Hello,
I'm a french (non Parisian) reader, and was very surprised by the comments I read.
More precisely, the near 100% percent agreement on "french are despising non native speakers, especially the Parisians".
I really don't feel it this way and am so surprised. I don't have more to add since I really never thought about this.
Speaking of English: I work in an international company since one year and am I the process of becoming fluent: native speakers are the hardest to understand for me. The easiest being the french, but surprisingly, a strong Italian or Moroccan accent isn't stopping me at all.
I think because they pronounce more of the words while native speakers use more contracted form where they don't even pronounce part of some words.
The pace isn't a problem, it's really the absence of part of the phrase that is hard for me.
I have more trouble understanding Indian, Australian than Americans, but it may be due that I watch a lot of American made content and am more used to their accent.
I'm a french (non Parisian) reader, and was very surprised by the comments I read.
More precisely, the near 100% percent agreement on "french are despising non native speakers, especially the Parisians".
I really don't feel it this way and am so surprised. I don't have more to add since I really never thought about this.
Speaking of English: I work in an international company since one year and am I the process of becoming fluent: native speakers are the hardest to understand for me. The easiest being the french, but surprisingly, a strong Italian or Moroccan accent isn't stopping me at all. I think because they pronounce more of the words while native speakers use more contracted form where they don't even pronounce part of some words. The pace isn't a problem, it's really the absence of part of the phrase that is hard for me.
I have more trouble understanding Indian, Australian than Americans, but it may be due that I watch a lot of American made content and am more used to their accent.