How many DUers speak French?

[jeff30997]

Because that thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1398403 Made me wonder.In a recent documentary(Le monde selon Bush(The world according to Bush))i saw Joe Wilson speak in French(and he had almost no accent)and other American personalities and i was wondering how many Americans (and in this case)DUers,can speak French.(Or if you're a Freeper:How many Americans speak Liberty).So?

[ChickMagic]

1. Well,

I know a few words here and there, but my niece (not on DU, that I know of) just returned from 8 weeks in France because she's minoring in French in college. She's pretty good. Does that count? :)

[King Coal]

2. I know crepe suzette and peach puzee

[democratreformed]

3. I've had a couple of years - on in high school and one in college.

But, like the person above, I still only know a little bit.

[trof]

12. Moi aussi, mais deux ans en lycee'.

[democratreformed]

15. Nope. not even that much!

LOL

[Dhalgren]

4. I can read French passing well,

but I would be laughed at uproariously if I tried to speak it to any Frechy.

[stopbush]

5. I speak it well enough to use it on biz trips. It improves the more

I get the chance to speak it. I try to keep up by watching France 2 TV every night and keeping fit via my French language CD-R. But nothing beats using it consistently in real life situations.

[fudge stripe cookays]

9. True.

I would so love to immerse myself in either a French or German environment so I would be forced to think on my feet and really USE it!

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[fudge stripe cookays]

6. J'ai etudie le Francais pour deux ans

en lycee. Mais en l'universite' j'ai switche' a l'Allemagne.

Roughly translated, (really rough, since I don't know the verb for "switch"),

I studied French for 2 years in high school, but in college I switched to German.

[Pachamama]

34. Freepers hassen die Franzoesen und wahrscheinlich alle die nicht

..glauben was die glauben...Wahrscheinlich denken Freepers das jemand der Deutsch spricht ist auch eine Nazi...

Zur Hoelle mit dem Freepers... :evilgrin:

[SemperEadem]

7. I speak and read it marginally

so I rely on the online translators.

http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/French.1.html
when you want to know how to sling slang in French.

And today is Bastille Day!!! Vive la France!

[ashling]

8. Parlay voo Francey

Ah can, how you say, speak zee Engleez with a Franch accent. Ah can also throw in zee Franch vocabularee': Renault, crepe suzette, Eifel, Bastille, and, can even prepare ze Freedom Fries.

Ah hope zat ees of some assistance, mon ami.

:shrug:(with zee Franch accent)

[fudge stripe cookays]

10. Pepe!

Pepe le Pew, is that you?

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[ashling]

18. Pepe le Pew

at your service, cheri.

[Lisa]

11. 3 years of high school French, and an immersion course ...

I wouldn't say I'm fluent, though. (I went to school in Ontario -- people had to take at least one year of French -- what with Canada being officially bilingual.)

[Tracer]

13. I lived in France for a year ...

... and spoke French pretty darn well at the end.

'Course, I think that I'm a little rusty now, but try to practice a bit with my neice's husband (who is French).

[Feanorcurufinwe]

14. Je la parle, mais pas très bien.

J'apprends...lentement...

[DebJ]

16. Je parle le Francais un peux, trop mal!

I studied the language for three years in high school....that's a long long time ago....1970-1973....and it was twenty years before I met someone else who spoke French...first a Canadian, then I worked in Bethesda for awhile with some people from French-speaking African countries. I was surprised how much came back to me....but now that has been over a decade...
Still, when my husband had to go to the emergency room in France, I was able to squeak by enough to communicate what I needed to do. By the way, there ER rooms are amazing. They were working off basically just a board for a desk and a stool. People were in, sewed up and out in absolutely no time. And a lovely ER doctor drove us home 20 miles out of his way in the middle of the night after his shift when we could not get any taxis and the trains were stopped by the wildfires from the drought last summer. (My husband had left his medicines at our hotel 20 miles away.) Vive la France!
And the French people were all very nice to us, and spoke great English (much to my embarrassment!)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

17. J'en connais assez pour pouvoir dire que

monsieur Cheney devrait aller se faire foutre le trou du cul chez les Grecs.

[fudge stripe cookays]

21. Ha ha!

I'll let you...um...explain that for everyone.

[JHB]

19. Soup du Jour

I had it in Cleveland. It's awful.


:evilgrin:

[nickinSTL]

20. Je parle un peu francais

I took two years of French in college.

majored in German, so I'm much better with that.

[coeur_de_lion]

28. Je parle très petit français

Je suis désolée mais Bush n'est pas mieux que Sadam et Ben laden . Vous voyez une différence ? Moi pas !

[Stargleamer]

22. I know but a few words in French, but I do know this....

Je suis désolé que mon président soit un idiot. Je n'ai pas voté pour lui.

[Stargleamer]

24. I also know this French word: "Entrepreneur"

"The trouble with the French is that they have no word for 'entrepreneur'" -- George W. Bush

[Bluebear]

23. Je comprends plus que je le parle

[Cat Atomic]

25. I do (though I've been told I sound like a Japanese ad).

"I had a happy trip and shine like craziness when I buy that beautiful doughnut".

[elifino]

26. Enough to get by

Worked in Lens France 5.5 months, also in Murry bay, Qubec 2 months

[West Coast Democrat]

27. French is one of the most frequently taught languages in American schools

.....however much the Republicans dislike that fact.

[TheWatcher]

29. Hmmmm.....

Le souterrain démocratique est une oasis dans le Malestom de la folie du Bush Admistration.

[alcuno]

30. Je parle Francais

High school - 4 years and I still remember it. I've been to France and the French are really tough on how you pronounce the words. It made learning Italian really easy.

[DemBones DemBones]

31. Ou est Tinoire? Elle parle francais bien.

Je parle un peu, un petit peu.

[Pachamama]

32. En peux francaise...Aber fluessig Deutsch und Danske..

My parents are Danish and German, so I speak German fluently and average Danish (understand it and can read well and speak slowly w/ grammatical errors).

Took 3 years of Latin and 4 years of French...can understand it if spoken slowly and read French and comprehend about 75% of it...speaking is so-so...enough to get me by when vacationing, ordering meals or if I needed to avoid getting arrested...and ofcourse to make sure they know I don't support George W. Bu$h...

[GoneOffShore]

33. Je parle un petit peu de francais,

mais je comprends le tout.

[Anwen]

35. Je parle francais...

I studied French for 5 years. It's a bit difficult for me to follow someone speaking French, but I can read French very well.

[TexasSissy]

36. Un peu. I took a few semesters, but don't remember much, since

I haven't used it. When watching a french movie, I can pick up a word here and there, or a sentence here and there.

[Warren DeMontague]

37. only when I'm being asked for quotes from the WSJ...

just kidding. No French. Espanol, si, un poco.