Quote Originally Posted by moonburn View Post
this reminds me of the french matters not if you can speak 4 or 5 languages if you can´t speak french properly they´ll still consider you stupid and normally those french who do that can´t speak anything then french
Haha +1 this. I was in France a couple of years ago and I experienced something similar. I am fluent in two languages (English and Greek) and can get by with what minor Italian I know, but I was in a clothing store in Paris and the store assistant said something to me in French (presumably, 'would you like some help?') and I responded in English. She literally rolled her eyes, made a loud 'pfffft' noise and walked off. Perhaps if I responded in Greek or Italian she'd have been a little more helpful? Otherwise I could have said to her 'hello', 'goodbye', 'this dinner is nice' and 'what cheeses do you have' in my limited French...

Of course not all French people would respond in the same manner, and in no way I am saying all French people would look down at you for not speaking French to them (I think they'd appreciate you trying other than not bothering to pick up some words), but it's just funny I had a similar experience to what moonburn posted.