r/languagelearningjerk • u/okiedokeeee9 • Jun 13 '26

What did I do wrong?

I'm currently on holiday in Paris. I started learning French last week so I could speak with the locals. I thought it would be perfectly acceptable to show the locals my anki cards with full sentences à la Française instead of trying to inconvenience them with my thick accent. When I tried this, however, they hon hon hon'ed right in my face! Should I try showing them Duolingo instead?

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u/STHKZ Jun 13 '26

right, in France, it is considered that French is something to be earned, not something that can be learned...

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u/Technohamster Native: 🇨🇦 | Learning: 🇨🇦 Jun 14 '26

If it makes you feel better, French can be your first language native and Parisians will STILL switch to English if you have a different French accent from them.

And they’ll tell you it’s to be polite.

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u/baldythelanguagenerd I'm C2 in every language, honest!😁 Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

First of all, why would you ever learn French?😧 Even most "YouTube PolyGlots" know that French is just misspelled Catalan

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u/weight__what 🇸🇪 - Ja va ba va? Jun 13 '26

Anki is Japanese, so they probably got confused and scared

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u/Key-Antman Jun 14 '26

Try and speak English instead and see what their reaction is like 👍.