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Oct 30th 2008, 5:10 am

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Re: LEarning French

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yeah see below, loads of the syrian and lebo girls here speak french to each other as well, they said they would help me as well.

ah....you just want to know if they are talking about you...

Oct 30th 2008, 5:31 am

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Re: LEarning French

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merci petit agneau
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de rien...

MM, xx

Oct 30th 2008, 7:35 am

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Re: LEarning French

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just always wanted to, I switched schools when I was 13 and my new school was a year ahead in french so I couldn't carry it on, I've been to france a few times and spoke small amounts, plus at my new job here, we've got lebanese, syrian etc etc - they all speak it, lad I work with speaks english, arabic, pakistani and indian, almost everyone speaks another language - I hate the way typical English Sun readers are 'we're english! we can go anywhere and people undertsand us', I don;t want to speak just one language.

you don't speak just one language, you are fluent in English and Geordie

Oct 30th 2008, 8:27 am

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Re: LEarning French

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yeah see below, loads of the syrian and lebo girls here speak french to each other as well, they said they would help me as well.

Now we are getting to the real reason Spugsy wants to learn French

Oct 30th 2008, 9:34 am

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Re: LEarning French

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I hate the way typical English Sun readers are 'we're english! we can go anywhere and people undertsand us', I don;t want to speak just one language.

Ah les francais...tous des petites salopes. C'est on discours de commercial? Profeitez du sexe

. Ju suis pire qu'une ado

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As I've said to Eva leave speaking french for when you're in France. We speak English in the civilised world and that's nothing to be ashamed of in my opinion. You have the perfect oppertunity to learn Arabic though?

Oct 30th 2008, 9:53 am

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Re: LEarning French

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I've always wanted to do it, where can I go say one night a week and learn it?

Any ideas?

Well I was in Spinneys over lunch and on their notice board they had an advert from the French Embassy advertising lessons, so maybe contact them?

Oct 30th 2008, 10:27 am

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Re: LEarning French

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Ah les francais...tous des petites salopes. C'est on discours de commercial? Profeitez du sexe

. Ju suis pire qu'une ado

I'll be gone ion another 2/3 years, probably to Oz, what good will arabic do for me then?

Oct 30th 2008, 10:27 am

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Re: LEarning French

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Well I was in Spinneys over lunch and on their notice board they had an advert from the French Embassy advertising lessons, so maybe contact them?

cool, ta.

Oct 30th 2008, 10:48 am

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Re: LEarning French

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I'll be gone ion another 2/3 years, probably to Oz, what good will arabic do for me then?

*Shrug* I've not been to france for years...

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What happened to Esperanto? I though we'd all agreed to speak that to avoid confusion?

Oct 30th 2008, 11:51 am

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Re: LEarning French

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*Shrug* I've not been to france for years...

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What happened to Esperanto? I though we'd all agreed to speak that to avoid confusion?

I liek speaking french though, I want to learn it for no other reason than I've always wanted to speak it.

Oct 30th 2008, 12:20 pm

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Re: LEarning French

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I liek speaking french though, I want to learn it for no other reason than I've always wanted to speak it.

It's a nice language, I'll grant them that.

I've always wanted to learn Spanish but I've not yet had the chance to go and live somewhere to force myself to learn it. If Cuba turns capitalist I'll be the first one to buy a beach house

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90 miles from Florida, would be a gold mine for local investors. I've been so interested I've been researching investment oppertunities (NYSE:Cuba for example) just to be a little ahead when it happens. Raul Castro has allowed Cubans everything from DVD players to Cell phones, so it won't be long before they move further (even towards a "China" model would be acceptable). Most of the "old guard" of the revolution are in their mid-late 70's already!

Oct 30th 2008, 12:27 pm

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Re: LEarning French

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Well I was in Spinneys over lunch and on their notice board they had an advert from the French Embassy advertising lessons, so maybe contact them?

Yes, this will be the 'Alliance Francaise' , their equivalent of the British Council, I'm sure they will offer something. They are in Oud Metha near the Movenpick Hotel and Dubai English Speaking School.