Norway might not be accurately described in this map. While walking through the airport, every airport worker kept trying to speak to me in Norwegian. I don’t know any words in their language. It would be cool if I did, but I don’t. Anyway, they always looked confused, repeated themselves more slowly, and waited for a response from me. Eventually, I realized one of them was asking me about my backpack.
Not all Germany is like that. I was in Freiburg last winter and the can’t/don’t want to speak English. Only the most tourist places would speak English, I guess.
“Je ne parle pas français” There you go, everything you need.
Imagine if French people learned English and chose to speak it online/in-game instead of assuming everyone speaks French as if it is still the lingua franca.
This is what one of Edmond Dantes alter egos did in the Count of Monte Cristo. “Lord Wilmore” was an eccentric Englishman who understood French perfectly well, but refused to speak it:
… Lord Wilmore appeared….His first remark on entering was, “You know, sir, I do not speak French?”
“I know you do not like to converse in our language,” replied the envoy.
“But you may use it,” replied Lord Wilmore; “I understand it.”
Parle vu English…
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The weird thing about knowing a foreign language is sometimes u might offend people for trying to speak their mother tongue when they’re working on their English, so like unless you are in a country where that’s the spoken language, it’s super awkward any time you want to actually use that language that you learned.
I mean, this is what you call a power move.
Croissant, baguette du fromage, rien rien.
C’est la vie
Va swinger la bacaisse dans l’fond d’la boite à boîs
I did that to Russian language.
I actually did this
If a French-speaking person gives you shit for pronouncing words in French wrong, dare them to say “LinkedIn” in the presence of your English-speaking fluency and try to not humiliate themselves. Maybe first bait then with one they can do, like “Facebook” before crushing their spirits.
Like we could get mean with “squirrel” or “thorough” or “hedgehog”, but those are less reasonable that they’d have fucking consistent practice with.
I just have them speak my name. Lived in France for 12 years now and not 1 has got it right.
“Pardon my French”
Absolutely not
