Eric
Too true. What is it the Yanks say about them and the British "2 countries separated by a common language"......
We normally can all understand each other, some words the Yanks use are puzzling, such as "broil", the rest of us just call it "sear". Lots of terms like that. But 99% is common.
My French is hideous, but the few words I can speak I can make myself
understood. However, when in St Quentin (WW1 battlefields area) there was a bloke in a caravan park who I could not understand a word nor could he understand any French word I used. In the end I managed to get help from an English woman. It does seem to vary.
There was also a Welshman in England, who I know thought he was speaking English, he appeared to be asking me some details about a Chieftain tank at Bovvy, but not one word was intelligible. I had to find an Englishman to interpret for me, who laughed and said "yes they do get quite broad with their accent"!
As a German friend of mine says when he meets someone "I am German, please speak slowly and use simple words, and whatever you do, don't mention the war"! When he says the last part, the looks on peoples faces are priceless as he made a habit of doing it at Beltring where we were surrounded by war stuff.
Regards
Doug
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Originally Posted by frichtie
What you see on this decal is "perfect international french".
But, you're right when you say our spoken french is sometimes hard to understand. When I speak with friends from France, I have to be just a little careful with my accent....but maybe he's the one with a accent? I guess same thing happens with english...
-Eric
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