“I can speak French but I cannot understand it.”
Mark Twain
“In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language”
“We have to think carefully about which languages those are. French, for example, is declining as an international language, but Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic are all languages of the future. Ethnic minority groups in the UK may well prove to be a major asset in this effort.”
David Graddol
“I understand a little English from my days in Dallas. But when they speak French, I'm lost. Sometimes you wish you were in Texas.”
Elias Martinez
“Speak in French when you can't think of English for a thing-turn out your toes when you walk-and remember who you are!”
Lewis Carroll
“If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English”
Wilfred Sheed
“I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse.”
Charles V
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