I just did French and English Grammar and Spelling tests...
English was no surprise (95%)
And I've decided that everyone that has ever told me that my French is sloppy or imperfect can kiss my ass.
It wasn't perfect, but it was 80%.
English was no surprise (95%)
And I've decided that everyone that has ever told me that my French is sloppy or imperfect can kiss my ass.
It wasn't perfect, but it was 80%.
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And as for the "dying language" bit...
I'm a girl who bothered to learn Latin. As Magistrar Claves (Mr. Keys) always said "Latin is not dead; the people who speak it are."
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He, and you, are right: Latin is all over the place, tarted up as French, Italian, Spanish, and scientific and literary English. I can read it somewhat, but I haven't got the grammar to write or speak it.
Greek is everywhere too, but it's less obvious because of the alphabet difference.
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It is also the foundation of a number of languages, and if you learn Latin, you have a leg up on learning them.
The French you're taught in school/formaly is generally spoken by a currently thinning intellectual class in one province in this country. Many 'Franco's' don't even speak that French and would indeed ridicule you if you did.
So yeah, one thing t'aint the other IMO.
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Well, we're agreed here. Vide supra, my comment on French snobbery. To borrow a phrase from Churchill, "This is the sort of nonsense up with which I shall not put."