tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37109749.post680939231216529078..comments2023-04-27T04:11:49.166-04:00Comments on La Fille en Rose: John ought to wash his neckLa Fille en Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06404320940708873166noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37109749.post-70717475285841949802008-04-03T19:38:00.000-04:002008-04-03T19:38:00.000-04:00it's not funny ! ;) you have no idea how hard it ...it's not funny ! ;) you have no idea how hard it is for a french person to speak english !! we don't have it ANYWHERE. everything is synchronied on tv, cinema etc.. so no english in our surrounding, if we want to learn, we need an extra effort ! so people just give up.. and the accent is so hard, lets take the "th" sound, in french if you speak french with that "th" sound, it means you have a pronounciation defect, so in english class, people are ashamed to say "th" so they go "Ze cat" "Ve cat" and so on.. sad sad sad..<BR/>i am french, living in Denmark, where even homeless people are fluent in english, no joke, and i am having such a hard time pronouncing words (in english) that i developped a huge stutter, made of shame/stress/french factor so please, give us a break !!! hahaFifikoussouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439651017775500784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37109749.post-38141577155580408672008-03-27T13:14:00.000-04:002008-03-27T13:14:00.000-04:00oh man... even current grammar books still have se...oh man... even current grammar books still have sections about 'shall'... it is insane. <BR/><BR/>other gems:<BR/>- i have had two older french people ask me what my 'christian name' is. i had to laugh before i figured out they were asking what my first name is. how crazy they were taught that in school! 'what is your christian name?' 'it is tom'. HUH?<BR/>- a friend borrowed a lycée level english book from a friend, i think it was published in the late 80s/early 90s, and in a little game about nationalities, there was the N word. just hanging out around 'french' 'german' 'chinese' and some colors... we couldn't believe it.A Tankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081358741196043358noreply@blogger.com