Hoddy Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I noticed some time ago that I was using ‘one’ as a pronoun more often than I used to. This morning I used pharmacy where I would previously have said chemists. Do you do this ? I’m wondering if there are more words that I’ve changed without noticing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 No, I'm certain it hasn't. Teaching English as a foreign language has made sure of it.On the other hand, years and years ago, working for a French boss played havoc with my English, as he'd use franglais words with such total conviction that on occasion I'd start to question my own belief, and even reach for the dictionary to check!Plus, certain affectation really grate with me. Like calling a tradesperson an artisan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Yes, I tend to mix languages as I dont have or have forgotten the English for some day to day words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I think I sometimes use the french word order in english.And now and again use french instead of english eg excusez moi , ou sont les oeufs? Blank face from the Tesco lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 It causes hesitations in my English as sometimes the French word or phrase springs into my mind first.Just occasionally I use a French word as if it were an English one when in fact that word doesn't exist, or isn't used like that in English.I think WB picked me up on that in a post here not long ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Norman, even in my worst nightmare I would never pick you up!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 All the time, Hoddy, moreso as the years pass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 NormanH wrote : Just occasionally I use a French word as if it were an English one when in fact that word doesn't exist, or isn't used like that in English.Exactly so .. my dear OH, who has struggled with learning French since we arrived here in 2005, now often uses 'rest' when he means stay when he speaks English.Example of a dialogue about us agreeing where to meet up in a fairly large town : Him : I will rest there (place X) until you ring me to say where you find yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogs Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I don't see enough French speaking people nearly enough to speak French here in France or English people to speak English for that matter. But when I go back to uk I have the urge to speak French all the time! How odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Pas du tout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 I mix up both languages when speaking, certainly, and some English words don't come to hand immediately, especially when hubby says - what's this in English ! But then, my French is sometimes completely wrong too!I do find myself thinking, that's the wrong side of the road when in England, driving or being driven!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Stangely enough, I hesitate more when speaking in English than I do in French. Could be because, in day to day life, OH is the only person I speak English to. Even then, he is Welsh and we both sometimes use a Welsh construction even when speaking in English and certainly we use many Welsh words.For English, it's not just speaking but writing too, stupid hesitations like, well,like writing "stupid" and I think I need an e as in stupide.With speaking, it's words like responsabilité, qualité, capacité, etc.Mind you, English isn't my first language either though, when I was in university, I was classed as a "native speaker" (a course that requires the student to be a "native speaker" of English, whatever native speaker means).As for words like bache (no it's not exactly tarpaulin, is it) or poele or devis, I stopped thinking of these things in English a very long time ago[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davlouslon Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 yes it has! i almost feel like i'm trying to instruct someone on how to be extremely careful when im speaking in english now..i think this happens to everyone who moves out and learns a new language, i guess we all adapt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Yes, and when pronouncing place names like Montpellier and Grenoble and St Malo; can no longer do it the English way without thinking about how the sound is going to come out beforehand!Even when talking about the Dordogne or la Dordogne.....quite a difference[:D] Can't avoid this one because I live there[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericd Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Yes it did ..... I could pronounce "Troyes", "Reims" and "Lyon" correctly from day one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Bravo, Eric[:P] That is a good joke. But could you spell Lyon and Marseille in English?[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessfou2 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 I have been known to say, in English, Porsmousse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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