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And the French get offended if you use the wrong word. I went to a shop there and asked if something was ninety (there is a word for that). The shopkeeper gives me a scathing look and says with emphasis it's four twenty ten.
14 0 Reply'Nonante' is used in the French-speaking part of Belgium, but it's generally frowned upon in France.
22 0 Replyfrowned upon
as in "you just wiped your ass with my language, my country and the history of my ancestors" it seems
23 0 ReplyThey kind of stare at you as if you just farted in the most obscene way possible.
Or they passive-aggressively make you repeat what you said until you say it 'right'.
Or they reply in a kind of exaggerated broken English.
9 0 ReplyNot the ever so polite French!
I spent a lot of time in the country when I worked for a French owned company.
It's a beautiful country, too bad about the epidemic of sticks in their asses. I am so glad it hasn't spread to their neighbors.
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generally Belgium is frawn upon I gather.
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