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Post by Elisabeth on Nov 3, 2005 14:32:11 GMT 3
I was in Paris at 14 on an exchange. My partner there was very ambitious, she always asked me a whole in the stomach about french-german translations  But I liked Paris, My dream is to be back and visit the French Open then. I´ve heard, that the radios have to play a high percentage of french songs, is that true? Yes, french radios have to play a high percentage of french songs...they have to respect a quota... But many radios like NRJ,Europe2....are the sponsors of foreign artists.(Madonna, Maroon5, Ramstein...) |
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Post by mackiemad on Nov 3, 2005 14:54:29 GMT 3
when i was in paris a patisserie (is that how you spell it?) wouldn't sell me food cos i couldn't ask for it in french!! i asked how much, combien de...? (right?) but i didn't understand how much so i was all like, en anglais? (that means in english right?!) and she just kept repeating in french and then moved onto the next customer!
but i love the language it is so pretty! i am learning it at uni at the moment. i am in my first semester of beginners so when i say learning it...well i mean we are being told some words and phrases!! but it is beautiful! and france is beautiful!
mum, dad, my bro and i did a tour of an area near the swiss apls where they make fantastic cheese. very nice! they name all of their cows! cute!
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Post by lena on Nov 3, 2005 15:43:16 GMT 3
I personally only know frenchies how can speack english or/and german, and they are all very nice.  But I was once at a ski hollyday in french speaking area of Swiss and it was like the same. The backery behind our chalet would only speack french and every morning I was like -ehm , madam dö croissant e ün -and the I ask a mate in german about the french name for bread, and right after my question madam grab this bread i want to buy just before I could tell her my wishes  , so she must have understand german but would't use it ..... , Not really friendly....  But the Nutbread was great and the homemade chocolate creations.... ;D delicious |
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Post by Elisabeth on Nov 3, 2005 19:04:07 GMT 3
:-[Aww....we do not have a good reputation  I don't understand why they are like that..I mean, they should understand that a lot of people don't know french language. At least, they are happy to have tourists's money... But I guess, people won't come back in france after such a warm welcome. Good luck at uni mackiemad!  |
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Post by Elisabeth on Nov 3, 2005 19:10:31 GMT 3
But the Nutbread was great and the homemade chocolate creations.... ;D delicious Did you eat our Nutella? tasty..isn't? ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by lena on Nov 3, 2005 19:46:39 GMT 3
But the Nutbread was great and the homemade chocolate creations.... ;D delicious Did you eat your Nutella? tasty..isn't? ;D ;D ;D I love nutella ;D and a lot of other chocolate products, but they múst be from high quality and to the french "problem", I understand the ambitions to protect their languange, culture etc. But I think there are other ways and possibilites to achieve this target. Elisabeth what is you opinion about the french quote for radiostations? |
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Post by Elisabeth on Nov 3, 2005 22:17:53 GMT 3
Did you eat your Nutella? tasty..isn't? ;D ;D ;D I love nutella ;D and a lot of other chocolate products, but they múst be from high quality and to the french "problem", I understand the ambitions to protect their languange, culture etc. But I think there are other ways and possibilites to achieve this target. Elisabeth what is you opinion about the french quote for radiostations? Well, I really think that french radios play too much french songs.I understand that the french musical industry isn't good right now...but they shouldn't promote it as they do.The radios are very homogeneous...There are specific radios if you want to listen rock , pop ...etc...That's mean that if you listen a french radio , you'll listen the same song every 30 min. Very unpleasant. |
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Post by lena on Nov 4, 2005 12:08:32 GMT 3
in gemany they had discuss also about a quotation for radiostations, but from different sites has come a big NO ;D. But know you can listen on every radiostation german speaking songs, they are from a lot of new bands and their music are absolutely great like a lot of them also. So noone talks about a quotation at this time. did you like to see arte.tv? |
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Post by Elisabeth on Nov 4, 2005 13:12:38 GMT 3
in gemany they had discuss also about a quotation for radiostations, but from different sites has come a big NO ;D. But know you can listen on every radiostation german speaking songs, they are from a lot of new bands and their music are absolutely great like a lot of them also. So noone talks about a quotation at this time. did you like to see arte.tv? Achtung there is the stupid question : Lena, are u living in Germany?  I do listen german radio cos as I'm living in a border village and we can't listen a lot of french radios cos we don't pick up enought. ;D German radios are better than ours. Arte tv is interesting...They show many reports and give good information.I usually watch Arte when they show Russian reports or old films. But I admit that I wouldn't watch Arte the whole day cos it can be a bit boring as the program can be too serious. ;D |
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Post by lena on Nov 4, 2005 14:00:15 GMT 3
for the whole day arte is a sometimes a little bit too much ;D, but they have some very interesting reports and storys and their news-service gives a different view on daily news. |
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Post by mackiemad on Nov 4, 2005 15:05:21 GMT 3
:-[Aww....we do not have a good reputation I don't understand why they are like that..I mean, they should understand that a lot of people don't know french language. At least, they are happy to have tourists's money... But I guess, people won't come back in france after such a warm welcome. Good luck at uni mackiemad! thanks elisabeth!! i had my exam today for the semester. summer holidays til feburary, brilliant!! ;D  i don't think all french ppl are like that, i met some nice ones, unfortunately sometimes the not-as-nice ones tend to stick in your mind. but the art, the architecture and the culture is beautiful and i understand completely why they do everything they can to keep that culture. you find bad eggs where-ever you go...  |
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Post by Elisabeth on Nov 4, 2005 20:36:13 GMT 3
thanks elisabeth!! i had my exam today for the semester. summer holidays til feburary, brilliant!! ;D i don't think all french ppl are like that, i met some nice ones, unfortunately sometimes the not-as-nice ones tend to stick in your mind. but the art, the architecture and the culture is beautiful and i understand completely why they do everything they can to keep that culture. you find bad eggs where-ever you go... How was the exam? do u think u passed it?I'm sure u did! |
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Post by SAFINNO1 on Nov 5, 2005 1:14:03 GMT 3
Hey Elisabeth.
How do the french view us Brits coz if i remember Jacque and Tony has a spit of words. Both being idiots if u ask me.
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Post by Elisabeth on Nov 5, 2005 16:13:39 GMT 3
Hey Elisabeth. How do the french view us Brits coz if i remember Jacque and Tony has a spit of words. Both being idiots if u ask me. Well, I won't lie...Most of French people think that English are snob and mocking.(I guess we have the same image) But they also think that you have a great sens of humour. ;D ;D France and England have a strange "relationship". We used to be your enemies... ;D And, I guess french people didn't like that English's politiciens supported Bush's politic and his action in Irak. But since those horrible attacks in London, I really think that french people feel closer to your country . In general, french is a country which is withdrawing into oneself....  |
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Post by alsl on Nov 5, 2005 16:46:36 GMT 3
hey,what does 'je suis treseredi vous se vois et ci' mean? (i might have gotten some of the spellings wrong)
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, so she must have understand german but would't use it ..... 
