"Oh, you have nothing to fry them in since all of that oil is on your face. Better be careful, our military might come over and give it some democracy" Just escalate. Don't de-escalate. Those bitches don't deserve it.
I had this happen to me when I was in Paris and I responded back in French “You clearly don’t speak French either so what language should we talk in?” 😂😂😂
@@Hi_imzeeldaShe might’ve been born in France but grown up elsewhere. That would make her French not her mother tongue, she wouldn’t speak on native level.
I'm half french but speak french fluently, i look like my mom, she's from Indonesia, I'm constantly being treated like an outsider in france, even though i was born there😂 i move to bali when i was 19 and been loving it ever since, the people are kinder and food is very nice too.
@@HoneyQuint rasis org prancis, kulit gua sama kyk mak gua, sawo matang, gua suka dikira TKI dr indo, nga dianggap gua disana meskipun dr kecil dibesarkan di prancis, akhirnya muak coba ikut mama ke indo, sumpah beda jauh, org2 rama, selalu senyum, makananya jg jauh lebih enak, nga hambar kyk di Prancis dimana mereka kalau masak jarang pakai rempah2 atau bumbu, merica garam doang mereka pakai 😂
My great aunt was French, born and raised. She moved to the US right after WWII, she was treated like an American when she would go home to visit, it really upset her
Had different reactions. Tried it in broken French they somewhat could understand me but when trying English they were not able to understand me and were looking for someone else with basic English knowledge. At the place where you leave your luggage in Gare Du Nord they were not able to tell me in English that I was going the wrong way. In Angers they had to look for a customer to explain to me my card declined. I mean that’s fine I’m in a different country but unlike in Scandinavia, Austria or Germany I really did not have the experience of them answering or even understanding English
In Italy I had that happen and I would respond with, "In italiano, per favore. Se volessi parlare inglese potrei restare negli Stati Uniti." (In Italian, please. If I wanted to speak English I could stay in the US.) I got *great* service 😊
@@lorijackson872 Italians are way friendlier than French people, when I went to Rome I always got great service even though I spoke mainly in Spanish, most of them speak Spanish so I was able to communicate most of the time, they even were surprised in a good way when I attempted to talk Italian. In France they got mad when I spoke English, madder when I talked Spanish and ignored my attempts at French, I had some good experiences with service but they were outside of Paris, it was also winter, almost Christmas so I imagine they were fed up with tourists.
It's even worse when english isn't your native language either. Trying to speak french to them for them to answer back in english when i actually speak portuguese as a first language is a whole experience. I'm fluent in english, lucky for them, but my traveling companions were not.
People outside of Paris are so much friendlier, I studied in Lyon for 6 months and my french improved dramatically and I never had anyone try to speak back in English to me, and people are genuinely impressed and encouraging when you do speak it well. Even the French people I know dislike Parisians 😂
Yes, the French are famous for their rudeness, but I've had plenty of nice conversations with strangers in France. But in Paris, the guy selling tickets in a train station will pretend he doesn't understand when you say you would like a ticket for the RER.
I have friends that have been in Marseilles and they have told me that there, if you answered in English while able to speak French, they would not answer 🤣
I've known native French speakers from parts of North America other than Quebec who have had to deal with this because the French just weren't used to certain French accents and thought they were second language speakers. I've seen Québecois do the same to them, though, too.
They have the same problem in the Netherlands with Dutch speakers from Flanders (Belgium). They think it's polite but it actually is really insulting. Most of all because we would not do it the other way around.
Actually the people in France can’t understand québécois people. The accent is weird for them apparently. I remember going and my cousin who grew up in Ontario who had minimal French abilities but more European French was being spoken too in French while I was being spoken to in English even though I am fluent.
Yeah accents can be challenging sometimes, but could you imagine if an American waiter did this rude behavior to a a French person speaking English? Literally would not happen, and if it did they would be instantly fired.
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Honestly the Canadian French sounds like a child trying to pronounce words fancily and they add english words in the mix lol
The kindest French speakers I have experienced were in Belgium. They were incredibly patient with me as a learner and even though I knew some of them also spoke English they let me try talking with them in French first and didn't switch over the minute I had a little trouble.
One of my best friends is an exchange student from Belgium! She hates the French because of their rude attitude towards her and anyone else who isn't from paris🤣🤣
@@bratatouille It is actually the recommended way to hold that conversation. And for the very reason indirectly pointed out in the video. Each one uses the other persons native language.
I have also had this exact interaction. I think I may have you beat on stubbornness though - I continued the conversation in two separate languages for an entire 6 year relationship 😂
I have absolutely done this. In my experience they insist on speaking in English when you try to use French but if you need them to speak English, it will be French. 😂 In any case, if you insist on English, have fun understanding my thick German accent...😈
When I lived in France, I would occasionally go through entire conversations where I only spoke French, they only spoke English back to me, and neither one of us would budge. Your video made me laugh remembering how hard it was to get Parisians to refrain from using me to practice their English. Ha-ha!
Lol, I've switched to Dutch basically saying I don't speak English but French would be just fine. Only to be asked to speak slower as they didn't understand my English. Well no shit! It wasn't English
@@Queer_boiled_ears I actually meant the ingredients, like I don't know words like sorrel (just looked that up), but yeah, I might not understand the names of dishes in English. Thing is, I know English pretty well, but I know the food vocabulary better in a country where I actually spend a lot of time, even when I know not many other words. Because I do actually eat in the country I am... And I don't get how that it's hard to understand that this might be a possibility!?
Also, often the menus in France (and other countries too, I'm French so I've seen it in France a lot, but I've seen the same in Italy for example) aren't properly translated by a professionnal. They're translated by the owner who knows a bit of english, or worse, Google Translate.
@@cathastrophe2496 I agree, I always ask for a German menu as I've been to so many restaurants with awfully translated English menus. I can speak good enough German to order my food in German too, although the combination of the two usually then means the waiters think my German is beter than it is and ask me complicated questions in German that I don't understand..! Guess Germans are friendlier than the French!
20 years ago after I was living in France for about 6 months, I would do this frequently. Some people would insist on using sloppy English, which was basic compared to my French. I’d start fast speaking English with my highest level of vocab and they’d concede in a snap. Love this vid 🙌🏼
Maybe that kind of explains it. Maybe it's not so much condescension as some kind of thing where they have to prove their English is better than your French.
@@camillesolange182 это лишь вариант моего ответа! Французам не нравится как некоторые иностранцы говорят на их языке. Но со мной лично такого никогда не было, т.к. мой уровень французского с1
Yeah I can assure that if I'm at work, I'm gonna take the easy option, and if it's speaking English to someone who barely speaks French, that's what I'm gonna do, cause I'm really just trying to get through my day
The people in Quebec are pretty kind about it though! It definitely seems more that they are trying to work quickly and efficiently since they have multiple customers to attend to. But overall, everyone, working or not, is pretty friendly in Quebec! I need to go back
I'm from Quebec. We did a school trip with our English class to Ottawa. At the time, most lower-class people in Eastern Ottawa staffing the shops and restaurents were Franco-Ontarians speaking basically the same dialect as us. To them, it must have hurt to hear obvious native French speakers insist on speaking English in public ( about half of Franco-Ontarians no longer speak French and the trend keeps getting worse. ).
I’m from Normandy and my husband is British. Our children speak both languages. When we were last in Paris Parisians wouldn’t speak to my children in french because their accent was not just so. I told one person in native French that they were being unkind and they told me my accent was for want of a better term lower class! Parisians!
As an American who studied French for many years - Parisian are the only people in France I have any trouble understanding. 😂 The "country/ low class" accent is FAR superior in my opinion. ❤
I spoke about 10 words of Greek before going to Greece and every single person I met there was so excited when I attempted to speak their beautiful language (terribly, I’m sure). They were all so kind and welcoming, even outside of the bigger cities. I highly recommend to anyone who has the opportunity to visit. It’s a magical place.
@@ppleeatppledefinitely not the french tho 💀, I've been there and some people I met were snarky and always tried to pretend that they don't know english 💀. But you approach them in French some would be ok with you
At the end, she unlocked the French option. Not because the waitress couldn't keep up with the English, but because she proved she could give the waitress the proper attitude.
This is so accurate!! The first time I went to Paris I held up an item for sale looking for a price in front of a sales clerk. I looked at him and asked "combien?" and he said IN ENGLISH "I don't speak English" Their reputation for rudeness is well deserved. I have to decipher broken English in heavy accents ALL THE TIME in America. I can't imagine being so rude to someone just trying to speak my language. Even if my accent was thick, the context of shopping in a store and turning the package upside down looking around on it tells you what my question is. He knew exactly what I was asking. He just wanted to be a c*n+ to the American.
the exact same thing happened to me at my job in america when a french tour bus arrived. all i said was bonjour and they pretended to not understand. like i was just trying to be nice what’s the point in making me feel bad? and it was always elders who did that not young people. i think it’s a generational thing.
I feel like its common when youre visiting somewhere with a language youre not fluent in to learn how to tell people “I don’t speak _” I don’t know Spanish yet I can tell someone “Lo siento, no hablo español”
alternatively since I suck at french and mandarin I can hit them with the chinglais and see how they fare trying to decipher my terrible mandarin, french, and english combo. Even better if I can throw in some terrible spanish I can barely remember from 5th grade. Let me practice in one language or try to practice 2-3 of them.
OH MY GOD I'm so glad that you made this video!! 😂 I used to live in France (not Paris), and people would be happy and really friendly when I spoke French with them, and we would carry on the conversation in French. I recently went to Paris on a holiday and was all excited to dust off my French again 😃 But everywhere I went, THIS kept happening!!!! 😅🙃😂 I feel so validated by this video! 🤣 Wtf Paris?! 🤣
The worst is when you try to speak French and they look at you and say, “No English!” I’m not sure if they don’t know what I just said or if they think they are still at war with England and think I’m English instead of American.
Maybe if you thought about it for 10 seconds you'd realise France is the most visited country in the world and they deal with tourists all day, most of which waste time / disrespect the place so I get it. Ive heard it myself. I've been all over France countless times and never had a problem. Dealt with very rude people in USA though.
@@graceraven3423 French, like all languages, is constantly changing, and 30 years is a long time to be out of the game. An accent from 30 years ago isn't going to sound "correct" anymore.
But that doesn't justify to be rude. Why be like this? I'm Spanish native speaker, when a british guy came talking to me in a broken Spanish I didn't cut him off. Being kind to others won't make you less.
I feel you. I don't even speak to my French family anymore. They always act like they're better than me for staying in France. Even when my Grandmother died they said that because we didn't really live close to her at the end of her life, she wasn't REALLY our grandmother like... the fu-? We would LIVE at her house in the summer when we came to visit. We bought her house in Auvergne and paid for all the renovations while the French family stole the silverware and beds because they felt they 'deserved it'.
@@sleepnow3053 Right! It’s so welcoming. I can’t speak on any Asian countries as I know none of their languages even a few words nor have I visited any YET! But I watch RUclipsrs and have seen second hand that they find it funny when a foreigner speaks their language and amazed when they are fluent. Again cute very cute.
Austrians are hyped when you know at least a little German. My accent sometimes gets made fun of by people from Germany because I learned from Austrians.
Yeah it’s frustrating. I’m Canadian and our kids are both in French immersion; we were in Paris last summer and often we found ourselves speaking to people who insisted on speaking English to us even as our French was better than their English. I just plow away in French and they can do what they want.
Sales girls in shops in Montreal, speaking rudely about me while i was trying on clothes, not realizing I'm a french speaker. I really related to the scene in Legally Blonde for the same reason.
That’s just lame- loads of people in Montreal are bilingual! But I had it happen to me, too, 30 years ago! 😂 It’s like they think the rest of us didn’t have to suffer through 12 years of French! 🙄
Painfully suffering in Montreal while trying to get through immigration and when I was called to pick up replacement glasses, I was greeted in French, asked *in French* if we could speak English, was told no, stammered through a sentence I wasn't sure about in French, then was told in clear English "No, wait a minute," and put on hold. I was fuming. The next person also answered in French, and the same runaround ensued until I just deadpanned "I don't speak French well; I'm still learning." Fluent. English. For the rest of the conversation.
I remember in school when we had to learn French, I was so excited to learn a new language. I really excelled, it was my best class every year. My grandma spoke French so I'd practice talking with her. Finally, time for a field trip to Quebec. We go, I'm like.. 12 and being my stuff to the counter all hyped up to finally use my French for real. BONJOUR!! And they look at me like their soul just left their body and just let out a huge sigh and go ".... Hello...." I tried speaking French until the clerk just snapped on me and told me to just speak English. That pretty much drained my entire drive for French out of me right there. Marks tanked, I stopped speaking it, and stopped taking the classes as soon as it wasn't a requirement.
@@Julielafoire I literally spoke French exclusively in the class. I had conversations with others in French. I've travelled enough of the world and worked with enough other languages to know this was not normal.
@@Julielafoire and still am mad at French specifically, because no other language did this to me. I was French immersion. Was started in French way earlier than 12. Every other language I've dealt with, I've had less knowledge but been treated infinitely better. If you're a customer service worker, dunking on a kid for having an accent and refusing to speak your own language because they said hello, is not customer service.
I expect people to not be assholes for no reason. I deal with thousands of people a day and when I'm dealing with someone that speaks broken English or speaks with some sort of accent, I don't sigh and change my speaking language. I take my time, smile, treat them with respect and kindness and do my best to help them. If we can communicate in the same language fine, then there's no reason to be shitty about it. French is the only language that myself, my family, or my friends, have had this issue.
I lived in the Netherlands for a couple years. I wanted to try to learn Dutch. No luck. All the locals wanted to practice their English with a native speaker.
I'm from the north of Belgium, so Dutch is my first and native language, but our pronounciation is slightly different (but I'll never speak strong dialect when I'm there). When I am in Amsterdam and talk to someone who doesn't know me, they reply in that insufferable English-with-a-Dutch-accent of theirs. I've even tried telling them explicitly that Dutch is my native language too, and they'll just ignore me and go on in English. "Yesh, it ish just ofer te pritch acrosh te kennel".
@@berttroubleyn3475Dutch is one of the worst non native English accents, coming from an Australian. Good ones are Norwegian, German, Finnish if u want a laugh 😂 Guess I could throw in my Flemish boys because it’s so different to actual Dutch accent 😅
I get your point, but the thing is I don't have time to help you practice your French when I'm at work. I got shit to do and spending 5 minutes trying to understand what you're saying ain't part of it. It's just easier to speak in English at that point.
Well there's that for most of us but also we don't want anyone to misunderstand us or not being able to keep up when we speak in french so we switch to english even if its the level of caveman for some of us. XD
@@sinopale0606but then the same problem happens the other way around. A lot of French speakers don’t know how to say the h sound, so they say air instead of hair. What’s even more confusing is when they do put an h when there isn’t any, like hate instead of ate.
@@minisn3066 i guess we (I'm french) assume (wrongly ?) it's harder to speak and understand French than it is in English. So the switch is supposed to make it easier both for the tourist, and for the waiter to go through the order. Doesn't mean it actually works that well lol, we just assume it will work better most of the time, and so the tourists who speak good French but with an accent and the ones who wanted to practice their mid-level French get the same treatment 😅 ?
I experienced the opposite when I visited New York for the first time at 16. My english was so bad but the people there were so patient and gentle, trying to speak slowly to me and pointing to help me.
France is one of my favorite countries to visit, but sometimes I really struggle to get along with Parisians. I know it's a stereotype, but they are genuinely more rude to foreigners than the people of any other city I've visited in the world. I'm glad to hear you had a good experience in New York. It's actually kind of ironic you mention NYC, because, assuming you don't already know, it has the reputation of being by far the rudest American city.
@socko2085 You know, it's kind of funny because when I was in Times Square, we had some free time with our friends before going back to the teachers. I remember there was a huge crowd, and I started to lose my friends. I just shouted, "Wait!" to them, and all of a sudden, the crowd turned to look at me. Everyone let me pass without a word. I was so shocked by that. Nobody gave me a weird look.
@@socko2085 " It's actually kind of ironic you mention NYC, because, assuming you don't already know, it has the reputation of being by far the rudest American city." Only for rude tourists who don't know how to act in a city! (I've literally watched a woman scream on a subway that she paid for a ticket so someone was sitting in her seat, since they were all full!) New Yorkers are some of the most genuinely helpful people.
@jdb101585 I love NYC, visit frequently, and get along great with the locals. I was speaking about its public reputation. Mostly because the people are a bit more stand offish and blunt in their speech than Midwesterners or Southerners for instance. I personally prefer the type of straightforward bluntness that New Yorkers exude. Also, everyone minding their own business is great for me. Additionally, I completely agree that New Yorkers are some of the most helpful and compassionate people out there when someone is actually in need. My experience of Parisians is that they're blunt, standoffish, and extremely unhelpful. It's the worst of both worlds.
I watched a music video where some American singers sang in Swahili. The entire comment section was so gracious that they'd take the time to learn a song in their language. I watched a different video by the same group, this time in French. The entire comment section was ridiculing how painful their accent was to hear for a whole song.
I feel like this explains why my German grandmother hates the French and says they're dirty and mean. I never see anything about French people being nice, they're always super rude and condescending like this. Also I honestly got distracted by all the phlegmy noises she was making while speaking and I don't know if that's normal of French.
I remember first listening to music when young, and learning which English speaking groups were from England and which were from the States only by listening. Before getting the album and reading liner notes, you weren't even sure of all the lyrics. You might think it's "Wrapped up like a douche" for three decades until you learn it's "Revved up like a Deuce." It was neither extremely easy nor difficult as accents invariably surface or get subdued.. I know English speakers may share a bias and a head start, but basically it's more about the impact of the message of music overall, and not about enunciating each word to imprint a text or to retain an accent out of inflexibity, if that language is already familiar to the bigger world. That's called talking, not singing, and it feels like constrictive propaganda, not liberating music. Nyah!
Once I was in a very elegant pet store in Paris trying to buy dog tags. I attended a french school my entire life so I was basically raised with french as my second language. I was only struggling to say the word "dog tag" because that is not something that they teach you at school. The lady started almost screaming in English trying to get rid of me. Jokes on her, my native language is Spanish and at the time I had an extremely basic level of English 😅
@@myeggyweggy I don't recall exactly, I believe I told her in perfect french "I don't speak English, I speak Spanish and french" and then left the store. I was a super shy teen back then 😅
That’s how I feel whenever I’m in Spain. I have a bachelors degree in Spanish, have been a teacher for 5 years but I look very Irish and have a not so great accent being from New Hampshire. Whenever I talk to anyone in Spanish they look at me like I have 6 heads and then just talk to me in broken English.
then i guess you should practice your accent. spain is a melting pot of different cultures. not everyone has the same accent. i don't want to assume much but yeah you should practice your accent.
In my experience Germany is the exact opposite. If you at least try to speak their language they are thrilled. They will correct you but appreciate your efforts.
Bro my experience when I was in Germany was the exact opposite 🤣 I had to fight to get most to speak in German, and the hilarious part was, that even our teacher, who was German native, had to argue sometimes over it. We all basically did exactly this and it quickly got them to switch back. Some of my friends messed with them and switched to whatever other languages they knew as well because the ability to speak English from some of the shop owners was so bad you couldn't understand any of it
This reminds me of a time I went to a café in Berlin, ordered in german and the waitress answering in english. I thought she had spotten my foreign accent and was trying to be polite, but I wanted to practice german, so the entire exchange went that way: me speaking german and her answering in english. It's only when I had left that I realized that german was probably not her first language either and that SHE was more comfortable with english...I felt bad for instisting on speaking german
You're absolutely right. My French, which French friends confirm is well-accented, was fine outside of Paris and well-received. In Paris, I got nothing but curt, poorly spoken English responses. The snobbery was thick enough to spread on a baguette.
Chilling in Occitaine area? Oh that's good times! Seafood tower party in Brittany? Ohh yes please! Paris? Nahhhhh. I'm good. Serge Lutens exports now I got no reason to set foot in their uncollected dogshit.
Definitely just French and mostly restaurants. They never let me get past "Bonjour" in French in restaurants in Paris, but my French has apparently been totally understandable in grocery stores and pharmacies; meanwhile, in Nice everyone spoke back to me in French just fine.
@@denkinomsGreeks hate American tourists and don’t act like someone’s pissed in their coffee everytime someone attempts to god forbid speak their language.
This reminds me of when I was eating in a restaurant in Toronto and the lady said “sorry we don’t have American cheese” before I could order anything. I asked her why she thought I wanted American cheese? It was so weird
Usually when a restaurant runs out of a very common ingredient they'll let customers know before they start looking at the menu so they don't get disappointed they can't get the dish they wanted.
@@andyv2209 Yeah but the waitress still phrased it rudely. She could've said "sorry, just to let you know we ran out of American cheese so if you order these items then we can substitute another cheese."
@@rainyday1051 it didnt seem rude to me, just lacked context, but was obvious enough to me. and for a server whos probably busy and inexperienced i don't take it as rude.
This happens to me as well when I'm in Germany - which is VERY annoying, because I was born in Germany and it's literally my first language and the language I speak to my mum in! I just have an English accent because I spent most of my childhood in the UK.
It's not just France though. I got this in Italy. Spent ages trying to learn Italian, but every time I tried to order something, they would just reply in English. I'm trying to learn, here! Just work with me! Please let me use everything I practiced! In the end I didn't get any better. Every conversation swapped to English immediately outside of this nice old guy in a corner shop that didn't seem to know English. He was very nice and I got to practice with him! He was the only one I could have a conversation with in Italian...
Oh my lord. I had this happen in japan too. The worst one was when I was booking a hotel reservation. (I have a small accent) she was insistent we spoke in English but couldn't understand a single word and used the excuse the phone was breaking up. I ended up speaking to her in japanese as she responded in broken English. It was a nightmare. (Best hotel I've stayed in while in japan, yuzuya onsen in kyoto for any curious) Edit: personally I found that rural taxi drivers were the best to just chat with casually. Once you get over the white guy speaking japanese shock value you can get some cool conversations out of those old guys.
Where in Italy? I'm italian from Tuscany, usually we like talk with people and we are amused if someone talk italian 😊 but some people is nasty if you go in tourist areas with hight prices, hope you will have better experience next time 🌻
@@MsStresa most people were really polite about it. Naples was the only one my poor Italian got a bad reaction from. Maybe cause it was the off season and they didn't want to deal with tourists outside of summer? I dunno. But Rome, Venice and Sappada were all really nice about it. I guess they just wanted to speed up the interaction and get me what I was after so they swapped to English. But they were very polite and seemed to appreciate I was trying! They still greeted and farewelled me in Italian, which was very nice. I think Naples was the only bad experience in that regard (still a very interesting place and plan to go back), and really it was just a couple people in a grocery store and one barista that already looked annoyed before I even walked in. Overall though, definitely plan to go back to Italy someday! It was a little upsetting I didn't get to practice as much as I wanted, but it's not like they were rude about it. They could just tell I wasn't very confident in it and swapped over to make it easier. Very nice people.
Idk I worked in American restaurants that had a large clientele of Spanish speakers. Unfortunately not a lot of us speak Spanish, so we had a rule that if you had to get someone to translate, you shared your tips with them. That way the customers were understood and we could give the best service. If they tried to speak in English, we responded in English. If they spoke to us in Spanish, we asked if they wanted a translator to make it easier. The fact that you’re speaking fluently in French, or at least conversationally, and they still speak in English is rude. It’s not even giving you a chance to practice.
Im not sure why i get people doing this so much, i barely speak english (northern welsh farmboy. No need for it past grade school and the occasional english media) but i guess my accent is english sounding? So then we are stuck with "do you want my decent yet still slightly broken french, or my very broken english, because i doubt you speak welsh."
This happened to my grandmother in Paris. She spoke Cajun French, and knew some proper French. She was injured in Paris and called down to the front desk of the hotel to ask for something and the lady at the desk was so rude, "I don't understand anything you say! Just speak English!" But then the maid came in and asked what had happened, and she was from Algeria, and she understood my grandmother perfectly and they got on great. For the mostpart, the French were incredibly kind to my grandmother during her trip. But there were just a few who demanded perfection.
An Italian friend had a doctor's appointment in Nice. Despite the fact she speaks decent French, the nurse insisted on trying to speak Italian to her, a language the nurse clearly did not speak. When she got through to the doctor, she spoke English to my friend. The doctor was struggling at one point, and my friend said "On peut parler francais, si vous preferez". The doctor was shocked as her nurse had explained that my friend couldn't speak any French, even though all the practical information the nurse had about my friend and her problem had been given in French.
This happened to me in Italy... somewhat... hubby and I got lost in a town an hour away from Rome. We only found one cafe where the waitress spoke some English and apparently, regular customers (in suits) who came often for business and stayed in the town. They wanted us to go to Sermoneta so bad but it was our last day😢 (they were so nice)... we actually got directions from them and still ended up getting lost😅 We entered another café and no English, no Spanish, no French (i speak these language) i was trying to communicate with a waiter as much as I could. He could understand some English, and I took on some of his italian (romance languages rescuing the day). The coworkers were laughing their asses off the whole time😭😭 at both of us. Cause neither could speak the language of the other😢. Nonetheless, I thanked him and told him his English comprehension was great and to keep it going cause he was going be better than most by simply communicating with others and helping them. I also left him a tip... The coworkers stopped laughing, he was surprised. We found our destination thanks to this interaction (adrenaline kicked in😂😂)
@@larafranke1802 me too. This is how we learn from each others. I would and could never. Especially if I see people in such difficulty. I will never forget him🥹 no ubers, no taxis. Only one bus left to the train station and our flight left next day at 4 AM from Rome. May I say, there was 0 service. We were so grateful that he helped us, whether he knew it or not. He did help a lot. Can't wait to go back to Italy and go back to the same place (more prepared) and stay longer❤️
I went to France back when I hadn't yet learned English. I felt like "thanks for switching from a language I know poorly to a language I don't know at all. So very considerate of you."
the french including parisians have always been very kind and happy to talk to me in french and compliment me evem when i make mistakes. but i have experinced the contents of this skit a billion times with spanish speakers from every single spanish speaking country.
I majored in French and studied in France. Bordeaux, the city I studied in, was beautiful because people actually spoke to me in French. Only in Paris did I ever experience this 😂
Same for me! Except I lived in Nantes. I was very surprised to find how few people spoke English at all there. Made for a wonderful immersion experience 😊
@@idunnowhatimdoin If you're speaking in French and they clearly understand it, but keep responding in English... clearly they want to practice and learn English better. So at that point they deserve to be corrected.
if they're actually incorrect, sure, correct them. If it's more like op, just saying things in a different way and trying to act like you're clever… have fun I guess? ps- they don't speak English to all Americans, just the ones who sound like they're *_really_* struggling with French.
That's extremely rude and you should never do that unless asked. I don't do that to people who are just learning German (my native language) unless they ask because it's a way more complicated language than English with its possessive pronouns depending on the 'gender' of the noun.
How do they always know??!! The only time in Europe they greeted me in French (this was in France) was when I put on a scarf with my sweatshirt bec my neck was cold and I had left my coat at the airbnb. Then it was "Bonjour!" everywhere!! I took off the scarf and it was back to "Hello" and "Hi" lol :D
@@shine-uy5fq Several comments have mentioned Modern Family! I love Modern Family, have not seen the episode where apparently this same thing happens, want to see it lol. It happened to me several years back, I was in a black sweatshirt and the scarf was this olive green, black, and beige swirly print that, if I do say so myself lol, made my hazel-brown eyes pop. So it made me look somewhat put together, even in a black sweatshirt, as I knew it wld, which is why I brought it for travel. Never happened in Spain, the country I have been to the most, even with the same sweatshirt scarf combo (tried it on purpose).
I've seen soooo many videos describing this situation (French service people refusing to speak French with tourists) and even a lot of friends, who'd been to France before, told me that, too, but when I went to Paris last autumn for a girls trip it was never like that for me...I'd greet them in French, tell them that I wasn't fluid and ask them politely whether they'd be able to speak English with me (in French) and oftentimes the'd tell me they could understand me perfectly and ask me whether I'd like to try to continue in French. I'd feel so encouraged by that that I tried to communicate as much in French as I could and whenever my French would fail me I'd just switch to English and no one ever bat an eyelash. It seemed to me like they really appreciated me trying to speak their native language even though I obv wasn't fluent😅
@@gabrielleswann6729 Thank you!!! And @yasmo91 is hallucinating, cuz that never happened. I speak decently fluent, well-accented French, have been to Paris three separate times over 20 years and have spent about 6 weeks total there, and I got the same response as the woman in this vid. I have lots of friends who had the same experience.
@@MsShellectableit’s simply unkind to discount someone’s experience just because your experience is different. Also you’ve only been here for six weeks total, you can’t speak for everyone either; it’s laughable for you to cite only six weeks and act like a know-it-all, disrespecting someone else like that. I’ve been in Paris for two years and I live in central Paris, majority of the time it’s a struggle to get people to speak to me in English. They just keep continuing in French assuming I’ll understand (I do somewhat) while I speak English to them, or switch back to French after one or two lines of English. It happens. I don’t think either you or she is hallucinating, but I do know you’re ignorant and prejudiced.
To be fair, it’s getting better. I’ve been to Paris a few times over 10 years and 10 years ago was bad as this video. When I visited recently, it was a much better. Better customer service too. More people allowed me to speak French. But also, everyone in customer services were young people who spoke perfect English.
@@gabrielleswann6729 Thank you for correcting me. Always good to keep on educating yourself. Especially since English is not my native language. My first languages are German and Turkish and in German we say "Ich spreche xyz flüssig". Flüssig = fluid, but I guess that is a false friend. I will edit it😊
Just pretend that you can’t speak English. Tell them your native language is something they aren’t likely to know like Russian or Chinese, and French is the only other one you can communicate with.
I speak very little French, did my best whilst i was there and only realised the waitress was speaking back to me in English when i noticed i was understanding everything she was saying
When I went to france with my mom and sister, my mom did most of the talking, and everyone immediately switched to French. The one day that my mom let me sister and me run around Paris by ourselves, lots of people I spoke to in French were at least kind enough to respond back in French, though I'm almost certain the difference between my accent and my mom's played a large part.
If you were a kid, that makes a big difference too. When I was 6 and 7, I’d run around and try to speak French (and barely spoke any at all) and they loved it and complimented me, they’d speak it back and were very kind. When my parents and brother tried to speak French (much better French than a child), they were treated with outright contempt until we left the city lol
I learned to ask in other countries. Some people are rude and some people just want a chance to practice their English, but France was almost always this scene.
It's because I'm Paris they don't want to practice their English, they want to feel superior by pretending the person doesn't speak French well enough but *they* can speak English perfectly. But it's often not true.😅
I've been to Paris twice and I just haven't had this experience at all... Just greet them in French and be polite and they're polite back. Not everyone spoke English, but everyone did their best to communicate.
Man this exact same thing happens to me here in germany. I've been living here for 20 years. I speak fluent german, with very little accent, and yet as soon as they detect a hint of an accent the Germans want to switch to english. I was insulted initially, because I took it to mean that my German wasn't good enough, but it was explained that they just like to practice speaking English with native speakers. Still though if a German switches to English he's going to be the only one speaking English in that conversation
I've had the opposite experience in Germany. I found that most people were not only willing to have a conversation with me in German, but also politely correct any mistakes I made before complimenting my bad German so that I wouldn't feel discouraged. Berlin was the only place where what happened in this video happened to me. Everywhere else was super friendly and welcoming.
They do. I think it's their Ministry of Culture that upholds the standards. There's also an Academy of some sort, but I'm not sure how involved they are.
I remember at a train station in Nice, I spoke to the person working there in French (attempted to) and he made me practice my French. Was nice about it and I liked that I could practice. Mostly had good experiences trying to use French in France.
I found it weird when i went to a restaurant in paris they said "no snacking" which i found out ment nonsharing food. Like getting one dish for two people. I understood why, they have limited seats and dont want people wasting their time. But people getting a dish to share is so common in america
Weird. Because the culture in France is USUALLY meant for slow meals and they don't even bring a check until you ask. I wonder if it's more so they can charge more money?
My first language was Spanish. Back in my roaring 20's, I went to Spain. Stumbled my way through Spainish (it was not encourage growing up to keep the language) and to my surprise, Spainards spoke right back to me in Spainish without blinking. I felt proud of myself for being able to order things from street vendors and ask for directions in Spainish, actually get it right and understand their responses. But when I struggled, they had zero problem switching to English and telling me I was doing great with Spainish. ❤
Sorry, your first language was Spanish ... and you struggled speaking Castillian Spanish? I assume that's what you mean by "Spainish". I speak Mexican Spanish but I'm familiar enough with South American Spanish to understand how the informal 2nd person plural tense works ... though the dialectal vocabulary can be somewhat difficult.
@@stanstrumThey mentioned they weren’t encouraged to keep speaking Spanish growing up, so that’s probably why their Spanish was broken/they struggled speaking it.
@@JB-kg3js Ah, I had the same deal growing up. My older sister refused, kicking and screaming, to learn Spanish as a child and so my mother (the native Spanish speaker in our family) had given up trying to teach us by the time I was speaking lol.
I only had half-remembered high school Spanish from 50 years ago but on a recent trip to Spain the people seemed pleased as punch that I spoke in my basic Spanish. They made me feel right at home :-)
I'm from Canada and I'm from ontario, every time I've visited Quebec this usually happens as well. It's annoying. I've tried to remain calm and think about the situation... The possibility of if they're just trying to be hospitable, but at the same time... I spoke french for a reason, speak back in French damnit!!
@@francelaferriere6106 I can get that, but us trying to speak French is a way of us trying to show we respect your culture. I'm someone that's unable to carry a accent or do specific things with my voice, so I cannot properly carry a accent or roll R's and stuff, but I'm still going out of my way to show I came here with the ability to speak your language
Reviens, on va te parler en français promis! (En fait je contrôle pas personne, je te promets rien, mais je peux rêver. Les Québécois se lamentent que personne ne parle français, quelle blague 😭)
@@BWtchdSparrw I'm from Texas, so we have the same thing, but with Spanish of course. I can't roll an R to save my life. It's pretty common to not be able to make certain sounds in a different language unless you learn to speak them fluently at a young age. Especially if there's no equivalent in your first language.
I’ve lived in France for years and have experienced this MANY times. I recently came across your shorts, then promptly subscribed because I can totally relate to all this. Bravo 🍾
They do this in Japan too. Xenophobia is super common in countries with less diverse populations, or that are ancient and populated by the same group for that whole time (in France's case, Gaul and Roman descendants)
@petra1995 Only 7.7% of the people living in France are foreigners. That's not what I'd call diverse. Edit: For context, around 14.6% of US Americans are "foreigners". It's similar in the UK, and 29% in Australia are immigrants.
@@petra1995 Only 7.7% of France's population is made up of immigrants. For context, in the US the number is around 15%, same in the UK, and twice as much in Australia. France isn't diverse
@@LoveLee_Dreamer 1. Japan's percentage is 2.2%. 2. Just because you're not an immigrant, doesn't mean you're white (and vice versa). Many non-white French were born in France and are French citizens.
Paris is very diverse, as are most cities. They just have a massive cultural problem with foreign accents. A French friend who came to the UK told me that no office would choose somebody with a foreign accent over someone with a French accent, so he was amazed at himself and a Turkish guy getting a job at our place over British-born candidates. @@LoveLee_Dreamer
I have been with Québecois and the level of fury was next level... the waitress refused to acknowledge they were speaking french, let alone as their first language 😂
As a Quebecoise - yuppp happened to me too ! I yelled at him to start learning how to speak English properly if he wants to try that shit on French native speakers
I had the opposite reaction! Everyone I spoke to in French responded in kind. I was with two other Americans - one of our waiters asked me what I was doing with them (in French) and when I responded that I was American also, he started laughing and said he wouldn’t have guessed. He also said he was about to say something he shouldn’t about the guy I was with 😂. But seriously though, they were all super nice, not in a condescending way at all.
If only they spoke some English back then. But no, they insisted to not comprehend the French that was totally fine elsewhere AND refused to comprehend English. I am glad that younger generations are less Francophobic AND less Anglophonic. Not sure what Paris is like these days, but at least my colleagues from uni speak relatively fluent English these days AND have zero issues understanding my French. It's not brilliant, but seriously, it was never THAT bad. But then again, some people from France that I used to know had severe trouble understanding regional nuances in pronunciation. You now it's bad,if the foreigner has less trouble than the local 🙄😎
My family is part French and they act this way with me and other family members who don’t speak French or speak little 😂 if they do it to us, I can’t imagine how they are to the public
I actually had quite a different experience, people in Paris were super nice and answered in french, didn't even show whether they were annoyed by my non-native french or not ...
I’ve met a lot of Latino Spanish speakers who are just happy to hear us gringos try, and they’re often very patient and helpful. I used to work retail jobs with coworkers who spoke Spanish, and they’d let me practice with them. I’m conversational, but I’m much better at hearing than I am speaking. I had two Spanish teachers during my 5 years of Spanish in school (in the US). One of them was Colombian, the other studied in Mexico. I’m pretty good at hearing those accents spoken, but other accents can be really tough. My area, for example has a lot of Puerto Ricans, and I always have to ask them to slow down😭 But they do appreciate that I try my best. Many of them get really excited and their eyes light up when I start speaking Spanish, even if it’s bad. Totally different culture about language than in Paris I think
@@hydrogen3266it's awesome that you can speak and understand Spanish! One of the main reasons that people find speaking and understanding a language difficult besides the accent is that the they're still processing the language word by word instead of larger units. Native speakers will have entire sentences in their memory and they can retrieve them easily. For example, the right verb conjugation just "comes" to them. I used to struggle with speaking in real time until I found a RUclips channel where you repeat 20-word long sentences a couple of times per sentence. Then you watch the same video every day for a week or so & you'll have memorized the sentences. I quickly noticed what a difference memorizing complete sentences made on my Spanish. It also became easier to say things with the correct prosody, because I wasn't so focused on the sentence formation process anymore.
@@evastapaard2462 I used to have the same problem in French, but I have been watching French content on RUclips daily for two months or so. It's slowly but surely started to improve my listening comprehension, because my mind has gotten more used to French phonology, and it has started to chunk sentences into larger units to make processing them easier.
One of the best things of being Afrikaans is that there isn't many places that will understand what you say so when I'm in the states and I switch to Afrikaans you must know I'm gossiping
my ex grew up in Joburg (Glenhazel) before moving to the 'states and I picked up a little Afrikaans. I was in the the laundry room of a hotel on business and staring at the snack machine when two big fellas walked in. One said to the other in Afrikaans what I understood to be along the lines of "stupid yankee looking for beer in a candy machine". Their eyes nearly popped out when I responded with "Ag! Voetsek U ma se poes! Ek ken geen Lion of Castle in die masjien nie!" Both roared with laughter and they took me out to dinner that night! Wayne and Riaan. Great okes.
Yeah I've heard of that happening a lot. It's probably more common outside metropolitan areas, since people are less likely to meet English speaking people or don't really need to know English in their everyday lives.
I’m enjoying listening to you speaking French. I was fluent in High School, but then didn’t use it again for … lol, tooooo many years. I’m now 60, so 42 yrs. Occasionally used it or listened to radio/tv. But they speak too quickly when you’re trying to relearn. My brain remembers slower. So, thank you. ❤
I'll be visiting Paris soon and was going to freshen up my rusty french a bit so i could remember the most basic phrases again but your videos give me so much anxiety that i dont even wanna go anymore😭
Honestly if you want to go, go. When talking to people don’t first attempt French, and just ask if they speak English in French to get a vibe. If they say no before you can finish, move on. If not, ask if you can practice your French with them. Just don’t _expect_ to make any friends. 😂 There ARE really nice people, but it won’t ever be who you expect. I was really lost and sort of fighting with my boyfriend outside a train station trying to figure out where to go and a very nice girl over heard us, stopped, and helped us find our way. She ended up walking us to the hotel. She was _from_ Paris and told me what I just told you about asking if people speak English. She also told me to make sure if you are going anywhere that you need to buy tickets that you go to the line that says “English”, and she was right. They are always nice, and will let you practice too! We also had a really nice server at a tourist restaurant by the Eiffel Tower who was from Mexico of all places, we bonded since we were from Arizona and I spoke Mexican Spanish. (He also spoke fluent English, but he was very happy to hear his home accent in Spanish.) People to avoid the most: bartenders 😂 omg so mean 😂😂
Also if you have the option to go to Paris for less time and go spend more time in Lyon instead, you will really enjoy that city! ❤ Paris is really just a museum stop at the end of the day. And the louvre is way over hyped, do the cheaper night ticket. Spend more time in all the other ones instead. ❤ Musée d'Orsay rocks, I adored the Musée Rodin! Petit Palais has some pretty good renaissance and midlevel art for being outside of Italy. Funny enough the Mundolingua is a LINGUISTICS museum and that’s neat and it’s cheap. Oh and Musée Cernuschi is an Asian art museum! There is also a The Museum of Fairground Arts I didn’t get to see, but I’d consider going back for, it’s full of these STUNNING old historic rides. And my personal silent favorite was the Museum of Perfume! 😍 sooooo cool. They even have a Perfume Organ and it’s free! (But ya girl loves a smelly nice thing)
@cailinanne omg thank you so much, especially for all these recommendations🥹 My boyfriend and I will just go there for a weekend (we live in germany so it's just a couple hours away) and he put me in charge of making the plans so now I have to do way less research thanks to you💕
From what I know, it's mainly Parisians who are like this. I'd recommend maybe spending more time in other places than Paris if you have time to change your plans a bit
This makes me feel ACTUAL rage. My chest hurts. Asking for the French menu and receiving the English menu... you're a waiter, is your job to listen to our requests regarding our food or not?? Edit: I must admit when I wrote this I was upset about a lot more things than this and felt a bit intense 😭 but it is still upsetting when I'm not in that headspace. It's just really disrespectful to not listen to someone in a situation like this, and absolutely ridiculous not to listen when it's your *job* to listen and the request is completely reasonable and within the scope of your job.
I've heard about this before, when I used to read a blog written by an expat going to Russian-speaking countries. No matter how hard he tried, nobody wanted to speak Russian to help him practice. They all switched to English. He actually started some language practice clubs locally to get people to work with him on learning.
If you mean countries outside of russia (instead of just russia), a lot of people there don't want to speak russian because it's the language of the past occupier. These countries have their own native languages that are not russian.
as a russian that lives in russia - all the channels i follow and love are in english, i read in english, i communicate in english whenever i can, i think in english, i watch movies in english etc i simply don't like russian that much. i was born here, but it doesn't mean i chose this culture🤷 russian doesn't make me happy, (because of the culture it maintains, all the biases, stupidity, toxicity and closemindedness) english does. so i wouldn't want to basically teach someone russian unless i'm paid, because it is a job, if i'm forced to do smth i don't want to do🤷🙈💖but some ppl do like to be all patronising, correct your grammar etc to feel important, so it's not a bad idea to look for those in such a case i guess😸🌻they usually seek connection themselves because others don't stand them but they do love teaching whether you asked their opinion/advice or not😸just fax, no hate, i myself would pick a person like this over someone chill and nice in order to learn a language, if needed
@@Silveirias That may have been part of it, with that person whose travel blog I was reading a few years ago. He did travel to several places, including Ukraine, although he learned several languages and was able to speak Ukrainian too. But I can see how people would have a negative feeling and want to avoid using the occupier's language.
@@yellowcatmonkey Yeah, you can learn how to speak the language 'the right way,' for those times when it needs to be 'right,' but yet, you don't necessarily like the culture that it comes from. I get that. I myself have looked around at the traditional folk music from several different countries, and the Russian folk music tends to sound sort of sad and depressing to me, whereas some other countries might have music that's a little more cheerful and happy. I do have some favorites that I like more than others.
@@eagledove9 well, yeah, i guess that's because russians are basically not allowed to be happy. 🤷 (i typed a lot of reasons here but then erased it all; upshot: homophobia, sexism, xenophobia, religion, procreation, war etc propaganda is everywhere, being different is wrong)
you have the most beautiful parisian accent! i'm so jealous. i speak french with an italian accent... my dream is to spend some 2-3mo in france to learn the accent and speak better! i wish you made longer videos en français!!
I watched into an ice cream shop in France with a friend when I was a teenager. Before we'd said or done anything the man behind the counter gave a big sigh and said 'alright I explain in english'
So true! And this happens even more in Italy. When I was a kid, I stuttered, and I hated speaking Italian, but no one spoke English. And I grew older, I wanted to practice my Italian, so I didn’t forget it, and of course everybody wanted to speak English, even though some of them could barely speak it. Lol I love your videos!
Only thing missing is the extra "uh" sound that Parisian seem to put at end of almost every word. 😅 When I first visited I was shocked that while it was hard to understand Parisian French I had no problem understanding anyone from other cities. 😅
“I’m very sorry we have no chicken nuggets” 😂 the MOST condescending 😂😂
On the other hand it's quite funny, if you aren't hangry
"Oh, you have nothing to fry them in since all of that oil is on your face. Better be careful, our military might come over and give it some democracy"
Just escalate. Don't de-escalate. Those bitches don't deserve it.
C'est l'expérience qui parle
@@lelgermo1109???
What chicken nuggets are good
I had this happen to me when I was in Paris and I responded back in French “You clearly don’t speak French either so what language should we talk in?” 😂😂😂
What did they do then? 😂
Indonesian?
ICONIC!!!
This is what my petty ass would say 😂
THAT’S SO FUNNY dear godddd
I love it, just start speaking fast English with a couple slang words and phrases tossed in and they’ll switch back to French real quick 😂
That was first thought is to speed it up. It's clear you're familiar if you are talking fast.
"Yarh brah so can you slap me up with that bravado grizzly glizzy the XXL hotdog on a pretzel bun thanks"
XD
Don't underestimate all the frenchies, some of us do understand your slang words 😜
Let them get their practice in 😂
The funniest thing I ever saw in Paris was a front desk clerk and Japanese man trying to have a conversation in English.
I’d love to see that ddaang sounds so interesting !!!😂
English is the most common, funnily enough, lingua franca....even in France, apparently
@@TaftisBack it is and the French hate that it is
😂😂😂😂😂
I don’t why I bursted out laughing….
That convo will be like that old English comedy about learning English!
😂😂 I'm so sad I missed that
One of my best friends is from France and this has happened to her before. She was dying of laughter.
well being FROM france isnt the same as speaking good french.
@@Foatizenknechtl it’s your first language…how can you speak badly in your first language?
@@Hi_imzeeldaShe might’ve been born in France but grown up elsewhere. That would make her French not her mother tongue, she wouldn’t speak on native level.
@@mysticpersimmonit’d still be her mother tongue, it’s her native language
@katerinachvostkova4324 The never indicated she wasn't from France since her childhood?
I'm half french but speak french fluently, i look like my mom, she's from Indonesia, I'm constantly being treated like an outsider in france, even though i was born there😂 i move to bali when i was 19 and been loving it ever since, the people are kinder and food is very nice too.
Betul syg tapi jiwa dan lidah tetap orng Indo
@@HoneyQuint rasis org prancis, kulit gua sama kyk mak gua, sawo matang, gua suka dikira TKI dr indo, nga dianggap gua disana meskipun dr kecil dibesarkan di prancis, akhirnya muak coba ikut mama ke indo, sumpah beda jauh, org2 rama, selalu senyum, makananya jg jauh lebih enak, nga hambar kyk di Prancis dimana mereka kalau masak jarang pakai rempah2 atau bumbu, merica garam doang mereka pakai 😂
Jealous of you!
Balinese people are so nice, they treat everyone like family it's beautiful, I wanna go back sometime I have some friends there :)
My great aunt was French, born and raised. She moved to the US right after WWII, she was treated like an American when she would go home to visit, it really upset her
Yes. Accurate! While in Paris, I spoke French and the French ALWAYS responded back in English. I eventually gave up.
Had different reactions. Tried it in broken French they somewhat could understand me but when trying English they were not able to understand me and were looking for someone else with basic English knowledge. At the place where you leave your luggage in Gare Du Nord they were not able to tell me in English that I was going the wrong way. In Angers they had to look for a customer to explain to me my card declined. I mean that’s fine I’m in a different country but unlike in Scandinavia, Austria or Germany I really did not have the experience of them answering or even understanding English
In Italy I had that happen and I would respond with, "In italiano, per favore. Se volessi parlare inglese potrei restare negli Stati Uniti." (In Italian, please. If I wanted to speak English I could stay in the US.) I got *great* service 😊
@@lorijackson872 Italians are way friendlier than French people, when I went to Rome I always got great service even though I spoke mainly in Spanish, most of them speak Spanish so I was able to communicate most of the time, they even were surprised in a good way when I attempted to talk Italian. In France they got mad when I spoke English, madder when I talked Spanish and ignored my attempts at French, I had some good experiences with service but they were outside of Paris, it was also winter, almost Christmas so I imagine they were fed up with tourists.
next time just start correcting their english or pretend you can't understand them
It's even worse when english isn't your native language either. Trying to speak french to them for them to answer back in english when i actually speak portuguese as a first language is a whole experience. I'm fluent in english, lucky for them, but my traveling companions were not.
People outside of Paris are so much friendlier, I studied in Lyon for 6 months and my french improved dramatically and I never had anyone try to speak back in English to me, and people are genuinely impressed and encouraging when you do speak it well. Even the French people I know dislike Parisians 😂
That's what I've heard from people too. That it's not the French as a whole, but more so Parisians specifically.
Yes, the French are famous for their rudeness, but I've had plenty of nice conversations with strangers in France. But in Paris, the guy selling tickets in a train station will pretend he doesn't understand when you say you would like a ticket for the RER.
I have friends that have been in Marseilles and they have told me that there, if you answered in English while able to speak French, they would not answer 🤣
Yeah outside of Paris we don't like parisien especially in the south
Omg I’m so relieved to hear this because I’m going to be studying in Lyon next year!!
I've known native French speakers from parts of North America other than Quebec who have had to deal with this because the French just weren't used to certain French accents and thought they were second language speakers. I've seen Québecois do the same to them, though, too.
They have the same problem in the Netherlands with Dutch speakers from Flanders (Belgium). They think it's polite but it actually is really insulting. Most of all because we would not do it the other way around.
@@iri02802I don't think they're trying to be polite.
Actually the people in France can’t understand québécois people. The accent is weird for them apparently. I remember going and my cousin who grew up in Ontario who had minimal French abilities but more European French was being spoken too in French while I was being spoken to in English even though I am fluent.
Yeah accents can be challenging sometimes, but could you imagine if an American waiter did this rude behavior to a a French person speaking English? Literally would not happen, and if it did they would be instantly fired.
Honestly the Canadian French sounds like a child trying to pronounce words fancily and they add english words in the mix lol
The kindest French speakers I have experienced were in Belgium. They were incredibly patient with me as a learner and even though I knew some of them also spoke English they let me try talking with them in French first and didn't switch over the minute I had a little trouble.
I had exactly the opposite experience. ...f*** ugliest country in Europe.
Yeah there’s plenty of kinda French speakers m, just almost none in Paris
Ohh, I was thinking about Hercules Poirot 😅
One of my best friends is an exchange student from Belgium! She hates the French because of their rude attitude towards her and anyone else who isn't from paris🤣🤣
Everyone I've met from Belgium has been the most chill people
I have had this exact interaction. Out of utter stubbornness, I had an entire conversation in two languages. 😂
I mean, win win. Both get to practise their second language.
@@bratatouille It is actually the recommended way to hold that conversation.
And for the very reason indirectly pointed out in the video.
Each one uses the other persons native language.
I have also had this exact interaction. I think I may have you beat on stubbornness though - I continued the conversation in two separate languages for an entire 6 year relationship 😂
I have absolutely done this. In my experience they insist on speaking in English when you try to use French but if you need them to speak English, it will be French. 😂 In any case, if you insist on English, have fun understanding my thick German accent...😈
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Speaking French ANYWHERE outside of Paris is a much better experience for newbies.
When I lived in France, I would occasionally go through entire conversations where I only spoke French, they only spoke English back to me, and neither one of us would budge. Your video made me laugh remembering how hard it was to get Parisians to refrain from using me to practice their English. Ha-ha!
Pretend you don’t speak English “it’s Russian or French, I’m afraid” and I’m sure more people will be willing to speak French 😂
@@b_w_j omg... it's so simple, yet I've never heard this before. Cheat unlocked.
That would be perfect for me as I can't understand a word in French, but I can speak a little.
@b_w_j this but go more obscure. Like some region specific turkic dialect, not much change they will happen to speak it 😅
LOL yesss it’s annoying they love to practice with you.
I would switch to Spanish so fast. English is my first language but goddamit, two can play this game and I plan to win.
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Lol, I've switched to Dutch basically saying I don't speak English but French would be just fine. Only to be asked to speak slower as they didn't understand my English. Well no shit! It wasn't English
Yessss
Not only in France.
The worst thing is when you understand the menu in the language of the country better than in English.
I mean yeah a lot of dishes especially that originated in that country make no sense in English just like a lot of sayings
@@Queer_boiled_ears I actually meant the ingredients, like I don't know words like sorrel (just looked that up), but yeah, I might not understand the names of dishes in English.
Thing is, I know English pretty well, but I know the food vocabulary better in a country where I actually spend a lot of time, even when I know not many other words. Because I do actually eat in the country I am... And I don't get how that it's hard to understand that this might be a possibility!?
Also, just because a person can't speak a language well, doesn't mean they speak English. 😅😅
Also, often the menus in France (and other countries too, I'm French so I've seen it in France a lot, but I've seen the same in Italy for example) aren't properly translated by a professionnal. They're translated by the owner who knows a bit of english, or worse, Google Translate.
@@cathastrophe2496 I agree, I always ask for a German menu as I've been to so many restaurants with awfully translated English menus. I can speak good enough German to order my food in German too, although the combination of the two usually then means the waiters think my German is beter than it is and ask me complicated questions in German that I don't understand..! Guess Germans are friendlier than the French!
20 years ago after I was living in France for about 6 months, I would do this frequently. Some people would insist on using sloppy English, which was basic compared to my French. I’d start fast speaking English with my highest level of vocab and they’d concede in a snap. Love this vid 🙌🏼
Maybe that kind of explains it. Maybe it's not so much condescension as some kind of thing where they have to prove their English is better than your French.
@@TroglodyteФранцузам тяжело слышать акцент и они предпочитают, чтобы вы мучились, слушая их акцент.
@@Sophie-sc5zcbullshit 😅
They just don't understand when you butcher their language so they switch to another language when they can!
@@camillesolange182 это лишь вариант моего ответа! Французам не нравится как некоторые иностранцы говорят на их языке. Но со мной лично такого никогда не было, т.к. мой уровень французского с1
@@camillesolange182 but they butcher the english language too so it just matters whose the most fluent in both
They do this in Quebec too. They'd take us there for a school trip to "practice our French" and it's like "but they won't let us" 😭
I usually assume it's to make the transaction faster (in shops etc.). They're in a rush to serve customers. Happens to me too sometimes.
Yeah I can assure that if I'm at work, I'm gonna take the easy option, and if it's speaking English to someone who barely speaks French, that's what I'm gonna do, cause I'm really just trying to get through my day
The people in Quebec are pretty kind about it though! It definitely seems more that they are trying to work quickly and efficiently since they have multiple customers to attend to. But overall, everyone, working or not, is pretty friendly in Quebec! I need to go back
I'm from Quebec. We did a school trip with our English class to Ottawa. At the time, most lower-class people in Eastern Ottawa staffing the shops and restaurents were Franco-Ontarians speaking basically the same dialect as us.
To them, it must have hurt to hear obvious native French speakers insist on speaking English in public ( about half of Franco-Ontarians no longer speak French and the trend keeps getting worse. ).
I think its a french thing… to be rude.
I’m from Normandy and my husband is British. Our children speak both languages. When we were last in Paris Parisians wouldn’t speak to my children in french because their accent was not just so. I told one person in native French that they were being unkind and they told me my accent was for want of a better term lower class! Parisians!
Fukin hell! Racists
As an American who studied French for many years - Parisian are the only people in France I have any trouble understanding. 😂 The "country/ low class" accent is FAR superior in my opinion. ❤
The funny thing is most of those Parisians aren't actually Parisians. They came to Paris with a dream and became waiters instead.
@@LittleMew133oh my god, now I want revenge on behalf of OP, ask the waiter back how it felt failing to get their dream job
I know that was rude as hell but that was hilarious.
I spoke about 10 words of Greek before going to Greece and every single person I met there was so excited when I attempted to speak their beautiful language (terribly, I’m sure). They were all so kind and welcoming, even outside of the bigger cities. I highly recommend to anyone who has the opportunity to visit. It’s a magical place.
This is the right attitude to have 😂 Americans are real assholes about it, though.
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Agreed. Spent a season there working on yachts in my late 20’s. Loved it
Every other country I go to is always estactic that I try. Even if it's just simple words like "beer" or "thank you"
@@ppleeatppledefinitely not the french tho 💀, I've been there and some people I met were snarky and always tried to pretend that they don't know english 💀. But you approach them in French some would be ok with you
At the end, she unlocked the French option. Not because the waitress couldn't keep up with the English, but because she proved she could give the waitress the proper attitude.
Yrs, she set a boundary.
This is so accurate!! The first time I went to Paris I held up an item for sale looking for a price in front of a sales clerk. I looked at him and asked "combien?" and he said IN ENGLISH "I don't speak English" Their reputation for rudeness is well deserved. I have to decipher broken English in heavy accents ALL THE TIME in America. I can't imagine being so rude to someone just trying to speak my language. Even if my accent was thick, the context of shopping in a store and turning the package upside down looking around on it tells you what my question is. He knew exactly what I was asking. He just wanted to be a c*n+ to the American.
French racism is a special brand. Hating anyone non-fluent definitely extends from it.
Oh yeah, here in the US people laugh at you if you pronounce the letter V like a B. Not cool!
... you have to go pretty rural for that to be the case.
the exact same thing happened to me at my job in america when a french tour bus arrived. all i said was bonjour and they pretended to not understand. like i was just trying to be nice what’s the point in making me feel bad? and it was always elders who did that not young people. i think it’s a generational thing.
I feel like its common when youre visiting somewhere with a language youre not fluent in to learn how to tell people “I don’t speak _”
I don’t know Spanish yet I can tell someone “Lo siento, no hablo español”
This video gives me the urge to just roll up in Mandarin if the server starts interrupting my French. It's either bonjour or 你好 and no in between.
I would do Spanish 😂
alternatively since I suck at french and mandarin I can hit them with the chinglais and see how they fare trying to decipher my terrible mandarin, french, and english combo. Even better if I can throw in some terrible spanish I can barely remember from 5th grade. Let me practice in one language or try to practice 2-3 of them.
@@Fen_Fox jebus that's evil and I love it
Omg that's hilarious
My version: it's either bonjour or здарова бандиты and no in between
Pulling up with Romanian 💪💪💪
I wouldn't be able to handle this level of being condescended too.
That's what it looks like when servers don't work for tips. You get more attitude and way less kind people.
@@katelovell625 This is not true. It's just that Parisiens are assholes mostly. Stop trying to advocate for your broken ass system.
Best not go to France then?
@@katelovell625 plenty of countries don't do tips _and_ treat people nicely lol
@@anonymouse9833 most countries, I've found lol. France is special.
OH MY GOD I'm so glad that you made this video!! 😂 I used to live in France (not Paris), and people would be happy and really friendly when I spoke French with them, and we would carry on the conversation in French. I recently went to Paris on a holiday and was all excited to dust off my French again 😃 But everywhere I went, THIS kept happening!!!! 😅🙃😂 I feel so validated by this video! 🤣 Wtf Paris?! 🤣
The worst is when you try to speak French and they look at you and say, “No English!” I’m not sure if they don’t know what I just said or if they think they are still at war with England and think I’m English instead of American.
Maybe it's the accent??
...England and France haven't been at war since Napoleon...so over 200 years ago. Most likely they just really couldn't speak English (very well)😅
@@yasmo91it was a joke
@@yasmo91I’m pretty sure the reference was made about France’s aid to the colonies during the American Revolution
Maybe if you thought about it for 10 seconds you'd realise France is the most visited country in the world and they deal with tourists all day, most of which waste time / disrespect the place so I get it. Ive heard it myself. I've been all over France countless times and never had a problem. Dealt with very rude people in USA though.
Native French here, moved out some 30 years ago- this happens to me all the time when I go visit.
Why do they do this?
@@graceraven3423 French, like all languages, is constantly changing, and 30 years is a long time to be out of the game.
An accent from 30 years ago isn't going to sound "correct" anymore.
But that doesn't justify to be rude. Why be like this? I'm Spanish native speaker, when a british guy came talking to me in a broken Spanish I didn't cut him off. Being kind to others won't make you less.
I feel you. I don't even speak to my French family anymore. They always act like they're better than me for staying in France. Even when my Grandmother died they said that because we didn't really live close to her at the end of her life, she wasn't REALLY our grandmother like... the fu-? We would LIVE at her house in the summer when we came to visit. We bought her house in Auvergne and paid for all the renovations while the French family stole the silverware and beds because they felt they 'deserved it'.
@@camillep5982you're from Belgium and France.
There's a difference but not that much compared to other countries
Countries who feel that native English speakers butcher their language to turn around and butcher English is and will always be funny to me.
Right?! So ironic 🙄 like do they… not think they have a horrific accent when they’re speaking English?
@@LeDank Spanish countries are the most forgiving. You can have the vocabulary of a three year old and they so glow with joy 🤩 I love going to Mexico.
@HeyThatsMe3 Frr the spanish and Italians are like you can know three words in their language and their celebrating its so sweet
@@sleepnow3053 Right! It’s so welcoming. I can’t speak on any Asian countries as I know none of their languages even a few words nor have I visited any YET! But I watch RUclipsrs and have seen second hand that they find it funny when a foreigner speaks their language and amazed when they are fluent. Again cute very cute.
Austrians are hyped when you know at least a little German. My accent sometimes gets made fun of by people from Germany because I learned from Austrians.
Yeah it’s frustrating. I’m Canadian and our kids are both in French immersion; we were in Paris last summer and often we found ourselves speaking to people who insisted on speaking English to us even as our French was better than their English. I just plow away in French and they can do what they want.
Sales girls in shops in Montreal, speaking rudely about me while i was trying on clothes, not realizing I'm a french speaker. I really related to the scene in Legally Blonde for the same reason.
That’s just lame- loads of people in Montreal are bilingual! But I had it happen to me, too, 30 years ago! 😂 It’s like they think the rest of us didn’t have to suffer through 12 years of French! 🙄
I hope you tactfully put them in their place like Elle did in Legally Blonde, too. So rude.
@@ambriaashley3383 Hell yeah, I hope so too!!!
Painfully suffering in Montreal while trying to get through immigration and when I was called to pick up replacement glasses, I was greeted in French, asked *in French* if we could speak English, was told no, stammered through a sentence I wasn't sure about in French, then was told in clear English "No, wait a minute," and put on hold. I was fuming.
The next person also answered in French, and the same runaround ensued until I just deadpanned "I don't speak French well; I'm still learning." Fluent. English. For the rest of the conversation.
@@idalaM that is so frustrating I'm sorry for you
I remember in school when we had to learn French, I was so excited to learn a new language. I really excelled, it was my best class every year. My grandma spoke French so I'd practice talking with her. Finally, time for a field trip to Quebec.
We go, I'm like.. 12 and being my stuff to the counter all hyped up to finally use my French for real.
BONJOUR!!
And they look at me like their soul just left their body and just let out a huge sigh and go ".... Hello...."
I tried speaking French until the clerk just snapped on me and told me to just speak English. That pretty much drained my entire drive for French out of me right there. Marks tanked, I stopped speaking it, and stopped taking the classes as soon as it wasn't a requirement.
Wow, that's sad...
@@Julielafoire I literally spoke French exclusively in the class. I had conversations with others in French. I've travelled enough of the world and worked with enough other languages to know this was not normal.
@@Julielafoire and still am mad at French specifically, because no other language did this to me. I was French immersion. Was started in French way earlier than 12.
Every other language I've dealt with, I've had less knowledge but been treated infinitely better. If you're a customer service worker, dunking on a kid for having an accent and refusing to speak your own language because they said hello, is not customer service.
I expect people to not be assholes for no reason. I deal with thousands of people a day and when I'm dealing with someone that speaks broken English or speaks with some sort of accent, I don't sigh and change my speaking language. I take my time, smile, treat them with respect and kindness and do my best to help them. If we can communicate in the same language fine, then there's no reason to be shitty about it. French is the only language that myself, my family, or my friends, have had this issue.
Those same people then wonder why no one wants to learn their language when they're the same persons turning people off from it
"Okay, you know what? Fine, I'll start with the foie gras.."
Love a good, "fuck it, let em eat thier own shit" moment ❤
Please, everyone everywhere, do not eat foie gras. It causes so much suffering!
If someone insisted speaking English I would just leave the restaurant tbh -
Actually the waitress is FAR too smiling and graceful for a Parisian waitress
Totally agree 😂
for real i’m french and NEVER you will see a french waiter who isn’t angry ALL THÉ TIME for nothing
I lived in the Netherlands for a couple years. I wanted to try to learn Dutch. No luck. All the locals wanted to practice their English with a native speaker.
Thats so sweet haha
Same for me in Korea.
I'm from the north of Belgium, so Dutch is my first and native language, but our pronounciation is slightly different (but I'll never speak strong dialect when I'm there). When I am in Amsterdam and talk to someone who doesn't know me, they reply in that insufferable English-with-a-Dutch-accent of theirs. I've even tried telling them explicitly that Dutch is my native language too, and they'll just ignore me and go on in English. "Yesh, it ish just ofer te pritch acrosh te kennel".
@@berttroubleyn3475Dutch is one of the worst non native English accents, coming from an Australian.
Good ones are Norwegian, German, Finnish if u want a laugh 😂
Guess I could throw in my Flemish boys because it’s so different to actual Dutch accent 😅
@@lachie8784 I love that reply, cheers!
this always saddens me to hear about, because the best way to learn a language is by practicing, especially with native speakers
I get your point, but the thing is I don't have time to help you practice your French when I'm at work. I got shit to do and spending 5 minutes trying to understand what you're saying ain't part of it. It's just easier to speak in English at that point.
It saddens me to hear about people ordering foie gras :'( i swear anybody who knows how its made and has a tiny bit of empathy wouldnt eat that.
True but Parisiennes are like the Japanese (and most Americans). They have ZERO interest in learning other languages.
@@WrenKati I've given up veal for the same reason and am seriously considering doing so with lamb.
@@WrenKati wait how's it made?
I was told by one waiter in Paris he was just so happy to practice his English, and that is why so many respond back in English.
Well there's that for most of us but also we don't want anyone to misunderstand us or not being able to keep up when we speak in french so we switch to english even if its the level of caveman for some of us. XD
@@sinopale0606but then the same problem happens the other way around. A lot of French speakers don’t know how to say the h sound, so they say air instead of hair. What’s even more confusing is when they do put an h when there isn’t any, like hate instead of ate.
@@minisn3066 i guess we (I'm french) assume (wrongly ?) it's harder to speak and understand French than it is in English. So the switch is supposed to make it easier both for the tourist, and for the waiter to go through the order. Doesn't mean it actually works that well lol, we just assume it will work better most of the time, and so the tourists who speak good French but with an accent and the ones who wanted to practice their mid-level French get the same treatment 😅 ?
I experienced the opposite when I visited New York for the first time at 16. My english was so bad but the people there were so patient and gentle, trying to speak slowly to me and pointing to help me.
France is one of my favorite countries to visit, but sometimes I really struggle to get along with Parisians. I know it's a stereotype, but they are genuinely more rude to foreigners than the people of any other city I've visited in the world. I'm glad to hear you had a good experience in New York. It's actually kind of ironic you mention NYC, because, assuming you don't already know, it has the reputation of being by far the rudest American city.
@socko2085 You know, it's kind of funny because when I was in Times Square, we had some free time with our friends before going back to the teachers. I remember there was a huge crowd, and I started to lose my friends. I just shouted, "Wait!" to them, and all of a sudden, the crowd turned to look at me. Everyone let me pass without a word. I was so shocked by that. Nobody gave me a weird look.
@@socko2085 " It's actually kind of ironic you mention NYC, because, assuming you don't already know, it has the reputation of being by far the rudest American city."
Only for rude tourists who don't know how to act in a city! (I've literally watched a woman scream on a subway that she paid for a ticket so someone was sitting in her seat, since they were all full!)
New Yorkers are some of the most genuinely helpful people.
Also, asking questions of people on the sidewalk during their morning commute is not the best time, lol.
@jdb101585 I love NYC, visit frequently, and get along great with the locals. I was speaking about its public reputation. Mostly because the people are a bit more stand offish and blunt in their speech than Midwesterners or Southerners for instance. I personally prefer the type of straightforward bluntness that New Yorkers exude. Also, everyone minding their own business is great for me. Additionally, I completely agree that New Yorkers are some of the most helpful and compassionate people out there when someone is actually in need. My experience of Parisians is that they're blunt, standoffish, and extremely unhelpful. It's the worst of both worlds.
I watched a music video where some American singers sang in Swahili.
The entire comment section was so gracious that they'd take the time to learn a song in their language.
I watched a different video by the same group, this time in French.
The entire comment section was ridiculing how painful their accent was to hear for a whole song.
Is this on RUclips? Who were the singers?
Yikes.
I worry I'd insult people by trying to speak their native language (badly), too. 🥲😂
I feel like this explains why my German grandmother hates the French and says they're dirty and mean. I never see anything about French people being nice, they're always super rude and condescending like this. Also I honestly got distracted by all the phlegmy noises she was making while speaking and I don't know if that's normal of French.
I remember first listening to music when young, and learning which English speaking groups were from England and which were from the States only by listening. Before getting the album and reading liner notes, you weren't even sure of all the lyrics.
You might think it's "Wrapped up like a douche" for three decades until you learn it's "Revved up like a Deuce."
It was neither extremely easy nor difficult as accents invariably surface or get subdued..
I know English speakers may share a bias and a head start, but basically it's more about the impact of the message of music overall, and not about enunciating each word to imprint a text or to retain an accent out of inflexibity, if that language is already familiar to the bigger world. That's called talking, not singing, and it feels like constrictive propaganda, not liberating music.
Nyah!
Once I was in a very elegant pet store in Paris trying to buy dog tags. I attended a french school my entire life so I was basically raised with french as my second language. I was only struggling to say the word "dog tag" because that is not something that they teach you at school. The lady started almost screaming in English trying to get rid of me. Jokes on her, my native language is Spanish and at the time I had an extremely basic level of English 😅
I hope this comes across the right way but you must have worked hard because your English is great now!
@@katesmith8424 yes thank you !
I really did 😄
What happened after...
Wow some people are disgusting and weird
@@myeggyweggy I don't recall exactly, I believe I told her in perfect french "I don't speak English, I speak Spanish and french" and then left the store. I was a super shy teen back then 😅
That’s how I feel whenever I’m in Spain. I have a bachelors degree in Spanish, have been a teacher for 5 years but I look very Irish and have a not so great accent being from New Hampshire. Whenever I talk to anyone in Spanish they look at me like I have 6 heads and then just talk to me in broken English.
then i guess you should practice your accent. spain is a melting pot of different cultures. not everyone has the same accent. i don't want to assume much but yeah you should practice your accent.
That's so weird, where did you go? People usually go easy when someone is trying to speak Spanish
In my experience Germany is the exact opposite. If you at least try to speak their language they are thrilled. They will correct you but appreciate your efforts.
Yesss ! I lived in Germany for 3 years ! Didn’t learn but whatever I would try to say in their language they were always helping me
Bro my experience when I was in Germany was the exact opposite 🤣 I had to fight to get most to speak in German, and the hilarious part was, that even our teacher, who was German native, had to argue sometimes over it. We all basically did exactly this and it quickly got them to switch back. Some of my friends messed with them and switched to whatever other languages they knew as well because the ability to speak English from some of the shop owners was so bad you couldn't understand any of it
My experience in Austria was the same!!
Just don't expect the same in Switzerland
This reminds me of a time I went to a café in Berlin, ordered in german and the waitress answering in english. I thought she had spotten my foreign accent and was trying to be polite, but I wanted to practice german, so the entire exchange went that way: me speaking german and her answering in english. It's only when I had left that I realized that german was probably not her first language either and that SHE was more comfortable with english...I felt bad for instisting on speaking german
I feel like this may be a Parisian thing because ive met many people from the other parts of france and they have been warm, beautiful people!
You're absolutely right. My French, which French friends confirm is well-accented, was fine outside of Paris and well-received. In Paris, I got nothing but curt, poorly spoken English responses. The snobbery was thick enough to spread on a baguette.
Chilling in Occitaine area? Oh that's good times! Seafood tower party in Brittany? Ohh yes please! Paris?
Nahhhhh. I'm good. Serge Lutens exports now I got no reason to set foot in their uncollected dogshit.
To be fair, they are probably tired of the rude tourists in Paris 😅 being from nyc I feel their pain
Definitely just French and mostly restaurants. They never let me get past "Bonjour" in French in restaurants in Paris, but my French has apparently been totally understandable in grocery stores and pharmacies; meanwhile, in Nice everyone spoke back to me in French just fine.
@@denkinomsGreeks hate American tourists and don’t act like someone’s pissed in their coffee everytime someone attempts to god forbid speak their language.
This reminds me of when I was eating in a restaurant in Toronto and the lady said “sorry we don’t have American cheese” before I could order anything. I asked her why she thought I wanted American cheese? It was so weird
That’s cracking me up. 😂 Lady acting like she’s afraid her Canadian rights will be stripped if she doesn’t prove she hates American culture
Usually when a restaurant runs out of a very common ingredient they'll let customers know before they start looking at the menu so they don't get disappointed they can't get the dish they wanted.
Toronto is about as French as Japan
@@andyv2209 Yeah but the waitress still phrased it rudely. She could've said "sorry, just to let you know we ran out of American cheese so if you order these items then we can substitute another cheese."
@@rainyday1051 it didnt seem rude to me, just lacked context, but was obvious enough to me. and for a server whos probably busy and inexperienced i don't take it as rude.
This happens to me as well when I'm in Germany - which is VERY annoying, because I was born in Germany and it's literally my first language and the language I speak to my mum in! I just have an English accent because I spent most of my childhood in the UK.
i find it funny that if you tell germans that you're learning their language they are like, "no. stop. don't do it" HAHAHHA
It's not just France though. I got this in Italy. Spent ages trying to learn Italian, but every time I tried to order something, they would just reply in English.
I'm trying to learn, here! Just work with me! Please let me use everything I practiced!
In the end I didn't get any better. Every conversation swapped to English immediately outside of this nice old guy in a corner shop that didn't seem to know English. He was very nice and I got to practice with him! He was the only one I could have a conversation with in Italian...
Oh my lord.
I had this happen in japan too.
The worst one was when I was booking a hotel reservation. (I have a small accent) she was insistent we spoke in English but couldn't understand a single word and used the excuse the phone was breaking up.
I ended up speaking to her in japanese as she responded in broken English. It was a nightmare. (Best hotel I've stayed in while in japan, yuzuya onsen in kyoto for any curious)
Edit: personally I found that rural taxi drivers were the best to just chat with casually. Once you get over the white guy speaking japanese shock value you can get some cool conversations out of those old guys.
Where in Italy? I'm italian from Tuscany, usually we like talk with people and we are amused if someone talk italian 😊 but some people is nasty if you go in tourist areas with hight prices, hope you will have better experience next time 🌻
@@MsStresa most people were really polite about it. Naples was the only one my poor Italian got a bad reaction from.
Maybe cause it was the off season and they didn't want to deal with tourists outside of summer? I dunno.
But Rome, Venice and Sappada were all really nice about it. I guess they just wanted to speed up the interaction and get me what I was after so they swapped to English. But they were very polite and seemed to appreciate I was trying! They still greeted and farewelled me in Italian, which was very nice.
I think Naples was the only bad experience in that regard (still a very interesting place and plan to go back), and really it was just a couple people in a grocery store and one barista that already looked annoyed before I even walked in.
Overall though, definitely plan to go back to Italy someday! It was a little upsetting I didn't get to practice as much as I wanted, but it's not like they were rude about it. They could just tell I wasn't very confident in it and swapped over to make it easier. Very nice people.
@@TeganThrussell I'm happy to read that 😊💖
Ya gotta go outside the big touristy areas!
Idk I worked in American restaurants that had a large clientele of Spanish speakers. Unfortunately not a lot of us speak Spanish, so we had a rule that if you had to get someone to translate, you shared your tips with them. That way the customers were understood and we could give the best service. If they tried to speak in English, we responded in English. If they spoke to us in Spanish, we asked if they wanted a translator to make it easier. The fact that you’re speaking fluently in French, or at least conversationally, and they still speak in English is rude. It’s not even giving you a chance to practice.
It wasn't even about giving her a chance to practice-she's clearly fluent enough to be understood. It was just snobbery.
Im not sure why i get people doing this so much, i barely speak english (northern welsh farmboy. No need for it past grade school and the occasional english media) but i guess my accent is english sounding? So then we are stuck with "do you want my decent yet still slightly broken french, or my very broken english, because i doubt you speak welsh."
'Wastad yn mynd i Lydaw, byth yn mynd i Ffrainc.
@@daniels9205 ie, ond rwy'n astudio pensaernïaeth, ac mae Ffrainc yn lle gwych ar gyfer hynny
Your English seems perfect to me. Even the grammar. Almost like you’re lying to seem cool on the internet. I bet you’re from Missouri.
@@Ima_meangirlyou ever heard of google translate? It’s free. And it’s a great way to double check your grammar.
Speak to them only in Welsh. They'll change their tune quite fast.
This happened to my grandmother in Paris. She spoke Cajun French, and knew some proper French. She was injured in Paris and called down to the front desk of the hotel to ask for something and the lady at the desk was so rude, "I don't understand anything you say! Just speak English!"
But then the maid came in and asked what had happened, and she was from Algeria, and she understood my grandmother perfectly and they got on great.
For the mostpart, the French were incredibly kind to my grandmother during her trip. But there were just a few who demanded perfection.
Now say all that in your thickest southern drawl with a “bless your heart” at the end!😂 I love the French! ❤❤
An Italian friend had a doctor's appointment in Nice. Despite the fact she speaks decent French, the nurse insisted on trying to speak Italian to her, a language the nurse clearly did not speak. When she got through to the doctor, she spoke English to my friend. The doctor was struggling at one point, and my friend said "On peut parler francais, si vous preferez". The doctor was shocked as her nurse had explained that my friend couldn't speak any French, even though all the practical information the nurse had about my friend and her problem had been given in French.
This happened to me in Italy... somewhat... hubby and I got lost in a town an hour away from Rome. We only found one cafe where the waitress spoke some English and apparently, regular customers (in suits) who came often for business and stayed in the town. They wanted us to go to Sermoneta so bad but it was our last day😢 (they were so nice)... we actually got directions from them and still ended up getting lost😅
We entered another café and no English, no Spanish, no French (i speak these language) i was trying to communicate with a waiter as much as I could. He could understand some English, and I took on some of his italian (romance languages rescuing the day). The coworkers were laughing their asses off the whole time😭😭 at both of us. Cause neither could speak the language of the other😢. Nonetheless, I thanked him and told him his English comprehension was great and to keep it going cause he was going be better than most by simply communicating with others and helping them. I also left him a tip...
The coworkers stopped laughing, he was surprised.
We found our destination thanks to this interaction (adrenaline kicked in😂😂)
I just imagine the stupid faces of his coworkers 😂😂
I love nice people who try their best to help out despite difficulties like language barriers ❤
@@larafranke1802 me too. This is how we learn from each others. I would and could never. Especially if I see people in such difficulty. I will never forget him🥹 no ubers, no taxis. Only one bus left to the train station and our flight left next day at 4 AM from Rome. May I say, there was 0 service.
We were so grateful that he helped us, whether he knew it or not. He did help a lot.
Can't wait to go back to Italy and go back to the same place (more prepared) and stay longer❤️
So what happened to you was completely different from the video? Ok
I'm glad you had a good experience, but it might be a good idea to have Google translate on your phone next time.
“The coworkers stopped laughing” 😂 for real, very courteous of you to respect his time with the tip!
This is amazing 😂
Because it’s very true. But look out for scolding of ‘içi en France, on parle français’. 🙃
French person here, well f*ck that saying !
That’s when you say “imma cop a fat load of that fancy-ass raw beef an a cheeky side of Belgian chips”.
“Yo waddup my budda wah gwaan listen man a wah di specials fi todeh mi prefer vegan options pliiz” speak like a Jamaican and they’re fucked😂😂
Waitress desperately wanting to practice English 😂
In some countries that's the case (people want to practice) but not in Paris. It's like a power trip for them. 😅
The chicken nugget barb was pure condescension.
@@lutilda no it’s not, they are just minimum wage workers in a hurry who want to get the order right and have no business teaching French.
Then say "you speak French, I speak English, practice." That should be simple enough that anyone with enough skill to communicate can use it.
I went to France back when I hadn't yet learned English. I felt like "thanks for switching from a language I know poorly to a language I don't know at all. So very considerate of you."
You're great now
the french including parisians have always been very kind and happy to talk to me in french and compliment me evem when i make mistakes. but i have experinced the contents of this skit a billion times with spanish speakers from every single spanish speaking country.
I majored in French and studied in France. Bordeaux, the city I studied in, was beautiful because people actually spoke to me in French. Only in Paris did I ever experience this 😂
Same for me! Except I lived in Nantes. I was very surprised to find how few people spoke English at all there. Made for a wonderful immersion experience 😊
I always correct their English…or their English accent. Luckily there are lots of ways to say the same thing in English so it never fails! 🤣
😂
that's a highly effective way to confirm the stereotypes they already have
@@idunnowhatimdoin If you're speaking in French and they clearly understand it, but keep responding in English... clearly they want to practice and learn English better. So at that point they deserve to be corrected.
if they're actually incorrect, sure, correct them. If it's more like op, just saying things in a different way and trying to act like you're clever… have fun I guess?
ps- they don't speak English to all Americans, just the ones who sound like they're *_really_* struggling with French.
That's extremely rude and you should never do that unless asked. I don't do that to people who are just learning German (my native language) unless they ask because it's a way more complicated language than English with its possessive pronouns depending on the 'gender' of the noun.
How do they always know??!! The only time in Europe they greeted me in French (this was in France) was when I put on a scarf with my sweatshirt bec my neck was cold and I had left my coat at the airbnb. Then it was "Bonjour!" everywhere!! I took off the scarf and it was back to "Hello" and "Hi" lol :D
I too noticed all the guys wore scarves 😂
It's literally that modern family clip 😂
@@nemo-xomg totally!
modern family HAHHAHA
@@shine-uy5fq Several comments have mentioned Modern Family! I love Modern Family, have not seen the episode where apparently this same thing happens, want to see it lol. It happened to me several years back, I was in a black sweatshirt and the scarf was this olive green, black, and beige swirly print that, if I do say so myself lol, made my hazel-brown eyes pop. So it made me look somewhat put together, even in a black sweatshirt, as I knew it wld, which is why I brought it for travel. Never happened in Spain, the country I have been to the most, even with the same sweatshirt scarf combo (tried it on purpose).
“We have no chicken nuggets” gets me every time I replay 😂😂😂
I've seen soooo many videos describing this situation (French service people refusing to speak French with tourists) and even a lot of friends, who'd been to France before, told me that, too, but when I went to Paris last autumn for a girls trip it was never like that for me...I'd greet them in French, tell them that I wasn't fluid and ask them politely whether they'd be able to speak English with me (in French) and oftentimes the'd tell me they could understand me perfectly and ask me whether I'd like to try to continue in French. I'd feel so encouraged by that that I tried to communicate as much in French as I could and whenever my French would fail me I'd just switch to English and no one ever bat an eyelash. It seemed to me like they really appreciated me trying to speak their native language even though I obv wasn't fluent😅
Fluent not fluid!!!😮
@@gabrielleswann6729 Thank you!!! And @yasmo91 is hallucinating, cuz that never happened. I speak decently fluent, well-accented French, have been to Paris three separate times over 20 years and have spent about 6 weeks total there, and I got the same response as the woman in this vid. I have lots of friends who had the same experience.
@@MsShellectableit’s simply unkind to discount someone’s experience just because your experience is different. Also you’ve only been here for six weeks total, you can’t speak for everyone either; it’s laughable for you to cite only six weeks and act like a know-it-all, disrespecting someone else like that. I’ve been in Paris for two years and I live in central Paris, majority of the time it’s a struggle to get people to speak to me in English. They just keep continuing in French assuming I’ll understand (I do somewhat) while I speak English to them, or switch back to French after one or two lines of English. It happens. I don’t think either you or she is hallucinating, but I do know you’re ignorant and prejudiced.
To be fair, it’s getting better. I’ve been to Paris a few times over 10 years and 10 years ago was bad as this video. When I visited recently, it was a much better. Better customer service too. More people allowed me to speak French. But also, everyone in customer services were young people who spoke perfect English.
@@gabrielleswann6729 Thank you for correcting me. Always good to keep on educating yourself. Especially since English is not my native language. My first languages are German and Turkish and in German we say "Ich spreche xyz flüssig". Flüssig = fluid, but I guess that is a false friend. I will edit it😊
I really struggle because most waiters do this in Paris.
Just pretend that you can’t speak English. Tell them your native language is something they aren’t likely to know like Russian or Chinese, and French is the only other one you can communicate with.
i would’ve said “oh, vraiment désolé. vous ne parles pas français?” st some point i know i would’ve
I speak very little French, did my best whilst i was there and only realised the waitress was speaking back to me in English when i noticed i was understanding everything she was saying
I just persisted in French. Eventually they gave up. I viewed it as them comprehending me, so it's a win.
When I went to france with my mom and sister, my mom did most of the talking, and everyone immediately switched to French. The one day that my mom let me sister and me run around Paris by ourselves, lots of people I spoke to in French were at least kind enough to respond back in French, though I'm almost certain the difference between my accent and my mom's played a large part.
If you were a kid, that makes a big difference too. When I was 6 and 7, I’d run around and try to speak French (and barely spoke any at all) and they loved it and complimented me, they’d speak it back and were very kind.
When my parents and brother tried to speak French (much better French than a child), they were treated with outright contempt until we left the city lol
I learned to ask in other countries. Some people are rude and some people just want a chance to practice their English, but France was almost always this scene.
It's because I'm Paris they don't want to practice their English, they want to feel superior by pretending the person doesn't speak French well enough but *they* can speak English perfectly. But it's often not true.😅
happens in Taiwan all the time too.
I've been to Paris twice and I just haven't had this experience at all... Just greet them in French and be polite and they're polite back. Not everyone spoke English, but everyone did their best to communicate.
Man this exact same thing happens to me here in germany. I've been living here for 20 years. I speak fluent german, with very little accent, and yet as soon as they detect a hint of an accent the Germans want to switch to english. I was insulted initially, because I took it to mean that my German wasn't good enough, but it was explained that they just like to practice speaking English with native speakers. Still though if a German switches to English he's going to be the only one speaking English in that conversation
I've had the opposite experience in Germany. I found that most people were not only willing to have a conversation with me in German, but also politely correct any mistakes I made before complimenting my bad German so that I wouldn't feel discouraged. Berlin was the only place where what happened in this video happened to me. Everywhere else was super friendly and welcoming.
French people want to gatekeep french so bad 😭😭😭
They do. I think it's their Ministry of Culture that upholds the standards. There's also an Academy of some sort, but I'm not sure how involved they are.
idk why would you wanna gatekeep fois gras when it’s literally torture to the animal until they die
The trick is to act like you don’t understand English. Make sure you look the most confused you’ve ever been.
I remember at a train station in Nice, I spoke to the person working there in French (attempted to) and he made me practice my French. Was nice about it and I liked that I could practice. Mostly had good experiences trying to use French in France.
I found it weird when i went to a restaurant in paris they said "no snacking" which i found out ment nonsharing food. Like getting one dish for two people. I understood why, they have limited seats and dont want people wasting their time. But people getting a dish to share is so common in america
Our portion sizes are also massive compared to France haha
Weird. Because the culture in France is USUALLY meant for slow meals and they don't even bring a check until you ask. I wonder if it's more so they can charge more money?
The two things boil down to the same principle.@@lutilda
My first language was Spanish. Back in my roaring 20's, I went to Spain. Stumbled my way through Spainish (it was not encourage growing up to keep the language) and to my surprise, Spainards spoke right back to me in Spainish without blinking. I felt proud of myself for being able to order things from street vendors and ask for directions in Spainish, actually get it right and understand their responses. But when I struggled, they had zero problem switching to English and telling me I was doing great with Spainish. ❤
Sorry, your first language was Spanish ... and you struggled speaking Castillian Spanish? I assume that's what you mean by "Spainish". I speak Mexican Spanish but I'm familiar enough with South American Spanish to understand how the informal 2nd person plural tense works ... though the dialectal vocabulary can be somewhat difficult.
@@stanstrumThey mentioned they weren’t encouraged to keep speaking Spanish growing up, so that’s probably why their Spanish was broken/they struggled speaking it.
@@JB-kg3js Ah, I had the same deal growing up. My older sister refused, kicking and screaming, to learn Spanish as a child and so my mother (the native Spanish speaker in our family) had given up trying to teach us by the time I was speaking lol.
So how can it be your first language then? Isn't English your first language and Spanish just your native tongue?
I only had half-remembered high school Spanish from 50 years ago but on a recent trip to Spain the people seemed pleased as punch that I spoke in my basic Spanish. They made me feel right at home :-)
I'm from Canada and I'm from ontario, every time I've visited Quebec this usually happens as well. It's annoying. I've tried to remain calm and think about the situation... The possibility of if they're just trying to be hospitable, but at the same time... I spoke french for a reason, speak back in French damnit!!
But it's fun to have a conversation in English with people who actually speak English, I don't get to do that often here.
@@francelaferriere6106 I can get that, but us trying to speak French is a way of us trying to show we respect your culture. I'm someone that's unable to carry a accent or do specific things with my voice, so I cannot properly carry a accent or roll R's and stuff, but I'm still going out of my way to show I came here with the ability to speak your language
@@BWtchdSparrw J'comprends ton point d'vue. ;)
Reviens, on va te parler en français promis! (En fait je contrôle pas personne, je te promets rien, mais je peux rêver. Les Québécois se lamentent que personne ne parle français, quelle blague 😭)
@@BWtchdSparrw I'm from Texas, so we have the same thing, but with Spanish of course. I can't roll an R to save my life.
It's pretty common to not be able to make certain sounds in a different language unless you learn to speak them fluently at a young age. Especially if there's no equivalent in your first language.
I’ve lived in France for years and have experienced this MANY times. I recently came across your shorts, then promptly subscribed because I can totally relate to all this. Bravo 🍾
I actually had everyone in Paris speaking to me in french and it’s been my biggest accomplishment 😂
They do this in Japan too. Xenophobia is super common in countries with less diverse populations, or that are ancient and populated by the same group for that whole time (in France's case, Gaul and Roman descendants)
France's population is very diverse though!
@petra1995 Only 7.7% of the people living in France are foreigners. That's not what I'd call diverse.
Edit: For context, around 14.6% of US Americans are "foreigners". It's similar in the UK, and 29% in Australia are immigrants.
@@petra1995 Only 7.7% of France's population is made up of immigrants. For context, in the US the number is around 15%, same in the UK, and twice as much in Australia. France isn't diverse
@@LoveLee_Dreamer 1. Japan's percentage is 2.2%.
2. Just because you're not an immigrant, doesn't mean you're white (and vice versa). Many non-white French were born in France and are French citizens.
Paris is very diverse, as are most cities. They just have a massive cultural problem with foreign accents.
A French friend who came to the UK told me that no office would choose somebody with a foreign accent over someone with a French accent, so he was amazed at himself and a Turkish guy getting a job at our place over British-born candidates. @@LoveLee_Dreamer
“I didn’t take 5 years of French for you to speak to me in English!”
True as well. I love the French so so much
A perfect example of the adage "Be careful what you ask for. You may just get it!" 😂
Omg je serait juste parti de ce restaurant
I have been with Québecois and the level of fury was next level... the waitress refused to acknowledge they were speaking french, let alone as their first language 😂
As a Quebecoise - yuppp happened to me too ! I yelled at him to start learning how to speak English properly if he wants to try that shit on French native speakers
I had the opposite reaction! Everyone I spoke to in French responded in kind. I was with two other Americans - one of our waiters asked me what I was doing with them (in French) and when I responded that I was American also, he started laughing and said he wouldn’t have guessed. He also said he was about to say something he shouldn’t about the guy I was with 😂. But seriously though, they were all super nice, not in a condescending way at all.
If only they spoke some English back then. But no, they insisted to not comprehend the French that was totally fine elsewhere AND refused to comprehend English.
I am glad that younger generations are less Francophobic AND less Anglophonic. Not sure what Paris is like these days, but at least my colleagues from uni speak relatively fluent English these days AND have zero issues understanding my French. It's not brilliant, but seriously, it was never THAT bad.
But then again, some people from France that I used to know had severe trouble understanding regional nuances in pronunciation. You now it's bad,if the foreigner has less trouble than the local 🙄😎
Can you tell all the differences from the accents in france and local patuas? 😮
Can you tell all the differences from the accents in france and local patuas? 😮
My family is part French and they act this way with me and other family members who don’t speak French or speak little 😂 if they do it to us, I can’t imagine how they are to the public
i’m francophobic
I actually had quite a different experience, people in Paris were super nice and answered in french, didn't even show whether they were annoyed by my non-native french or not ...
You must have a stellar accent!
Me too but idk if itz bc me and my friends don't look white
In Mexico, they are so polite to Gringo US ppl who try. They would never do this to us
This is very true.
I’ve met a lot of Latino Spanish speakers who are just happy to hear us gringos try, and they’re often very patient and helpful.
I used to work retail jobs with coworkers who spoke Spanish, and they’d let me practice with them. I’m conversational, but I’m much better at hearing than I am speaking.
I had two Spanish teachers during my 5 years of Spanish in school (in the US). One of them was Colombian, the other studied in Mexico. I’m pretty good at hearing those accents spoken, but other accents can be really tough. My area, for example has a lot of Puerto Ricans, and I always have to ask them to slow down😭
But they do appreciate that I try my best. Many of them get really excited and their eyes light up when I start speaking Spanish, even if it’s bad. Totally different culture about language than in Paris I think
@@hydrogen3266it's awesome that you can speak and understand Spanish!
One of the main reasons that people find speaking and understanding a language difficult besides the accent is that the they're still processing the language word by word instead of larger units.
Native speakers will have entire sentences in their memory and they can retrieve them easily. For example, the right verb conjugation just "comes" to them.
I used to struggle with speaking in real time until I found a RUclips channel where you repeat 20-word long sentences a couple of times per sentence. Then you watch the same video every day for a week or so & you'll have memorized the sentences.
I quickly noticed what a difference memorizing complete sentences made on my Spanish. It also became easier to say things with the correct prosody, because I wasn't so focused on the sentence formation process anymore.
@@excitedaboutlearning1639 I am learning french this way. problem is that french people talk too fast so I cant understand them lol
@@evastapaard2462 I used to have the same problem in French, but I have been watching French content on RUclips daily for two months or so. It's slowly but surely started to improve my listening comprehension, because my mind has gotten more used to French phonology, and it has started to chunk sentences into larger units to make processing them easier.
I know enough Spanish to get me through and appt with a patient and they are always so appreciative to know I can speak a little to them.
spanish people are very nice
One of the best things of being Afrikaans is that there isn't many places that will understand what you say so when I'm in the states and I switch to Afrikaans you must know I'm gossiping
Child shush speak Indonesian nobody speaks it. Afrikaans is Too many of us all ova the world
Be careful in america, you never know who knows your language there.
@@cailinanne haha I know
my ex grew up in Joburg (Glenhazel) before moving to the 'states and I picked up a little Afrikaans. I was in the the laundry room of a hotel on business and staring at the snack machine when two big fellas walked in. One said to the other in Afrikaans what I understood to be along the lines of "stupid yankee looking for beer in a candy machine".
Their eyes nearly popped out when I responded with "Ag! Voetsek U ma se poes! Ek ken geen Lion of Castle in die masjien nie!"
Both roared with laughter and they took me out to dinner that night! Wayne and Riaan. Great okes.
@@yossarian6799 I said Indonesian ffs people
Omg makes me feel so much better about my experiences in France!
I have experienced the exact opposite! In the south of France, a few years ago, I spoke to the waiters in English and they answered me in French... 😂😅
Yeah I've heard of that happening a lot. It's probably more common outside metropolitan areas, since people are less likely to meet English speaking people or don't really need to know English in their everyday lives.
I’m enjoying listening to you speaking French. I was fluent in High School, but then didn’t use it again for … lol, tooooo many years. I’m now 60, so 42 yrs. Occasionally used it or listened to radio/tv. But they speak too quickly when you’re trying to relearn.
My brain remembers slower. So, thank you. ❤
I'll be visiting Paris soon and was going to freshen up my rusty french a bit so i could remember the most basic phrases again but your videos give me so much anxiety that i dont even wanna go anymore😭
Honestly if you want to go, go. When talking to people don’t first attempt French, and just ask if they speak English in French to get a vibe. If they say no before you can finish, move on. If not, ask if you can practice your French with them. Just don’t _expect_ to make any friends. 😂 There ARE really nice people, but it won’t ever be who you expect.
I was really lost and sort of fighting with my boyfriend outside a train station trying to figure out where to go and a very nice girl over heard us, stopped, and helped us find our way. She ended up walking us to the hotel. She was _from_ Paris and told me what I just told you about asking if people speak English. She also told me to make sure if you are going anywhere that you need to buy tickets that you go to the line that says “English”, and she was right. They are always nice, and will let you practice too!
We also had a really nice server at a tourist restaurant by the Eiffel Tower who was from Mexico of all places, we bonded since we were from Arizona and I spoke Mexican Spanish. (He also spoke fluent English, but he was very happy to hear his home accent in Spanish.)
People to avoid the most: bartenders 😂 omg so mean 😂😂
Also if you have the option to go to Paris for less time and go spend more time in Lyon instead, you will really enjoy that city! ❤
Paris is really just a museum stop at the end of the day. And the louvre is way over hyped, do the cheaper night ticket. Spend more time in all the other ones instead. ❤
Musée d'Orsay rocks, I adored the Musée Rodin! Petit Palais has some pretty good renaissance and midlevel art for being outside of Italy. Funny enough the Mundolingua is a LINGUISTICS museum and that’s neat and it’s cheap. Oh and Musée Cernuschi is an Asian art museum! There is also a The Museum of Fairground Arts I didn’t get to see, but I’d consider going back for, it’s full of these STUNNING old historic rides.
And my personal silent favorite was the Museum of Perfume! 😍 sooooo cool. They even have a Perfume Organ and it’s free! (But ya girl loves a smelly nice thing)
@cailinanne omg thank you so much, especially for all these recommendations🥹
My boyfriend and I will just go there for a weekend (we live in germany so it's just a couple hours away) and he put me in charge of making the plans so now I have to do way less research thanks to you💕
From what I know, it's mainly Parisians who are like this. I'd recommend maybe spending more time in other places than Paris if you have time to change your plans a bit
This makes me feel ACTUAL rage. My chest hurts. Asking for the French menu and receiving the English menu... you're a waiter, is your job to listen to our requests regarding our food or not??
Edit: I must admit when I wrote this I was upset about a lot more things than this and felt a bit intense 😭 but it is still upsetting when I'm not in that headspace. It's just really disrespectful to not listen to someone in a situation like this, and absolutely ridiculous not to listen when it's your *job* to listen and the request is completely reasonable and within the scope of your job.
Don't believe what she says, it's mainly outrageous lies and clichés...
That’s happened to me too, however at the end of the conversation, the store clerk laughed and said “I practiced English and you practiced French”
Lol at least she was aware. For me it’s like I’m not trying to practice, I’m trying to buy something!
Ok but I imagine that person would have brought you a French menu to help ypu practice and wouldn't have acted like you were incapable of reading
I guess you'd be able to tell if it was good hearted or condescending.
Every one of your videos is so on point.
I've heard about this before, when I used to read a blog written by an expat going to Russian-speaking countries. No matter how hard he tried, nobody wanted to speak Russian to help him practice. They all switched to English. He actually started some language practice clubs locally to get people to work with him on learning.
If you mean countries outside of russia (instead of just russia), a lot of people there don't want to speak russian because it's the language of the past occupier. These countries have their own native languages that are not russian.
as a russian that lives in russia - all the channels i follow and love are in english, i read in english, i communicate in english whenever i can, i think in english, i watch movies in english etc i simply don't like russian that much. i was born here, but it doesn't mean i chose this culture🤷
russian doesn't make me happy, (because of the culture it maintains, all the biases, stupidity, toxicity and closemindedness) english does.
so i wouldn't want to basically teach someone russian unless i'm paid, because it is a job, if i'm forced to do smth i don't want to do🤷🙈💖but some ppl do like to be all patronising, correct your grammar etc to feel important, so it's not a bad idea to look for those in such a case i guess😸🌻they usually seek connection themselves because others don't stand them but they do love teaching whether you asked their opinion/advice or not😸just fax, no hate, i myself would pick a person like this over someone chill and nice in order to learn a language, if needed
@@Silveirias That may have been part of it, with that person whose travel blog I was reading a few years ago. He did travel to several places, including Ukraine, although he learned several languages and was able to speak Ukrainian too. But I can see how people would have a negative feeling and want to avoid using the occupier's language.
@@yellowcatmonkey Yeah, you can learn how to speak the language 'the right way,' for those times when it needs to be 'right,' but yet, you don't necessarily like the culture that it comes from. I get that. I myself have looked around at the traditional folk music from several different countries, and the Russian folk music tends to sound sort of sad and depressing to me, whereas some other countries might have music that's a little more cheerful and happy. I do have some favorites that I like more than others.
@@eagledove9 well, yeah, i guess that's because russians are basically not allowed to be happy. 🤷 (i typed a lot of reasons here but then erased it all; upshot: homophobia, sexism, xenophobia, religion, procreation, war etc propaganda is everywhere, being different is wrong)
you have the most beautiful parisian accent! i'm so jealous. i speak french with an italian accent... my dream is to spend some 2-3mo in france to learn the accent and speak better! i wish you made longer videos en français!!
Didn’t Napoleon speak French with an Italian accent?
I watched into an ice cream shop in France with a friend when I was a teenager. Before we'd said or done anything the man behind the counter gave a big sigh and said 'alright I explain in english'
Was it because you didn’t greet him with “Bonjour”?
So true! And this happens even more in Italy. When I was a kid, I stuttered, and I hated speaking Italian, but no one spoke English. And I grew older, I wanted to practice my Italian, so I didn’t forget it, and of course everybody wanted to speak English, even though some of them could barely speak it. Lol I love your videos!
Only thing missing is the extra "uh" sound that Parisian seem to put at end of almost every word. 😅
When I first visited I was shocked that while it was hard to understand Parisian French I had no problem understanding anyone from other cities. 😅