Thanks so much for the alphabet song, metric system and degree diagram. I’m visual so this helps much. My problem is hearing spoken French. Still working on it after 6 years. Ugh!😣😃 -B
So true that it is much easier to reach people on the phone in France than in the US where it is virtually impossible. I (in New York City) recently had a problem with my bank account in Languedoc. At the end of my rope I desperately looked up the branch phone number online and just dialed it with no expecation of anything but voice mail. Shockingly, a real person answered, was friendly, helpful, and empowered to solve the problem (a setting on my account) which she did immediately. When I called back a couple of weeks later she remembered who I was!. All you need is the courage to explain the issue in French over the phone.....
Erm, it's a bit misleading to say (about France) "they use centigrade here". Actually, everywhere uses centigrade except 2 countries. The US and Liberia who think that the temperature range found in early 18th century Danzig is a perfectly rational way of guaging temperature.
Also, I used to live near Montpellier. From 1994 to 2016. It's an interesting place but too hot in the summer for us now. If you need a good dentist though, I can recommend one but francophone only.
All of this reminds me of a little joke I heard years ago:
1. Rule 1 -- when you go to a foreign country, the first thing you hear will be, or include, a number
2. Rule 2 -- you will not understand the number
There are indeed a lot of number-related challenges when moving to a foreign country! This sums it up well as regards France.
Thanks so much for the alphabet song, metric system and degree diagram. I’m visual so this helps much. My problem is hearing spoken French. Still working on it after 6 years. Ugh!😣😃 -B
So true that it is much easier to reach people on the phone in France than in the US where it is virtually impossible. I (in New York City) recently had a problem with my bank account in Languedoc. At the end of my rope I desperately looked up the branch phone number online and just dialed it with no expecation of anything but voice mail. Shockingly, a real person answered, was friendly, helpful, and empowered to solve the problem (a setting on my account) which she did immediately. When I called back a couple of weeks later she remembered who I was!. All you need is the courage to explain the issue in French over the phone.....
Erm, it's a bit misleading to say (about France) "they use centigrade here". Actually, everywhere uses centigrade except 2 countries. The US and Liberia who think that the temperature range found in early 18th century Danzig is a perfectly rational way of guaging temperature.
Yes, but most our readers are American.
Also, I used to live near Montpellier. From 1994 to 2016. It's an interesting place but too hot in the summer for us now. If you need a good dentist though, I can recommend one but francophone only.
I'd love a good dentist!