Hello from France

[The-Elven-Lady]

Well I finally made it over here and it has been a time trying to translate all the things my grand parents have said to my Fiancé and vise versa. I can not believe how hard it is to teach this guy some basic French. But oh well I thought I would say happy holidays and hello.

[Stagnant]

Can't French people speak English? Or are they just being stubborn.

[ELCW]

Did someone from Aberdeen make that sig by any chance?

[Stagnant]

At 12/21/06 12:36 PM, ELCW wrote: Did someone from Aberdeen make that sig by any chance?

Nope, New Zealand my friend.

[mrbreckles]

Wooo, go you, go france, go stuff!!!
Oh yeah, and its customary to greet French people by obviously sayinv hello and then impersonating a frog, really.

[The-Elven-Lady]

At 12/21/06 12:36 PM, Stagnant wrote: Can't French people speak English? Or are they just being stubborn.

Most ly yes but my grandparents will not hear of it. My mother on the other hand is fluent in English, seeing as my father was an Englishman.

[Stagnant]

What do frogs legs taste like?

[mrbreckles]

At 12/21/06 12:41 PM, Stagnant wrote: What do frogs legs taste like?

Chicken.

[Stagnant]

At 12/21/06 12:42 PM, mrbreckles wrote:

At 12/21/06 12:41 PM, Stagnant wrote: What do frogs legs taste like?

Chicken.

Why don't they just eat Chicken then?

[test-object]

English is a German Language just like Belgian. French is a Roman one just like Italian. It's pretty difficuilt to learn English when you're French and vice versa!

[Fim]

French people have good fashion sence.

[mrbreckles]

At 12/21/06 12:43 PM, Stagnant wrote:

At 12/21/06 12:42 PM, mrbreckles wrote:

At 12/21/06 12:41 PM, Stagnant wrote: What do frogs legs taste like?

Chicken.

Why don't they just eat Chicken then?

It tastes like chicken, not the same as.
Its a question of quality, texture and taste.

[mrbreckles]

At 12/21/06 12:44 PM, Fim wrote: French people have good fashion sence.

And all black people can dance, and all french eat snails, and all indian people eat curry.
Yeah..

[The-Elven-Lady]

At 12/21/06 12:48 PM, mrbreckles wrote:

At 12/21/06 12:44 PM, Fim wrote: French people have good fashion sence.

And all black people can dance, and all french eat snails, and all indian people eat curry.
Yeah..

So that must mean that all English are raging alcoholics right?

[Tancrisism]

At 12/21/06 12:44 PM, test-object wrote: English is a German Language just like Belgian. French is a Roman one just like Italian. It's pretty difficuilt to learn English when you're French and vice versa!

English is a Germanic language, yes, but at least half of the vocabulary comes from Latin. But you are right that that would cause problems.

And since when was there a Belgian language? Belgians speak Dutch, French, and/or German. And French is definately difficult to learn from English and vice versa, probably in part because of how bizarre the pronounciations are and the lack of rules they both share.

[Tancrisism]

At 12/21/06 12:50 PM, Lady-Josette wrote:

At 12/21/06 12:48 PM, mrbreckles wrote:

At 12/21/06 12:44 PM, Fim wrote: French people have good fashion sence.

And all black people can dance, and all french eat snails, and all indian people eat curry.
Yeah..

So that must mean that all English are raging alcoholics right?

Germans and Irish too.

[positively-negative]

At 12/21/06 12:44 PM, test-object wrote: English is a German Language just like Belgian. French is a Roman one just like Italian. It's pretty difficuilt to learn English when you're French and vice versa!

Then why is it still a really fucking hard thing to learn German then?

Hello from Germany!!

[Heppo]

i dont like the french

[Der-Lowe]

At 12/21/06 01:38 PM, positively-negative wrote: Then why is it still a really fucking hard thing to learn German then?

4 reasons:
Nominativ, Akkusativ, Dativ and Genitiv.

[LinkSilvermane]

At 12/21/06 12:44 PM, test-object wrote: English is a German Language just like Belgian. French is a Roman one just like Italian.

True, but that doesn't make learning French any easier, once you've learned how to speak Italian.

I've been living in Italy for the past 10 years or so, and I've always failed at French oral and written tests :(

[BFK]

nice try, dirtydeedsdone2sheep

[VorticeFlyer]

France is great... and so is Germany.

[Buoy]

At 12/21/06 12:47 PM, mrbreckles wrote: It tastes like chicken, not the same as.
Its a question of quality, texture and taste.

Most French-is quote ever.

[OneWhoListens]

For some reason I think it's harder to learn french when you speak english than vice versa.

[Slayerlizard]

At 12/21/06 12:36 PM, Stagnant wrote: Can't French people speak English? Or are they just being stubborn.

Yeah, I`ve never met\talked to any French people who know English.
I`ve never met any Germans that know English neither...

[test-object]

At 12/21/06 01:33 PM, Tancrisism wrote: And since when was there a Belgian language? Belgians speak Dutch, French, and/or German.

Yeah, I meant dutch... i couldn't come up with the word. XD XD XD
There is only a tiny part of Belgium speaking german, and personally, I feel Wallonië
(speaks French) doesn't belong a 100% to Belgium. They never really did something HUGE!