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I swear, the French teachers in school were trying to impart the vibe that if we know the French language, French women would have sex with us.

stop already i can only be so unmotivated

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like everybody in France under 45 is fluent in English

Brother, I had to fucking pantomime to ask an 18 year old french guy where the bathroom is at a bar. You have no idea how bad it can be.

On the converse, most french people give English the linguistic respect it deserves which is just speaking french but making sure one word in three is english in the most rotten pronounciation you've ever heard.

w.r.t. former colonies it is a shame because i got to connect with a lot of arabic comrades once i got even a beginner's grasp of the language, which was easy because i speak another romance language. Yes i know how it sounds "boo hoo, why do i have to step out of my western chauvinistic bubble in order to engage with the arabic world"

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Mais ce simplifie l'etude d'espagnole thonk-cri

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well yeah, but that's not really a bad thing. I think learning a language is good, regardless of whether you actually have a use for it.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most people who speak French aren't French. The majority of Francophones are in Africa, but there's also millions in the Caribbean and the Levant. I still feel like it's useful for those places

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

From your lips to god's ear brother let-em-cook

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Welp, I learned French before English and it makes it easier. Also, it helps with Spanish and some degree Russian.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The British, the French and the Germans are the best examples of Euroid Lib smugness. I hate them all

france-cool anglo-burn germany-cool

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