http://realitytalkblog.com/2009/09/language-a-or-language-b/ Making it Real Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:27:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://realitytalkblog.com/2009/09/language-a-or-language-b/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Devo Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:30:53 +0000 http://realitytalkblog.com/?p=205#comment-48 It's definitely gotten better over the years, but unfortunately you can still find it. Here in Chamonix we are so close to Switzerland and Italy with many different languages spoken it makes me wonder why this could still happen. After all tourists are their business. It’s definitely gotten better over the years, but unfortunately you can still find it. Here in Chamonix we are so close to Switzerland and Italy with many different languages spoken it makes me wonder why this could still happen. After all tourists are their business.

]]> http://realitytalkblog.com/2009/09/language-a-or-language-b/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Patricia Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:38:31 +0000 http://realitytalkblog.com/?p=205#comment-46 Yes, I experienced this too on a trip to Paris in the 1980's. When I asked my hotel clerk for my room key (# 5--cinq) he stuck up his nose and said that he did not have my purse (sac). He was obviously commenting on what he considered my incorrect pronunciation of "cinq" which he thought I produced more like "sac." I was doing my best and trying to use his language! Yes, I experienced this too on a trip to Paris in the 1980’s. When I asked my hotel clerk for my room key (# 5–cinq) he stuck up his nose and said that he did not have my purse (sac). He was obviously commenting on what he considered my incorrect pronunciation of “cinq” which he thought I produced more like “sac.” I was doing my best and trying to use his language!

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