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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (5 children)

That's incredibly offensive.

Implying that a holy being could speak french makes me wanna barf

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago*

Don’t worry, the devil only speaks Québécois

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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

I feel like Odin would know French, not because he wanted to but because he got lost and ended up picking it up for insult purposes.

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[–] Steve@communick.news 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

I'm not sure of your reasoning. But I'll provide two ideas that may make you feel better and/or worse about it.

It wouldn't be their first language.
They'd speak it as well as if it were.

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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

Both are much worse. I can forgive the French. They merely lost the birth lottery. It isn't thier fault they were born French. To learn it? Intentionally?

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[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 0 points 6 months ago

I enjoy the language despite butchering it every time, and I especially enjoy the French countryside. Pretty damn forgiving of a terrible accent, and with a smile.

Its Parisians that usually piss me off.

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