Learning French in school is functionally the same as learning Latin (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ButtBidet@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Like everybody in France under 45 is fluent in English, and who the fuck wants to talk to an older European. Every single French colony without exception is phasing out or has phased out the use of French as France was such an awful colonial power. Did you know that Eclair is pronounced aey-clare? This does nothing for me. I guess some people want to read Les Miserables in the original Foot Mold Language, just like random people enjoy reading Ovid or Cicero in Catholic script.. And just like Latin, fuck that everything has genders and complicated conjugation.

I swear, the French teachers in school were trying to impart the vibe that if we know the French language, French women would have sex with us.

I refuse to defend any facts that I asserted in this essay.

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[-] Moonworm@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Il y a beaucoup de bons films français.

Aussi, ça fait du bien dans ma bouche et mes oreilles.

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Except one language is dead and the other should be too.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

I demand you delete this attack on Latin at once!

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

We took it cus were close to Quebec but they actually changed over to Spanish since I graduated.

[-] Formerlyfarman@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

French is famously a waste of time as said in that classic memri tv meme. Latin should be more useful. There are lots of things writen in latin or in a mix of latin and another language. Those thing often do not have english translations. And latin words have cognates in more languages than french because french is very ideosincratic.

[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

the worst part of learning french is talking to french people and if that doesnt stop you from learning it then you deserve to waste your time

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This goes hard

[-] Moonworm@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Sur l'idée que les personnes française ne parlent pas anglais avec les touristes etc. Quand il voyagé à France en 2009, je trouvé ça dehors de Paris, les personnes étaient plus serviables et polie.