An explanation for why I consider French to be a very difficult language

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Etienne

It's not actually a hard tongue twister, just hard to remember entirely. Not annoying syllables in there.

Yes, it is not really a tongue twister by defintion - but try to speak it as fast as the guy in the movie! Tried it myself for ten minutes. Score: zero. But maybe that is because French is not my native language. Je suis Allemand et je parle un petit Francais seulement - je suis trés désolé.

Hmpf. Feels like school again, 8th class.

Originally Posted by Janus

French is a disgusting language, it sounds awful to me

I thought the same at school, and maybe that is why I did not try harder to learn it. Today, I really regret that I am not as fluent in French as I am in English. Tried again during university, but the course had far too many participants and thus was completely pointless. Getting introduced to the chansons sung by Yves Montand showed my how great French can sound when being used by a great voice like his. Im just ending my job in a warehouse, but occasionally I met French girls on school exchange there - always a chirping and twittering like a swarm of canaries.