i haven’t had much experience with French people, the only French person I’ve ever met was actually a pretty kind person. I’m aware this story very, very likely fabricated

  • cobysev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    2 days ago

    when I went to France I wanted the opportunity to practise it.

    My wife’s biggest frustration in France was that she wanted to practice her French, but everyone picked up on her American accent and immediately switched to English. She rarely got more than a sentence out.

    • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      15·
      1 day ago

      We Germans are worse, we also see it as an opportunity to practice our English on a native speaker.

    • Samsy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      I had the same experience in Italy. Since they hear an accent they want to help out by switching to your language. This doesn’t help if you want to experience.