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721 The French; Hidden Gardens in Paris

Travel with Rick Steves

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The Importance of Respecting the Language

Americans have an accent that must great against the French ear. I don't know, they must find it almost cartoonish American compared to the Queen's English in Britain. That might be part of the problem. They've always been nice. Yeah. But I think Williams question is good. Are they sort of put off by our butchering their language? Yes, exactly. And they're glad. Their idea is to show you a courtesy by answering in English. If you insist on keeping speaking French, they will respect that.

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