Paralex, Thu 12 Feb 19:20

The problem that English speakers have in speaking another language, as has already been said, is the global popularity of English. I learned a bit of French at school and to be fair, was awful at it, although I do know many nouns, basic phrases and some of the grammatical nuances. Having holidayed in France many times, maybe as much as 20, I can understand enough to get by with little difficulty but my speech is of the pigeon variety. And in that style one of my party tricks is describing, in French, our experience of sitting on the grass, dans une parc en Amiens and watching une grande television screen, to see le coup de monde finale, a la France et l`italia. I also describe how le capitain a la France, Zinidane Zidane, was awarded le carte rouge, for putting la tete on an italian defender. One other problem is that, whether in Paris, or caravan sites in Normandy, Brittany, la Cote d `Azure or elsewhere, you tend to meet other holiday makers, who don`t speak French.

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