Comments on: Language Limbo http://bloguette.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/language-limbo/ Flagler Writers Blogging about traveling in St. Augustine, Florida, Paris, France and the Univers Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:46:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: simon http://bloguette.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/language-limbo/#comment-42 simon Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:46:30 +0000 http://bloguette.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-42 I was looking for shots of the MIA construction but got this instead. What's wrong with you in Paris? So you dont speak French and they refuse to speak English. No need to be ashamed or embarrassed about that. Yes - Paris looks nice, but please keep in mind the French are all about show and nothing else. They may appear to eat well and dress strong, but then they go back to their miserable flats and for cheap wine and bread. No need to feel or act ashamed to be an American! I was looking for shots of the MIA construction but got this instead.

What’s wrong with you in Paris? So you dont speak French and they refuse to speak English.

No need to be ashamed or embarrassed about that.

Yes – Paris looks nice, but please keep in mind the French are all about show and nothing else. They may appear to eat well and dress strong, but then they go back to their miserable flats and for cheap wine and bread.

No need to feel or act ashamed to be an American!

]]> By: lynedesroberts http://bloguette.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/language-limbo/#comment-30 lynedesroberts Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:46:11 +0000 http://bloguette.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-30 This post is a real jewel! I absolutely loved it... I guess any American traveling in Europe (especially in France) feels the same. What amazes me though is that native Americans (most of them) don't feel (or don't see) the need of speaking more than one language (obviously their own)... they (falsely) assume everyone in the world does speak English! It is only when they leave the safety of their homeland that they realize how useful it would be to speak (at least) one foreign language picked among those that are spoken the most throughout the world (French, Spanish, German)... And plurilinguism opens the minds on other cultures, it helps us to understand many things that, otherwise, we would not quite grasp... Next time, come to Canada and visit Montréal and Québec City... you will hear French, discover a distinct culture in America but! you won't feel so isolated because we all do speak English here! And we are more friendly too! This post is a real jewel! I absolutely loved it… I guess any American traveling in Europe (especially in France) feels the same.

What amazes me though is that native Americans (most of them) don’t feel (or don’t see) the need of speaking more than one language (obviously their own)… they (falsely) assume everyone in the world does speak English! It is only when they leave the safety of their homeland that they realize how useful it would be to speak (at least) one foreign language picked among those that are spoken the most throughout the world (French, Spanish, German)… And plurilinguism opens the minds on other cultures, it helps us to understand many things that, otherwise, we would not quite grasp…

Next time, come to Canada and visit Montréal and Québec City… you will hear French, discover a distinct culture in America but! you won’t feel so isolated because we all do speak English here! And we are more friendly too!

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