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Pablo Naboso's avatar

I died laughing after the video. That fake French really sounds French! Now, I read your story because I was curious whether you would write about making the first contact and especially introducing yourself. Here is my experience, wonder what you think https://nomadicmind.substack.com/p/three-kisses-and-still-a-stranger?r=31fxoh

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Christine Hegerty's avatar

I enjoyed this very much! and it explains to me why in the program of events offered by my local Alliance Française, the French-speaking children’s play group is called the Ouistitis!

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TavelRoad's avatar

Tu as tout bon, toi 😉👍

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Jim Carmichael's avatar

This is a great list Oliver! Enjoyed reading through it. :-)

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Paul H's avatar

I am always interest in the French language of people who have English as their mother tongue. Question. Do you dream in French or English or both??

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The Earful Tower's newsletter's avatar

I dream in both and sometimes Swedish. Once I dreamt in Japanese which was really annoying because I don't speak any Japanese and I couldn't follow the plot. Im not even joking!

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Tom Munger's avatar

My French is mediocre (probably about B1), but I dream fluently😆.

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Virginia Hanley's avatar

C’était amusant; merci.

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Cheryl Mueller's avatar

Fun read. I’ll share it with my daughter and son in law. They have a house in France and go there often. I’ve heard them use some of the expressions, but not many so I’ll tip them off. Merci beaucoup!

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