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Patrick Sawyer
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Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 19, 2014 - 04:47am PT
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French is a beautiful language, Italian, very lyrical.
Spanish is fluent, so to speak. I know very little Japanese, Russian or Chinese.
But lately, in France, they want to learn English.
Zut alors!
What is going on?
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 19, 2014 - 06:56am PT
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hey there say, randisi... yeah, i had once thought that french, was, as well... it seemed to 'overlap' or help connect, different countries...
i did not KNOW if i was correct or not, in 'wondering about that' though, but interesting to hear you mention that...
:)
say, happy good day to you... :) is almost morning here..
and to patrick as well, :)
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Patrick Sawyer
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Originally California now Ireland
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 19, 2014 - 07:34am PT
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French has always been considered as the diplomat's language.
Until lately. And yes Randi, some French are miffed, but the younger ones understand that English is the international language, so to speak. (Was that a pun?)
I lived and worked in France. I love the language, but being a native English speaker, English is easier. I never could get past the passé composé, hah hah.
And of course, "The Awful German Language" by Mark Twain (BTW, Samuel Langhorne Clemens is in my family tree. I keep trying to chase him out, but…).
German, that's a tough one. I had a six-match tour with San Francisco Concordia in the summer of 1985, in Germany (won two, lost two, tied/drawn two). Even though my German relatives went to America in 1844-46 (Dusseldorf and Bavaria, Fleihmann and Roth), I never could get my head around German (the number one ethnic background in the US, though Latin America is catching up). However, the Germans are not that bad, gave us a great time, BBQs, tour of Kaiserslautern stadium, lunch and tour at Dortmunder Actien Brauerei, especially for us.
Ich nein sprechen Deutsch.
But English is a Germanic 'dialect', with a lot of Norman and Latin thrown in.
Now Chinese, Randi, I tried with Jo Jing (from Dalian), but she wanted to learn English (hence studying in Ireland).
But there is one language that speaks all… money, and I do not have any. Sigh...
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