Matteo Lane-Ordering Food In France

Cindy

French is

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Nicest interaction between a tourist and a French person

Tommy the Cat

Can confirm, we Italians are delighted when you try speaking a couple words in our language, it's the spirit that counts.

Matthieu Gradiateur

She understood you and did not ask you to repeat or speak english, you can be proud

Drippy Spaff

I ordered food in French at a restaurant in Paris once, and the waiter responded by saying “Don’t bother, I speak better English than you do French.”

RAFIS ALFONSO NIN

Italian are the best, they are forgiving and appreciate when you try. Love Italy.

J M

A French person who actually spoke English. I am impressed.

Law Stallsmith-JahnPřed 21 dnem

I love France and took 5 years of French in school, so I speak basic conversational French.

Momo DomoPřed 21 hodinou

I had a really positive experience in France. I didn't speak French at all but the people were very nice. We were at a French restaurant in Paris with the family and the waiter was very pleasant, speaking to us in English. He noticed we spoke Chinese amongst ourselves and since it was late and the restaurant wasn't crazy busy, he took the time to explain a little bit of history of French food while we shared some interesting stories about traditional Chinese cuisine.

Sam Croft

He's not wrong - three words in Italian and they practically adopt you.

natejackiPřed 21 dnem

I tried to order in a small shop in Paris. My French was terrible. The woman asked if I was American, I said yes, and a younger woman came from the back with a big grin on her face. "Uncle. Sugar." "Apple." Everyone in the shop started sharing every English word they knew with me.

SandraPřed 28 dny

My experience is that if you speak English to a waiter in Paris they’ll just ignore you. My dad has gone to Paris on work trips and he and his colleagues once sat at a table for like 1 hour being ignored. They left when they finally caught a waiter that said “no French, no service. Sorry”.

The Nordic Goldsmith

Since he speaks Italian fluently he should have gone off on the French cashier in italian for assuming he was American and never admitted to speaking english lol

Savannah JonesPřed 14 dny

We spent 2 hours in a little restaurant speaking to the owners in half spanish (because there's overlap with a lot of words) and half google translated italian. They were so kind and even shared their private stash of alcohol that they had brought in to celebrate one of their birthdays that evening.

C

If you even attempt to learn and speak another language, for whatever reasons, that’s commendable

Xargo

From my experience this is actually a compliment. If you go into a place expecting them to speak English they can get annoyed, but if you try to speak French and they see an effort (but can tell from your accent you aren’t a native speaker), they will normally automatically speak English back to be polite and try to help accommodate you. It’s not them mocking you.

CraiiZeDPřed 14 dny

I had an amazing experience speaking french to a restaurant owner who was a very happy and proud man, and he had no troubles conversing with me in my broken French and encouraged me to keep learning ❤

ChristinaPřed 14 dny

the french I'VE met legit refused to communicate in anything other than french. it was a tourist city. we were trying so hard, but this lady would not give us a single inch of consideration.

Username

Italian and Japanese are so ecstatic and practically adopt you if you use a single broken word in their language

Tucker Moses-HansonPřed 28 dny

Matteo Lane is AMAZING live. He does crowd work so effortlessly, it’s like catching up with the fun coworker on a slow day