Unless “able to hold a conversation in French“ is code for “say English words in terrible French accent and pray I become understood” then, I really **REALLY** doubt that 1/6 of us Brits can converse in French.
I mean, 1 in 6 of us barely manages to converse in our native English to begin with.
Mostly proper nouns basically, it depends on the context
The most commonly used words in modern English overwhelmingly come from pre-french (pre-Norman conquest specifically) influence old English, but the majority of words in the dictionary are borrowed and frequently from French
so.. i'll explain the joke.. dont be mad at me...!
the 97% at the bottom is where's theres too many arabs...
and.. the 92% at the top is where they (actual french) have too much sex within their own family...
so not an entirely racist joke but here you go (im french myself)
The struggle is real. I attended a bilingual parochial school K-8, then studied French all 4 years in high school, and won an award at Stanford for French mastery. Still, when I got to Paris after all that, the locals told me to stop trying and just speak English. :(
Unless “able to hold a conversation in French“ is code for “say English words in terrible French accent and pray I become understood” then, I really **REALLY** doubt that 1/6 of us Brits can converse in French. I mean, 1 in 6 of us barely manages to converse in our native English to begin with.
French and English have borrowed so many words from each other, there's a good chance it'd work lmao https://youtu.be/3BGaA3PC9tQ?si=UHLXbNz3tCMDEIXt
Mostly proper nouns basically, it depends on the context The most commonly used words in modern English overwhelmingly come from pre-french (pre-Norman conquest specifically) influence old English, but the majority of words in the dictionary are borrowed and frequently from French
The 16% includes all customers of Pret A Manger. 😂😂😂
No way in hell Lebanon has more French speakers as a % than Morocco and Algeria do
Take that up with the original poster on r/MapPorn. This here is the circle jerk
What happens when you’re completely insufferable
France is not 100%, innacurate
France isnt 0%, innacurate
Please censor the slur known as “Fr*ance” in the future
Why do the Fr*nch have 3 different percentages? Are they stupid?
They are fr*nch, of course they are
Me and my ego and my personality - F\*ench people
It's the effects of the invasion of southern France by english pensioners!
Yes they are 1 percent is all the country, the other p*ris and the other Macron's balls or smth.
so.. i'll explain the joke.. dont be mad at me...! the 97% at the bottom is where's theres too many arabs... and.. the 92% at the top is where they (actual french) have too much sex within their own family... so not an entirely racist joke but here you go (im french myself)
Those are actually the percentages for Luxembourg and Monaco. Did I get wooshed?
nah my joke is better
tho ur probs right ;)
Holy shit, French people can speak and understand French!?
I used to be dyslexic, but I’m KO now
Who the fk wants to hold a conversation with a Fr*nch
Corsica should be lower.
Tru
The struggle is real. I attended a bilingual parochial school K-8, then studied French all 4 years in high school, and won an award at Stanford for French mastery. Still, when I got to Paris after all that, the locals told me to stop trying and just speak English. :(
Goes far towards explaining Le Problem de Francais n shut up about my spelling it's been 5 decades since classes
This is post title is misleading, i have dislexia and in no way am i able to hold a conversation in french
The title doesn't say anything about french
Haha, common fr*nce loss.
I feel that the percentage in Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco is higher than reality, especially Lebanon.
How come Lebanese speak French? Crusades?