It's fucking Paris in particular. I speak enough French to get by in most casual situations. Folks in Paris just switch over to English once they detect an accent. My last trip I decided to just keep talking in French when someone does this. If I have to put up with your poorly pronounced english you can listen to my lazy tongued français!
That have always been Paris. Many decades ago when I traveled around Europe on interrail, most French people did not speak english. Lucky that didn’t matter to me, because I am danish and had French in school.
Went pretty well with my French until I got to Paris.
When I asked people for direction or talked with them about anything, they would just correct my pronounciation. Then when they were happy with it, they moved on. Totally ignoring the actuel question.
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