Adammarqu Bilingual Diglot Newbie United States Joined 6632 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish* Studies: French
| Message 1 of 20 24 October 2006 at 1:29am | IP Logged |
I've been learning french for a while since I've got a french girlfriend and I like talking to her in her native language.I only have a problem with french : many people say that they find it gay.
I don't really understand why they think it sounds gay but I would like to think that it doesn't.
I know this may be silly but what do you think about this?
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Bak Triglot Senior Member Senegal Joined 6647 days ago 31 posts - 36 votes Speaks: Spanish, French*, English Studies: German
| Message 2 of 20 24 October 2006 at 1:53am | IP Logged |
First time I went to the US (20 years ago)..speaking french was my main line to get girlfriends and improve my english...
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lengua Senior Member United States polyglottery.wordpre Joined 6687 days ago 549 posts - 595 votes Studies: French, Italian, Spanish, German
| Message 3 of 20 24 October 2006 at 2:37am | IP Logged |
I've often found that when people (almost always guys) say stuff is 'gay', it's usually just a reflection of their insecurities (or immaturities). You aren't learning French to impress them, so it doesn't have to matter what they think.
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Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6771 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek
| Message 4 of 20 24 October 2006 at 2:50am | IP Logged |
Those "many people" are morons. French is the world's most romantic language, and one of the coolest and most cultured.
Off-topic: one of the things I love about Japan is that being cultured, taking care of your body, dressing nicely, speaking other languages, etc. are not considered 'gay'. Certain parts of North America seem to think so, and it's a serious cultural sickness.
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sapedro Triglot Senior Member Portugal descredito.blogspot. Joined 7121 days ago 216 posts - 219 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, French Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Greek
| Message 5 of 20 24 October 2006 at 4:10am | IP Logged |
Tell them it's LESBIAN :D
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luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7208 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French
| Message 6 of 20 24 October 2006 at 4:44am | IP Logged |
And that you feel like a lesbian trapped in a man's body.
Edited by luke on 24 October 2006 at 4:45am
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SamD Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6662 days ago 823 posts - 987 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Portuguese, Norwegian
| Message 7 of 20 24 October 2006 at 8:19am | IP Logged |
I'm in North America, and I have to agree with what Captain Haddock and Lengua. There's nothing gay about a man learning a language to speak it with his girlfriend.
One thing I noticed when I began traveling was that many very heterosexual European men dressed with a seemingly unconscious sense of style or flair. They were generally more educated about history, art, music of all sorts and usually spoke at least three languages.
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patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7018 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 8 of 20 24 October 2006 at 11:27am | IP Logged |
I agree with lengua and Captain Haddock (although I think that other languages are "cooler").
SamD wrote:
One thing I noticed when I began traveling was that many very heterosexual European men dressed with a seemingly unconscious sense of style or flair. They were generally more educated about history, art, music of all sorts and usually spoke at least three languages. |
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Depends on which country you visit and who you hang out with (obviously educated and cultured people in your case :)). Most people aren't like that.
Edited by patuco on 24 October 2006 at 11:29am
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