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GypsyDeath
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 Posted - 07/26/2004 : 08:25:20
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I didnt want to reply to this topic beofre...since i am a native english speaker, but since everyone else has, thought id add my two cents.
I recently have this fascination with france. I mean, im going round the whole of europe probably next summer, but theres something about france...I wish I had studied french more intensely at school, and like cheeseman, im going to take a course in it, and hopefully be able to speak a little better..
I didnt know there was different forms of french in france itself...so what one do they teach the english? I guess it must be the parisian one, since when ive been to paris they seem to understand what im talking about. Is it that much different?
I find accents particularly interesting. Irish accents I love. However, in england its self, its so odd how there are so many accents in such a small place...I agree, nothereners can be difficult to understand, they dont seem to pronounce half the words. Brummies (birmingham) and scousers (liverpool) I have difficulty with.
Cockney im fine with. I do find that alot of the time my accent sort of, erm offends people. Ive managed to sort of 'common it' a bit now, but it still slips through. the only god thing is I can speak oh so very english when talking to foreignersm, and they love, and since i have a thing for accents, it all works out pretty well.
heh
My new friends they dont belong here,
My old friends, they didnt want to stay
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GypsyDeath
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Posted - 07/26/2004 : 08:29:54
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Ok, my appauling typing in that last post is a little more embarrasing than normal in a thread with people who can type much better than my self when its their second language. I apologise. But how good does it make you guys look!? So im not gonna edit.
My new friends they dont belong here,
My old friends, they didnt want to stay
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 07/26/2004 : 09:02:35
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Originally posted by GypsyDeath
I didnt know there was different forms of french in france itself...so what one do they teach the english? I guess it must be the parisian one, since when ive been to paris they seem to understand what im talking about. Is it that much different?
Ah... it's not exactly like that. I mean it's not Mandarin versus Cantonese or Castillan and Aragonese versus Catalan or whatever. We have regional streaks like any language, and a handful of actual regional languages (in Brittany, Corsica, Picardie, Occitanie...).
When I say I don't understand some people from Pas-de-Calais, it's not because they speak a different language, it's because they have such a thick accent. Besides, they speak very fast. Of course it's very different when you've been lucky enough to get a "higher education". I'll never have problems communicating with Monsieur, Frog in the Sand, Etienne or Denis, but I might find myself struggling to understand the guys who empty my trashcans two times a week.
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