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Forum: France
Mar 13th 2011, 10:57 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 6,297
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: British people that make no effort to learn French.

Yes, nothing wrong with living in both worlds, the anglophone world and the francophone world. I confess to liking the francophone more. I like speaking French, and I like getting complimented on my...
Forum: France
Mar 13th 2011, 7:57 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 6,297
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: British people that make no effort to learn French.

Why would I lie? If I am British I am British. If I am French, I am French. There's no need to lie.

My French is imperfect, but I speak it okay. English is my first language, and I grew up in...
Forum: France
Mar 13th 2011, 7:47 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 6,297
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: British people that make no effort to learn French.

I am in Bordeaux but I commute to and from London. I go back and forth between the two cities all the time.
Forum: France
Mar 13th 2011, 12:30 am
Replies: 46
Views: 6,297
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: British people that make no effort to learn French.

I am British. I was raised on fish and chips. I am as British as something really British. I now reside in Bordeaux and speak French souvent.

I only manage to speak French through perseverance and...
Forum: France
Mar 13th 2011, 12:22 am
Replies: 51
Views: 24,142
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: Racism in the South of France

'****ing English are everywhere nowadays (SNIP)
Forum: France
Mar 10th 2011, 9:54 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 6,297
Posted By bordeaux_boy

British people that make no effort to learn French.

I was in a French restaurant in Bordeaux, an English family enters, the man of the family says to the waitress, "Five" and also makes a hand gesture representing five, indicating the number of...
Forum: France
Mar 6th 2011, 1:28 am
Replies: 16
Views: 5,275
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: Have you encountered any anglophobia in France?

Yes, I want to know what the negative comments were!! We all do.

You misunderstand me, I always speak French to Frenchies. I am just saying, if I encounter an obtuse Frenchie. I would be tempted...
Forum: France
Mar 5th 2011, 8:05 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 5,275
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: Have you encountered any anglophobia in France?

What kind of negative comments did you overhear in French, Fleurette? Do tell...
Forum: France
Mar 5th 2011, 8:04 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 5,275
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: Have you encountered any anglophobia in France?

I wouldn't characterise it as giving up, more placing oneself on an equal footing.

I am reminded of something I once saw on TV; it was a show that showed the inner workings of RyanAir. A French...
Forum: France
Mar 5th 2011, 2:11 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 5,275
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Have you encountered any anglophobia in France?

If so, how do you deal with it?

It's rare for me to encounter anglophobia, but whenever I do, I just speak English, and only English. I just give up trying to communicate in French, until they...
Forum: France
Nov 25th 2010, 9:30 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 6,233
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: How good is everyone's French here?

Yeah, sorry, typo.
Forum: France
Nov 25th 2010, 5:38 am
Replies: 54
Views: 6,233
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: How good is everyone's French here?

What, wrong translation?
Forum: France
Nov 24th 2010, 3:17 am
Replies: 37
Views: 6,084
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: What faux pas have you commited in trying to speak French?

Learnt = simple past

Learned = perfect tense? What kind of perfect tense? You sure about this? I think you are mistaken.
Forum: France
Nov 24th 2010, 3:00 am
Replies: 54
Views: 6,233
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: How good is everyone's French here?

Qu'est-ce que cela fait d’etre Mike Jagger? = What does it make to be Mick Jagger?

Or...

What does it take to be Mick Jagger?

Merci.
Forum: France
Nov 23rd 2010, 8:55 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 6,233
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: How good is everyone's French here?

Concerning the Mike Jagger interview posted... What is the first question asked? Can someone write it out for me in French? Merci...
Forum: France
Nov 23rd 2010, 10:39 am
Replies: 54
Views: 6,233
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: How good is everyone's French here?

DELF is infinitely much harder than GCSE French.

GCSE French is a joke. The standard is so low. They simply do not expect 16/17-year-olds to be fluent at all. The expectation isn't there, so the...
Forum: France
Nov 21st 2010, 10:01 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 6,084
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: What faux pas have you commited in trying to speak French?

I avoid using the word baiser completely. As a noun = to kiss, as a verb = to shag.

To kiss I say, un bisous. Je voudrais te donner un bisous.

And for the other thing, enfoncer works well.
Forum: France
Nov 21st 2010, 2:51 am
Replies: 37
Views: 6,084
Posted By bordeaux_boy

What faux pas have you commited in trying to speak French?

I was once chatting to a French girl in French/English. We were getting along well. I was lavishing compliments on her. Things were cool and a bit flirty, so I thought it would be okay to say to her,...
Forum: France
Nov 21st 2010, 2:25 am
Replies: 9
Views: 2,477
Posted By bordeaux_boy

How tolerant are you of francophobia (in jest or otherwise)?

How tolerant are you of francophobia (in jest or otherwise) from fellow Brits?

This is something I really do not tolerate at all, even in jest. I always make a point to let the francophobe know it...
Forum: France
Nov 20th 2010, 12:11 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 12,481
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: Are French women from France hot?

Yes, I meant generally in real life. This thread is in danger of being derailed by people mentioning tacky celebrities.
Forum: France
Nov 20th 2010, 12:07 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 3,019
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: Anyone else dismayed at the state of Briton?

dennerlymum:

I don't know what you mean by "the whiff of wacky baccy..." -- c'est quoi ça?
Forum: France
Nov 19th 2010, 10:07 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 12,481
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: Are French women from France hot?

I don't like any of the women mentioned. I used to fancy Eva Greene, kinda gone off her now.

I like, off the top of my head:

Louise Bourgoin
Alizée
Nolwenn Leroy
Forum: France
Nov 18th 2010, 8:13 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 12,481
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Are French women from France hot?

Having recently watched a French film, I remarked to a French acquaintance how attractive I found Louise Bourgoin. Her reaction was, "piff.... that's the typical French girl look. There are thousands...
Forum: France
Nov 18th 2010, 3:22 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 3,019
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: Anyone else dismayed at the state of Briton?

Paris is Paris. Paris is a big, international city like all other big international cities. City folks are naturally more hardened. Don't judge France and French people based solely on Paris and...
Forum: France
Nov 17th 2010, 4:56 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 3,019
Posted By bordeaux_boy

Re: Anyone else dismayed at the state of Briton?

It's not just that... I prefer the culture and people. They're much more politer than us Brits. What with their "Bonjour, Merci, and S'il vous plaits" in practically every other sentence.
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