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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Paris is like a required class with a professor who is nice to look at but is a complete asshole. You go because you have to, but all the while you're treated like like you're a subordinate know-nothing. You leave feeling dirty because you enjoyed the scenery while being abused.[/quote]

It's that way in all of France though. They're douchebags about the language.

Once in Cannes I was denied a croissant until I stopped pronouncing it the American way and gave it my full, "KWA- SYONT" ridiculous attempt at a French accent. And she knew EXACTLY what I was talking about given all the pointing and numerous attempts to pronounce it.  She just sat and stared at me, pretending not to comprehend, for a good three minutes. [/quote]

This happened to me all the time during my first year in the US...people making me repeat over and over until I had the perfect pronouciation and pretending not to understand what I was ordering... douchebags in all the US, too? 
And remember that too many Americans who visit France don't even try to speak French. They assume that their own language must be used by everyone. Can be irritating...[/quote]

My time in France (I ended up spending an entire summer there) has made me emphasize so much with people with "broken English" here. I went to France not knowing a word, and it's so hard when you're trying to communicate and people just don't understand you.  Now I get it.[/quote]

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