As a counterpoint to liberals' frequent refrains about leaving the country if Donald Trump gets reelected, we have a story about one older couple who decamped to France last year and haven't really been loving it.
They are not assholes for preferring their own language over the beetroot-chomping English (Simplified) of some obnoxious foreigners, too arrogant to at least adapt a little.
I speak French, in Paris they still look at you like garbage.
Actually, outside of Paris I got along fine, but here’s the thing: Even native french speakers from outside of Paris are treated like absolute garbage by Parisians, it’s their only setting.
I happen to speak French, German, Dutch and a bit of Russian, and if I dig deep, some remnants of Arabic might come up. I can assure you Russian is the more poetic but French definitely the easiest to learn.
I know that Russian is very hard, I didn’t learn French out of spite. I had it in school, I hated it so much that the moment it wasn’t longer necessary I abandoned the entire knowllage about it and I can’t remember anything meaningful (besides some meme stuff)
They are not assholes for preferring their own language over the beetroot-chomping English (Simplified) of some obnoxious foreigners, too arrogant to at least adapt a little.
They’re assholes.
I speak French, in Paris they still look at you like garbage.
Actually, outside of Paris I got along fine, but here’s the thing: Even native french speakers from outside of Paris are treated like absolute garbage by Parisians, it’s their only setting.
But that’s Paris. Parisians see everyone as tourists I guess.
Yeah, but … that’s like saying “Oh, that’s just London!” about England, that’s the key part of the country.
Paris would be so much better if it weren’t for the fucking Parisians.
I found Londoners to be different in that respect, but that might be just me.
Terrific gif, by the way, I love it.
You sound French.
I speak three languages, I don’t speak French on purpose and I will never learn it, I’d rather learn Russian or Hebrew than French.
They are as arrogant as it gets and they are hated for it rightfully.
I happen to speak French, German, Dutch and a bit of Russian, and if I dig deep, some remnants of Arabic might come up. I can assure you Russian is the more poetic but French definitely the easiest to learn.
I know that Russian is very hard, I didn’t learn French out of spite. I had it in school, I hated it so much that the moment it wasn’t longer necessary I abandoned the entire knowllage about it and I can’t remember anything meaningful (besides some meme stuff)