Ok, Lemmy, let’s another play a game!
And I honestly think this one’s more important.
Post how many languages in which you can say Please and Thank You, including your native language. If you can, please provide which languages and how to phonetically say them so the rest of us can learn!
I spent a fair amount of bopping around Europe in the early Aughts and as a native English speaker, I found everyone appreciating my bad mangled attempts at politeness.
I can only speak three but I really used to try to learn some others but suck at it. I praise people who can learn grammatically challenging languages
I’ve found that most people really appreciate even just the attempt at their own language. The fact that you’re trying goes a long way with most people.
Excepting Americans and sometimes the French. /s
I fully agree! Paraphrasing the Nelson Mandela quote that got me into college and grad school “if you speak to a man in a language he understands it goes to his head, but if you speak to a man in his language it goes to his heart.”
Idk I feel my partners English is received well by Americans but yes French and Parisians are something else
I actually really like most Parisians the only people in France I found to be rude were those who worked in the tourist areas like the Riviera. But honestly I can’t blame them tourists can be so annoying