LL-L "Travels" 2012.08.24 (06) [EN]

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From:  Isaac M. Davis isaacmacdonalddavis at gmail.com<luc.hellinckx at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Travels" 2012.08.24 (03) [EN]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:51 PM,  Paul Finlow-Bates <
wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Subject: LL-L "Travels" 2012.08.24 (01) [EN]
>
> Only ever met one Quebecois French speaker, in Algeria. Couldn't
> understand a word. The French and Belgians seemed to have no problems, and
> I could understand them, but not Pierre. But he spoke perfect English
> anyway.
>

That's the reaction of a lot of non-native speakers of European French, I
gather. Me, I often have a hard time following Parisians, what with all
their mergers of vowels that should be distinct ('pan bran', brown bread).

Isaac M. Davis

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"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master."
—Abraham Lincoln


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