Sunday, January 30, 2005

I roll with the punches

Lots of English-speaking people I know who come to Montreal with a desire to learn French complain that when they go out in public and try to practice, people in stores, restaurants, etc. switch to English, once they realize they're not talking to a native francophone.

I often have the opposite experience. Like today: I ordered a beverage in a cafe in English, to a native English speaker, who, after hearing me order, switched to French. So, either I have a speech problem in English that makes me sound like a non-native speaker, or I just blend in really well with the locals.

1 Comments:

Blogger Geoff said...

Or the guy was really desperate to practise.

March 1, 2005 at 5:55 AM  

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