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Originally posted by Spanky
That is pretty much the crux of the problem. Some of us are trying to forget the French exist. Correct pronunciation pulls us out of our denial bubble.
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I haven't spent that much time there, but the small amount of time I have spent in France I have enjoyed immensely. The food was good, the architecture was beautiful, the shops were lovely, the beaches were nice, the train was easy to navigate. The people were so-so. I disliked the people in Athens much more than I disliked the people in Paris, even though the people in Paris pretended not to speak English.* With the possible exception of the Italians (and the staff at the Intercontinental Hotel in Berlin) I've never really been impressed with European customer service.
All in all, I like France, and I vote we keep it.
*I, an ugly American, only speak English. And Spanish. The former is a detriment, the latter I use to pretend I'm from some unknown Latin American country. My accent is always identified as Mexican by those who speak Spanish, though. None of this is particularly useful in France.
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