French is not a race my dude.It's weird but that comment is both racist and true
French is not a race my dude.It's weird but that comment is both racist and true
Speaking of countable and uncountable nouns, I cringe a little inside when people say they want "less girlfriends," in a gme instead fewer. Maybe I'd cringe if they said fewer girlfriends too, I don't know.
The term "Francophone" reminded me that many of us in the US grew up with canned "Italian" food from a company named "Franco-American."
There is no race (in the English meaning) in French. That's why French people often use the "racist" word in a different way compared to English speaking people.French is not a race my dude.
Now that sounds racist lmaoThere is no race (in the English meaning) in French. That's why French people often use the "racist" word in a different way compared to English speaking people.
Races are for pets or farm animals.
I'm also much more comfortable with English than French. My French is, a least, a little rusry and I doubt it would be enough for even a small shopping trip.But funnily my experience in your (c3p0's) country is that with the language groups, the tables are turned. While the French and to a degree the Italians have this reputation of not caring for foreign languages, in Switzerland it seems to me that the French and Italian speaking communities are more comfortable in English than the German speakers.
That approach, from my experience,is very typical. It was the same when I've learned my second and third language. I think it depends on what your goal is (becoming a interpreter or simple survive a holiday there). Yet, for typical school situation I wouldn't know how we should do it. Been corrected every second word, doesn't help, but speak "garbage" the whole time and then need to unlearn your train mistake isn't really better.I have been told several times (and I agree with this theory) that it is due to the way foreign languages are taught at school in France: we focus much more on the grammar than on speaking. When speaking, the teachers will focus on each mistake you do, instead of praising the fact that you said something understandable (which is the basis of communication).
Never mind that back in my day the start of learning languages was off. These days it is way earlier, but I started French at the same time when I became interested in the bulges at the front of my female classmates - and guess what deserved more attention?It makes sense in some way.
I have been told several times (and I agree with this theory) that it is due to the way foreign languages are taught at school in France: we focus much more on the grammar than on speaking. When speaking, the teachers will focus on each mistake you do, instead of praising the fact that you said something understandable (which is the basis of communication).
So the results are:
1) Learning foreign languages is boring for young students, so in the end they suck at grammar AND speaking
2) Much people (especially the oldest ones) are ashamed of trying to speak in foreign languages, because they fear to do it improperly.
Sorry my dude, I should have said 'based on stereotypes' then.French is not a race my dude.
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And you're more than welcome to do it. I prefer talking about the game rather than my shortcomings in EnglishAlso, my apology if I interrupt the current conversation! Couldn't help it with the feeling of over-excitement as the update is coming closer
That's more so how Europe views differences in people. It's not about skin colour, it's about ethnicity/nationality.That's just a different concept of what is racism. There is no black race, white race, etc... in French. It's more about ethnicity/nationality. Race is a very very very very very very..... offensive word when used for people in French.
Sorry about that my Gallic friend. I wasn't expecting for my comment to ignite a debate like this.And you're more than welcome to do it. I prefer talking about the game rather than my shortcomings in English
I second this. My apologies too.Sorry about that my Gallic friend. I wasn't expecting for my comment to ignite a debate like this.
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Never have I got so many reactions for my post before. Thanks so much, everyone