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Do you use the language you studied in high school?
Yes
25%
 25%  [ 8 ]
No
21%
 21%  [ 7 ]
I understand a few words, but barely use it
34%
 34%  [ 11 ]
I remember the swear words only
9%
 9%  [ 3 ]
I did not study a foreign language in high school
6%
 6%  [ 2 ]
I am currently studying a foreign language
3%
 3%  [ 1 ]
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InLoveWithAPrince
PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:05 pm    
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Really? My French teacher for a few years was Canadian, this year we are in another teacher's class and she is from France. I haven't noticed much of a difference (lol I don't know how well I pay attention), I guess the pronounciation is different but not really like to the extent that it's not understandable. Maybe she speaks more common dialect or something though, I have no idea where in Canada she is from. I think Quebec but I don't know exactly where.
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dustyszoo
PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:10 pm    
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Perhaps the problem is simply me.

But I do live in an area where the french dialect is very, VERY different from someone who lives in Montreal or Quebec City. Maybe its because they are from rural areas and have a more limited education. Don't know

I have a hard time with many of the slang terms, and somewhat odd accents that they carry. I can however have a bit of a conversation with an individual who is from Montreal or the cities

Those from Southern Manitoba, including my grandmother, speak a very different sounding french. Their accent is not that of a Quebecois.

But as I said, seeing as I'm the only one apparently with this problem, its likely me.
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InLoveWithAPrince
PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:19 pm    
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dustyszoo wrote:
Perhaps the problem is simply me.

But I do live in an area where the french dialect is very, VERY different from someone who lives in Montreal or Quebec City. Maybe its because they are from rural areas and have a more limited education. Don't know

I have a hard time with many of the slang terms, and somewhat odd accents that they carry. I can however have a bit of a conversation with an individual who is from Montreal or the cities

Those from Southern Manitoba, including my grandmother, speak a very different sounding french. Their accent is not that of a Quebecois.

But as I said, seeing as I'm the only one apparently with this problem, its likely me.


No, I've probably just heard the more french sounding people. lol
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dustyszoo
PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:21 pm    
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momtothree...those folk and the folk around here speak "Franglais" half english, half french. We often joke about it...and I have french friends who do it so well!
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GSRT
PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:27 pm    
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You hear alot of Franglais in Swisha and Deep River and Northern Quebec.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:29 pm    
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I took 3 years of German in HS. I only remember a select few phrases and I can count in German.

My daughter has a couple of cd's by Rammstein (german rock band that is pretty popular among college kids)
I can't understand them at all! They do count in one of them and one titled song is Mutter (mother), and that's about it for my understanding Embarassed

BTW, they are a really good band. I highly recommend them. They are a cross between old Metallica and Rob Zombie. Kind of.

I think my daughter does have the option to take sign language to fill her college language requirement. She took 3 years of french in HS and would much rather take sign language in college.
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Smokey
PostPosted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:29 pm    
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I took Spanish from 5th grade to senior year in high school.
I took French from sophomore year to senior year.

I graduated high school in 1979. I took language classes because I chose them, not because I had to. Back then, we had no clue how many hispanics would be coming up and how we would desperately need these classes to communicate adequately. Unfortunately, I took no foreign language classes in college.
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