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Old 04-22-2008, 02:55 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by nemesis View Post
lol. I don't know a single second language, but I find it hard to believe you can confuse the two either unless your just memorizing phrases someone taught without really studying the language itself.
I think it's very hard to confuse languages like French and Spanish, they are so different!
Yo no hablo francés
versus
je ne parle pas français.

I like to study languages though, so maybe that's why I hold that opinion. I speak German about as well as a German 4 year old , know enough Spanish to know when I'm being insulted, and a two dozen or so French phrases.

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Originally Posted by Parisyann View Post
Yes that's funny how many Americans are confusing French with Spanish. At least no one I know of does that down in Texas!!!
I know Texans who don't even recognize Spanish. ><
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