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Paris is beautiful ... as a city, |
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the buildings are k-- amazing, |
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but the people there tend to be a bit erm ... |
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reserved ... |
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Mmm. |
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with foreigners. |
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Yeah? |
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Yeah. |
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Can you ... um make yourself understood in in Paris ... [ in French? |
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[ I ... yeah I I learned French in school, so I ... can get by ... |
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although it's, I am not expert at it ... but um it it works ... |
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it help it helped me while I was there. |
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Right. |
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Yup. |
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Are people quite ... er um tolerant of your French, if it's not ... |
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(ha ha ha) Oh, they sort of look at you with a smirk, and then er |
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you know but they they appreciate it for the fact you try ... |
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and then they er will just speak to you in English. |
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Is that right? |
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Yes. |
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But most P..Paris ... Parisians can't speak English, can they? |
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No actually erm ... the younger ones they can, |
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they have quite a good grasp of it, |
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perhaps the older ... shopkeepers ... |
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you know, they might not unders..understand. |
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Erm ... um they may not speak English, |
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but they can understand what you are trying to say, |
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and then ... when you you you just add a bit of French words here and there, |
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you can get..you get a conversation going. |
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Right, right. |