That prick was wrong. Its 'sahn'.
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That prick was wrong. Its 'sahn'.
- May 5, 2006
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Bad French is just worse than bad anything else.
You can watch an ESL speaker get some pronunciation and syntax wrong and it's kind of endearing, but watching someone bumble through 'Bon-jow-er, comment al-ez vooz?' is grating.
You can watch an ESL speaker get some pronunciation and syntax wrong and it's kind of endearing, but watching someone bumble through 'Bon-jow-er, comment al-ez vooz?' is grating.
- Nov 17, 2007
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I have heard one American exclaim "Saker Blue!"
It's hard when you pick up some French from books but you've never heard it spoken. But Saker (as in baker) Blue took the biscuit.
It's hard when you pick up some French from books but you've never heard it spoken. But Saker (as in baker) Blue took the biscuit.
I had lunch the other day with a guy who pronounced ‘pine nuts’ as ‘peen nuts’, and it required a fair bit of self-control not to stab him with my fork.
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Had a run in with an obnoxious American in Paris. The details of the story arent important (but are pretty funny) in any event he comes marching very loudly up to me (total tourist, giant map, backpack, and camera around my neck) and SCREAMS at me
"PAAAAR LAAAAAAY VIEW ENGLISH"
I chuckled and quietly replied "yes, i speak English".
"PAAAAR LAAAAAAY VIEW ENGLISH"
I chuckled and quietly replied "yes, i speak English".
* Americans are the worst overseas. I was at Shanghai airport years ago in a cafe, American woman walks in all shitty and asks Chinese waitress "Do you have Starbucks here?", waitress doesn't understand English but is trying to figure out what she means.
American woman: "DO? YOU? HAVE? STARBUCKS? HERE?"
This apparently didn't make it any clearer to the waitress, she was about to get a colleague to help understand the question when the American woman rolls the eyes and says "Ah forget it!" All class.
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"Ahhh you wan Stahbucks coffee, we have no stahbucks, we have
no stahbucks sorry"
no stahbucks sorry"
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My wife struggles to pronounce 'peripheral'
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Ill shorten it but
Yank - Oh thank god, were lost, where are we at the moment (as he tried to push into my map)
Me - Ahh thats the Saint Chapelle Catherdral and were on this bridge so were on the Saint Chappelle bridge right here (its got a name but i cant remember it)
Yank - Oh no, thats wrong youre wrong (as he tried to take my map)
Me - Listen mate, i dont think i am, but even if i am, im in paris, on holiday, its a beautiful day, if im lost so be it.
Yank - Well what am i supposed to do
Me - I dont know, get your own map i guess
Yank - *walks away muttering to himself about some rude English guy*
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