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by **phillyidol** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:44 am

Is Quebec that bad? You hear all the rumors and I have had a run in with French Canadians but I trust a canadians view! Please tell.

by **Frayo** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:47 am

English, Russian, Spanish, a smattering of Japanese.

Well my Russian is kinda shoddy...
I taught it to myself in high school, havent practiced it in a while. I worked with an exchange student during the latter years of learning it. She taught me more

by **eight6** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:58 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
 Is Quebec that bad? You hear all the rumors and I have had a run in with French Canadians

Website · by **savethewave** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:23 pm

eight6 is right on the money. I an American, and lived in Quebec City for a time. There really is a snobbish exclusivity with the Quebequois compared with the rest of Canada. Many non-Quebec Canadians really hoped that the Separatists got their way and

by **phillyidol** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:35 pm

Once again! You have split my sides!

by **eight6** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:55 pm

To get a look into the mind of a Quebecois, have a look here. What attitude!!

http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/CULTURE2.HTM

Website · by **savethewave** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:32 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by eight6[/i]
 To get a look into the mind of a Quebecois, have a look here. What attitude!!

http://www.r

by **Frayo** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:21 pm

I didnt understand it, but I thought it was funny

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by **eight6** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:13 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by savethewave[/i]
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by **ebbhead** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:34 am

Besides English, I speak a semi-fluent amount of French, took 4 years of Latin and 2 semesters of Japanese. Most of the Japanese is long gone from my head. I understand enough Spanish to get by, but I don't really speak it.

by **MARV** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 4:16 am

I was born in Surinam, then known as Dutch Guiana so being a Dutch colony, I grew up in a Dutch speaking household. My parents came to New York when I was only 10 months old so culturally I'm more American hence my better command of the English language [

by **KYYX4ever** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:24 am

Dutch is a cool language. I speak German, which is quite similar, so ecven though I do not know/speak Dutch, I can recognize an amazing amount of words when I am travelling in the Netherlands. But I must say that Dutch is trippy freakin' cool when you are

by **edisonoside** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 4:58 am

When I was in Amsterdam I kept seeing signs with the words "BEWARE OF ZAKENROLLERS"! I thought WOW what a cool name for a band. I realized later that the word Zakenrollers meant pickpockets.

by **MARV** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:12 am

Ha, ha, yeah, Dutch does have more than it's share of funny sounding words in it's lexicon! When my brother and I were young, we would just spend hours laughing at funny soundng words in Dutch. Our favorite must have been "bus halte" which means "bus stop

by **egg-roger** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:19 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by marvymarv[/i]
 Ha, ha, yeah, Dutch does have more than it's share of funny sounding words in it's lexicon

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