i havenāt had much experience with French people, the only French person Iāve ever met was actually a pretty kind person. Iām aware this story very, very likely fabricated
i havenāt had much experience with French people, the only French person Iāve ever met was actually a pretty kind person. Iām aware this story very, very likely fabricated
Honestly, I make an effort to learn some basic phrases in the language of any country I visit, in no small part to simply not get put in the same category as those who donāt bother.
That and some of the more fun holiday memories Iāve got over the years started by me fumbling through the local languageāas you say, most people are magnitudes more friendly if you donāt give the impression you think everyone should speak your language
I donāt get why people care about that, i mean sure if a foreign visitor shows up speaking actually good swedish iād be pretty impressed but otherwise it kinda just feels a bit pretentious and cringy.
Itās not like speaking english means youāre from an english-speaking country, and assuming that feels really anglocentric, ironically.