A few months after writing my blog post Why The French Don't Speak Any Other Language, I read Jean-Benoît's Nadeau Les Français aussi ont un accent. Jean-Benoît Nadeau is French Canadian and lived two years in France to study the French. And he seemed to come to a conclusion similar to mine concerning why the French don't speak any other language, ie. that the mastery of the language is a very important thing for the French and unless they speak a foreign language perfectly, they just won't speak.
Tag - français
Monday, May 25 2009
Pourquoi les français ne parlent pas de langues étrangères
Monday, May 25 2009. communication(s)
Thursday, September 25 2008
I don't spreche Deutsch, merci beaucoup
Thursday, September 25 2008. communication(s)
Well, actually, I do speak German, but I hate it (If I dared, I'd write the hate bold in font size 40 and with four exclamation marks) when a website speaks to me in German. I mean, my language preferences are clear in Firefox, there's even only French and English so why a website should speak to me […]
Wednesday, April 23 2008
Choosing a Name: The First Name
Wednesday, April 23 2008. everyday life
I never got around to telling the story of our daughter's name. It is, indeed, one heck of a story, which starts even before she was born. You have to remember that she has a German father and a French mother. This led, before her birth, to endless dicussions about what names are suitable in both […]
Monday, November 19 2007
The bilingual challenge
Monday, November 19 2007. communication(s)
I have written about the interesting differences in cultural perception of the same objects, or rather of the same words. I have always been fascinated by the easiness with which I navigate from one language to another, namely French and English. And I am equally fascinated by the difficulty I have […]
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