Thank you!! I wasn't planning on going so short and it kind of just happened last week. I wasn't so sure what I thought, so thanks for the compliment :)

There is so much behind speaking that is just confidence! And i'm sure if you are smiley and friendly with the people in your village, they would be more than willing to let you speak to them to improve! Not just your base skills, but just improve on feeling confident trying :)

They do that on Tik Tok too. I think, "where is the "at least he's trying vibe?" because I have never heard that. It seems the French are xenophobic or at the very least wary of Americans?

hahah, the watermelon vs eel is a good one! I used to confuse fish bone and bus stop. That also ALWAYS got a chuckle. Please stick too it! We will always meet some rotten apples in life, don't let them bring you down!

@@UnintentionallyFrenchified appreciate the encouragement! I love your videos and your perspective ☺️ oh, bus stop and fish bone - I just looked that up and I can see how that would be a tough one at first!

I'm sorry people mocked your accent, bonne chance to you :)

Salut Monica, les gens qui se sont moqué de toi sont ce qu'on appelle "des cons", je suis vraiment désolé que tu ai eu à expérimenter ça. Le français est une langue très difficile et c'est horrible de se moquer des gens qui font l'effort de l'apprendre, qui plus est quand c'est ta langue natale... Bref, s'il te plaît oublie ces imbéciles ! Bon courage à toi dans ton apprentissage, et merci d'apprendre notre langue si compliquée :)

Urg, i feel you on the boyfriend/employer combo. I didn't get my first job in france because i was told that i was too friendly and i was SO bummed. looking back now, i'm like thank god i didn't get that. I would have spent years trying to be someone I wasn't. And then you do end up losing yourself little by little. Glad you got out of the vicious cycle!

thank you! Fresh new cut to start the back to school year :)

Well that is really kind! So glad you enjoy the channel :)

Thank you!! It was a surprise from last week, so i'm still getting used to it. But glad to hear you love it! :)

I've lost a lot of muscle weight in the last ten years. I used to do competitive gymnastics, track and volleyball. It made for some rock sold thighs!

Did you suffer through debate classes all through high school then or did you actually not have them? I feel like all the French I meet took debate and philosophy pretty hard core!

@@UnintentionallyFrenchified I never had *any* debate classes in school at all. I did have philosophy but I wasn't really into it. I think it's more cultural than school-related, we are taught to think critically, generally speaking - even French compositions have to follow the "thèse-antithèse-synthèse" pattern...

Hahah when I rewatch the videos after editing to make sure that everything is good to go, i notice the little slip ups in my language and it makes me cringe a bit. I never notice it when it's happening though. But glad you like it!

@@UnintentionallyFrenchified Aww, not cringey! It's cute and it's a sign of how bilingual you are!

Naive, friendly, and though i didn't mention this specfically in the video, are you also part of the people pleaser club? It's not the personality that fits the most organically with the French, but we all end up making it work for us somehow! Also, how different the south must be for you?!

@@UnintentionallyFrenchified unfortunately yes to the people pleasing. 😅 I actually love the South because having an open, friendly personality is welcomed and quite common here! Plus I hate the cold, and there's tons more sun even in winter.

It's the perfect attitude to have about it. I get to worked up and it becomes personal in a way even though it shouldn't!!

C'est exactement la mentalité qu'il faut garder je pense :)

It deserves so much right! I feel like getting my nationality a couple years ago was the biggest "recognition" i could have had so nothing will ever top that now!

Vous avez complètement raison. Je n'ai pas mis un bandeaux depuis très longtemps. Prochaine vidéos = serre-tête, promise!

This is a very good point on how hypocritical it is. My own personal (no research here) opinion after working in a school is that they imitate the behavior of their teachers. In most of the experiences i have seen or heard of, students are constantly put down, embarrassed in front of their peers and mocked for their language level/work etc... So it creates a whole population that is uncomfortable speaking foreign languages in front of each other and spends time mocking people when they do. Sadly, a pretty crappy combo right?

@@UnintentionallyFrenchified That makes alot of sense. Being that the French find recreation in discussion, debates, etc, I wonder if many of them are aware of this. Or if you brought this up in conversation, they'd have a light bulb moment like "oh yeah you're right. it is kinda hypocritical. I never realized that."

@@knucklehoagies you state that every of the people you will speak to is clever/smart… idiots are everywhere on earth and of course when you do not speak another language it is an additional hurdle. Said by a French 😅

@@luxomars4049 what does that have anything to do with my original comment? I never said everybody is clever or smart.

@@knucklehoagies sorry if my comment have been misunderstood, « what do the French expect then » from your original comment. What I meant is that French people without proper education or language skills do not expect anything because it even doesn’t come in their brains that they might meet people from elsewhere. They are not ready to cope with a foreigner trying to have a contact with them.

fabulous

THANK YOU!! :)

hahahahah you caught me :)

@@UnintentionallyFrenchified But in the end, you will be, Kate !! You're just one step from being French.... Don't stay in the dark side, embrass the light, be pure French !! lololololol

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@@JustinCase99999 he is still locked in 1939

@@luxomars4049 Oh I see. 1939, when no countries either declared war against Germany or if they did could not defeat the Germans. When France was the only country that shared a border with Germany and declared war on them. I understand now. That guy is stuck in that year. I hope he isn't British, because in his logic he should thank the French for helping the fleeing Brits flee back to their island. 😊

@@JustinCase99999 - I mean Poland neighboured Germany yet Poland resisted/fought against Germans as best as they could during WW2, Russians did the same (although Russians didn’t border/neighbour Germany)

@@abcxyz-cx4mr France declared war on Germany precisely because Germany invaded Poland. At that time the USSR was in a pact with Germany, so no, they didn't fight against Germany. Germany left them alone. It was France and a few thousands British soldiers (who quickly fled) on the western front against all of the German military and air force in 1940. The French air force shot down half of the German air force btw. In 1944, 80% of the German army was on the Eastern front, fighting against the Russians, the pact being broken since 1942. It took the British, the Americans, the Canadians and more to defeat the remaining 20% of the Germans on the western front who btw had low morale and no air force. There's a huge difference between the two situations that the French bashing ignorant crowd prefer to ignore. 😊