French

The study of French Language.

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    chalky

    Fri Sep 30 2011

    Not sure how useful French is these days. It's still widely spoken across the world, but I suppose it's good to have if you want a baguette discount or something.

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    astromike

    Fri Sep 30 2011

    They should have at least taught me what a "crepe" was when I took french in middle school so I would be ready if I ordered at IHOP and know what a French pancake was. And for the record, yes I eat "freedom fries" no french fries!

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    fitman

    Tue Sep 22 2009

    I learned to French in 7th grade... oh, you mean talk French..... Nevermind.

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    minkey

    Tue Sep 22 2009

    I liked French in elementary school, where we still basically took English and it was more an overview of the language and of France. I still feel a little bit intimidated when I think back to my high school French. Once you got to French II the teacher wouldn't allow English spoken in the class and she was fiesty.

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    jedi58

    Mon Sep 21 2009

    I was always pretty good at learning French, but I've never had a decent opportunity to speak it. I've been to France twice (both times were Nice, but still...) and it turned out everyone there spoke English! (Note: the driving there is very similar to Rome)

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    roarofthunder

    Thu Aug 21 2008

    Took French from the seventh grade and eventually took AP courses. Guess that makes me fluent. It's lovely on the ears, although the peculiar final consonants and vowel clusters may be a few monkey-wrenches one might encounter.

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    mr_matt

    Sat Aug 02 2008

    my family speaks it but i dont

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    paula5816

    Mon Jul 21 2008

    I don't remember a lick of it, I do however remember who sat directly behind me making fun of Mr. Lyons the whole time...love you Bill, even if you did make me have to stand in the hall for talking that one time!!!

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    punkluv2000

    Fri Jul 18 2008

    The french language is more of a hearing language and isn't as cool sounding as German.

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    lmorovan

    Sat Jul 12 2008

    It wasn't too hard for me to learn French, except for the strange pronunciation of the "r". But I loved the language and became totally fluent in it. Of course, it's origin from the Latin has helped me a lot since I was speaking another Latin origin language, Romanian. One of the most significant help in becoming fluent was purchasing and reading French books. even if the literary French is more sophisticated than the ordinary spoken one, I have learned volumes about the intricacies and nuances of the language. To a point, I am sorry for neglecting continuing to speak it, but the life circumstances have kept me somewhat out of reach. Although I know what has been imbued in the brain never goes away, I cannot say that I am fluent in the language anymore. Yet, several months of practice and contact with the language could recover the lost terrain. A very elegant language.

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    crystal911

    Fri Jul 11 2008

    did not do.

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    monkey11611

    Fri Jul 11 2008

    negative

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    jessie_loo

    Thu Jun 26 2008

    ummm i dont speak french! nvr had that class..

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    zan11cfe

    Sun Jun 22 2008

    I took French class back in junior high school and my early years of high school. The experience was pretty good. Speaking French is so fun, yet the grammar and conjugations prove a tough spot for me. French has enjoyed a de facto status in many countries for a long time. Although this status is on the decline, the language still has a great deal amount of influence.Lastly, French cinema is one of the best in the world. I have watched some amazing French films, and I would have given anything to be able to watch them without subtitles. French cinema alone is a good reason to learn this elegant and useful Romance language.

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    brenden

    Fri Jun 20 2008

    Don't like french much..

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    oo_michelle_oo

    Thu Jun 19 2008

    Took it for 4 years - loved it!

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    mecha_becca_loves_ian

    Tue Jun 17 2008

    i hate those french people

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    g8rhoo

    Sat May 31 2008

    If you're going to take a foreign language, take one you can use...take Spanish.

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    ted189

    Wed May 28 2008

    c'est tres enneyeur (boring), as we only do tenses that half the class dont get but were set 2, WTF????

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    myspace_30849171

    Tue May 06 2008

    HAHAHA, our teacher was hilarious! Not a very good teacher though. The guy didn't even like The Simpsons, he was always bitching about it. "that show is crap. It must be an American thing cuz I don't like it!" He was a good laugh though

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    trebon1038

    Mon Apr 28 2008

    Wish I had taken it in school but learned what little I do know from living in France awhile. I think it is a great idea to take a foreign language while even younger than high school. In Europe languages are started in grade school.

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    magellan

    Sun Apr 27 2008

    I enjoyed French class, but looking back, I'm not sure why understand why French is given such high visibility in American High Schools. Why not Dutch? Why not Portuguese? Why not German? French sounds pretty, but isn't particularly useful - at least compared to some other languages.

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    uncnc08

    Wed Mar 19 2008

    Well this taught me a valuable lesson.I could have got an easy A to bring up my gpa senior year had I taken spanish being that  Icould already speak it.but nooo,French sounded so cool..

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    meg10222

    Sun Jan 13 2008

    Fun and beautiful language, but with only 4 other students in my class by the third year, I felt like the idiot of the classroom because I didn't enjoy practicing it in my spare time.

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    zuchinibut

    Sun Jan 13 2008

    Nothing against French, but it just seems that with the changing demographics in most parts of our country that Spanish is a much more useful class to take than French.

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    genghisthehun

    Fri Nov 09 2007

    I took French and you should also. It was the language of science, culture and diplomacy for centuries, and you can learn much by having a little knowledge of the language.

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    xagent

    Mon Apr 30 2007

    We had for like one week before our teacher had to leave.

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    pugwash01

    Mon Mar 12 2007

    I took French not out of choice, had too!!! I have also used it and although the French want you to speak it, all they do is ridicule you for trying. As for me I'm now one of those ENGLISH who would rather say: Foreign Idiots, why can't you understand English!!!! Not a hater of the Country, just very disgruntled with the people.  Maybe I just need to meet a nice one!!!!!  or maybe it is just a love hate relationship we have!

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    oscargamblesfr_o

    Fri Mar 09 2007

    I never took it, I took Spanish in high school. I don't see a glaring need for it to be taught, but it's fine if kids take it. Estimated time it'll probably take for some ignorant jackass to write a review saying, in effect, if you take this you'll become a rude, sniveling chain-smoking beret wearing mime performing craven with cheese pouring out of your ears- 1.5 minutes.

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    lastmessenger3

    Thu Aug 03 2006

    The language of love or so they say. Being a person who had to learn new language every 2-3 years in the past 15 years, makes you very open to other languages. I've taken French classes in High School and College and it came very smoothly to me. As a matter of fact, people didn't believe me when I told them I wasn't French.Je ne francais pas.

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    moosekarloff

    Mon Jun 26 2006

    The true Mother Language of English, as 65% of our vocabulary comes from this Gallic tongue. A somewhat formal language that relies on roundabout syntactical constructs, and as such, is resistent to change. Like English, it is highly idiomatic, and hence, provides plenty of expressive color. It's relatively grammar-free in relation to several other modern Western languages (German, Russian, Portuguese), and possesses a music and inflection that is quite euphonious if spoken correctly: English, although more supple, practical and expressive, is extremely ugly-sounding in comparison. It is a language that supported one of the greatest literatures of the world and is still one of the most important languages in contemporary philosophy. UPDATE (6/26/06): Sorry to burst the bubble of the ignorant clowns on this board who believe that English derives directly from Latin and not French, but anyone who has studied linguistics knows that French is much more of a precursor of English than ... Read more

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    ih8rateitall

    Mon Mar 13 2006

    Why? This is America.

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    vudija

    Mon Mar 13 2006

    I always had a knack for foreign languages, this was the quickest "A", I ever earned. The class allows you to learn the language, as well as get to know the culture of the country. My teacher had even studied in Paris, so she had excellent stories of living there, with some pictures that she shared of some of the museums and attractions that some of the biger cities had to offer. Because of this class; I want to someday travel to France just to see it for myself...

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    graymalkin

    Mon Oct 10 2005

    When we think of French cuisine the stereotypical meal consisting of rich sauces, escargot, and dishes laden with heavy cream and butter come to mind. These elegantly prepared and elaborately presented dishes known as haute cuisine prepared by trained chefs have given way to more of a nouvelle cuisine of simpler fare with sauces made from reductions and smaller portions found mostly in the more upscale French restaurants. The diverse flavors of France are actually as diverse as those we find in the different regions of the US. In fact, we owe a lot to the French for their influences on our American diet, the basis of our sauces come from the French mother sauces. Bechamel or white sauce is essential in the making of cheese sauce for macaroni and cheese or creamy gravy served over fried chicken and the traditional biscuits and gravy. Mayonnaise an emulsified sauce that is used almost everyday and hollandaise severed over eggs Benedict or steamed asparagus. Simple to complicated blends o... Read more

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    ricardodesanti_ago

    Fri Sep 09 2005

    I'M GOING TO QUOTE NASGARD: And also English doesnt come from french....god IGNORANT PEOPLE... LATIN formed part of the english language thanks to the romans that ruled the countries for years and years. --------- English comes from latin THROUGH French, because a long time ago a french king took over england and he introduced some of the french language. anyway, i don't like the language

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    mixxin

    Wed Jan 05 2005

    With all the respect to any French speakers out there -- I hate this language. I took it in high school with a dictator of a teacher. I can read French newspapers pretty well, but I could never really master the pronunciation. And it doesn't sound too pretty either.

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    daccory

    Tue Oct 05 2004

    If you try even a few words of somebody else's language it opens up a new and refreshing way of looking at life and conversations become warmer and friendlier. It is a lovely language when spoken eloquently. The Belgians and Swiss use 'nonante' for quatre-vingt douze which, modernistically, makes sense.

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    wargamefan93

    Wed Sep 15 2004

    Tried it. Wasn't great.

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    dirt_devil_003

    Fri Jul 30 2004

    hate how it sounds. sorry.

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    ansgard

    Tue Jun 08 2004

    first of all french is a latin language like italian and spanish.. but its for sure the worst i've never liked it, i had the chance to study it, but i prefered german. And also English doesnt come from french....god IGNORANT PEOPLE... LATIN formed part of the english language thanks to the romans that ruled the countries for years and years.

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    sundiszno

    Mon Mar 15 2004

    I can't believe that someone thinks that 65% of English comes from French (a Gallic language?). Perhaps the other reviewer has French confused with Latin, which is of course the basis for French. Fench is somewhat of an effeminate language, at least to my ear. Also very often too nasal. It's grammar is, if you wish to speak it correctly, fairly complicated (no simple, as others may suggest). Also, I have often wondered about the overall sense of a language where, in order to count past a certain number, you have to engage in multiplacation and addition (i.e., the number 92 is quattre vingt douze, or four times twenty plus twelve'). French is just a badly spoken Romance language.

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    virilevagabond

    Tue Feb 24 2004

    During the age of Louis XIV (the Sun King), French was the accepted language of art, science, diplomacy and philosophy. Today, after years of French resistence to change, the tongue may be dying and retains its sole hold as the language of diplomacy (and perhaps romance). Probably the most pleasing to the ear (at least to mine), but French still has those irritating gendered nouns (as all Romance languages seem to have).

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    enkidu

    Tue Jan 06 2004

    At its best, the finest food in the world, and worth every penny of the price. It is NOT easy to make and I have certainly messed up a good many recipes in my own kitchen.

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    eagle_scout

    Mon Nov 17 2003

    Well, it can sound ok, but I don't like it. cool laugh tough.

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    ladyshark4534

    Mon Oct 06 2003

    Ugh.....My grandfather was French. Needless to say French is a very ugly-sounding and hard to learn language. It's almost impossible to learn it in even a month. I mean, even Arabic is easier than this!

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    rosetta

    Sat Sep 20 2003

    Almost irrelevant in the 21st Century.

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    osoares

    Wed Aug 06 2003

    Quite good, but a bit too finicky for my taste.

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    snlgirl

    Thu Jul 17 2003

    The French language is really beautiful, and they have good food, but other than that I don't like their culture, and the language is very hard to learn.

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    snoopy

    Fri Jul 04 2003

    Bonjour! Je m'appelle Snoopy. Comment allez-vous? I liked French class. I found it very easy to remember the French words that we learned. I was great at reading and writing French, but I never did too well with spoken French and conversing with someone, but that's probably because I'm hearing-impaired and had trouble hearing the correct sounds.

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    lilsanchez04

    Fri Jul 04 2003

    French suck they are total losers no one likes them anymore. All they do is turn their backs on us. They didn't help us and they are cowards.