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The French don't mind, cause they don't understand any language except French.
They don't even understand French from other countries.
Source : Je suis Canadien français mais je parle anglais quand je vais en France. C'est beaucoup moins chiant.
Ils le comprennent parfaitement mais ils refusent de le parler.
I don't want any wine, thanks.
Je ne veux pas deux cent cinquante grammes d'olives.
Je mapelle jobbies et je 35 ans. Je habite a Ecosse et je taime Duran Duran et le ping pong.
the impression I get is that they're pretending not to understand, but they do, they just don't give a flying fuck what other people think of them because everyone keeps buying their cheese, wine, and fashion so they're busy counting money, getting laid, and smoking like chimneys lol
Can confirm, their cheese if fucking awesome
then what
Then, Mac, maybe we can get some Mac & cheese
They don’t care to understand.
A shame, they seemed an honest man.
This is an outdated stereotype. I'd be willing to bet more French speak a second language than Americans.
I've been in France for two days and have already met 2 young people who didn't speak more than high school English. Oh and I'm a tourist, so they were working a job where they have to interact with foreigners regularly...
Now of course anecdote isn't statistics, and my French is certainly no better, but compared to other European countries their English level is... notable.
But not than Belgians, Dutch, polish or Germans, which are the most frequent comparisons.
Why would the Dutch/Polish/Germans speak more languages?
Belgium alone has 3 official languages: French, Dutch and a German speaking part.
The French part refuses to learn any of the other official languages, even in school. They don't see the need.
While the other parts are a lot more open to other languages. You will be hard pressed to find someone in Flanders that doesn't speak French on top of their Dutch.
They do, each country for different reasons.
lol not in absolute numbers terms, no way. The US has 5x the population, and there are tons of immigrants that speak multiple languages. So regardless of how stupid native-born citizens are, there are still many bilingual+ people.
most people i know who grew up in california took at least a couple years of high school spanish.
i was a snot, i took german with the goth kids instead.
They hate French people in France too, so...
I am french