Quote Originally Posted by E-Stat
Je sais un peu de Francais!

I learned basic conversational French starting in fourth grade and took three years in high school (back in the 70s). While we have a large Spanish speaking population in the states (some who only speaks Spanish!), there are little to none here who regularly speak French. A few years back, the wife and I traveled to Scotland on Air France. Naturally, the crew was French and I tried my very basic skills on her. Je veux vin rouge, s'il vous plait. She had a complex reply that was delivered at light speed. When I gave her a "deer-in-the-headlights" look, she quickly returned to speaking English to me.

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mais vous faites du bien

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