[Idyllchat] Paris question

[Russ Crum]

I agree whole heartedly with this advice and that of the others who  
have replied. These all very much represent our experience in  
traveling in France. Actually, the same advice  holds for any other  
non English speaking European countries.

One additional bit of advice given us by our daughter when she was  
living and working in Paris: even if a person acknowledges that they  
can speak English, be careful at first with your own speaking. She  
pointed out that many Americans will launch off speaking English just  
like they would at home and many French people, even though they can  
speak quite a bit of English, cannot follow at the conversational  
speed that we are used to using. Any of us who have attempted to  
learn another language can certainly sympathize with that problem  
when the shoe is on the other foot!


Russ Crum
rrcrum at sbcglobal.net

On Jul 12, 2007, at 23:42, jef wrote:

> AgentArleneSmith at aol.com wrote:
>> Is it easy enough to get along in Paris speaking no French  
>> whatsoever? Arlene Smith
>
> Easy, perhaps. Advised? No :-)
>
> At the very least, grab a phrase book and learn the basics. Hello,  
> good bye, please, thank you, do you speak English, etc.
>
> That being said, most Parisians will detect that you don't speak  
> French very well and help you out. I think they hate hearing their  
> language butchered by tourists!  ;-)
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