(04-15-2015, 08:03 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: I just hope folks realize my ignorance isn't born of malice.Nah - relationships between France and the overall Francophonie have always been done in an overall colonialist sense and honestly feel that concentrating on their acceptance of English as a way to describe their opinions on other races is not only reductive but a bad example taking that into account.
'cause typically if you're willing to learn the language they'll bend over backwards to help from what I remember. It's if you're unwilling to do so that things get awkward (also France's adoption rate of English words in their vocab is far, FAR higher than in the other places and it's only now starting to worry people who actually matter, rather than a bunch of reactionaries).
However I ain't French, just a dude who's had their entire culture shat on by 'em before.
