Et ca me fait quelques choses, Il est entre dans mon coeur.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Who needs all those tenses? No one...

English has pretty much the same number of tenses as French, and many English verbs conjugate pretty weirdly as well. Like, 'to be', for example.

It does...I thought...cuz like when you go pass tense there is many ways...nvm...BTW Quebec is french and everything is french because of the PQ and a little bill, that goes against the BNA (British North Americain Act), called Bill 101. You would be surprise, unless you are Canadian or know how much turmoil there is within our country, at what conflicts one language can cause. Look at the "revolution tranquil" or the FLQ. Yeah, Canada ahs problems when it comes to the French (This is refering to about over 40% of the French speaking Quebec population) and English speaking population. yeah...We were pretty close at having a civil war...there were military in Montreal! Okay I'll stop now about rambling about Canada now....

[SomethingBig]

Woo, j'aime beaucoup les gens qui peuvent parler la langue francaise.

[SilverWind]

Yeah, French is great!

[Camanche]

It does...I thought...cuz like when you go pass tense there is many ways...nvm...BTW Quebec is french and everything is french because of the PQ and a little bill, that goes against the BNA (British North Americain Act), called Bill 101. You would be surprise, unless you are Canadian or know how much turmoil there is within our country, at what conflicts one language can cause. Look at the "revolution tranquil" or the FLQ. Yeah, Canada ahs problems when it comes to the French (This is refering to about over 40% of the French speaking Quebec population) and English speaking population. yeah...We were pretty close at having a civil war...there were military in Montreal! Okay I'll stop now about rambling about Canada now....

I hear you on that girl (or guy, whatever the case may be).

Also, why is everyone saying that French is so darn hard? I've always been told that English is the hardest and most complicated language to learn. (And by that, I mean second language.)

Hell, I rarely see people write or speak in proper grammar. The English language is full of so many bleeping nuances, hence the complication.

I honestly agree with English being the most complicated too. It's hard for me to explain why I think it is though.

[Shlup]

Didn't French used to be the diplomatic language? Someone probably mentioned that, but I got tired of reading posts with strange words in them... I don't particularly care for French, as far as languages go.

[Jebus]

Yeah. French used to be the main language during the Enlightenment.

But during the Romantic era, it gradually shifted from French to German, and then to English.

[Takara]

Yep, French used to be the trade/diplomatic language. Everyone in Europe used to speak it. Even the Brits. It was the language of court, and all that jazz. Even to this day, many Europeans may speak more than one language, and French is often one of them.

Then France lost a bunch of wars, and English was eventually made the official language as Jebus just said. The United States getting all that political power may have helped too.

And think about it, if the English didn't invade us back then, and if the French colons had actually won, French would have been the official language of Canada and probably of the U.S. too. Personally, I'm glad my ancestors refused to be assimilater and kept French as their first language. Sure, it's a complicated language with all those weird verb tense (que je mangeasse... No one use that in conversations, only in freaking poetry or litterature!), and sadly, it still creates a lot of in-fighting among Quebecers and the other Canadians, but it's still a beautiful language.

In fact, I don't think there is a ugly language. At least, I didn't hear any, so far. They all have their own charm.

[Rusty]

I'm speak English and I don't understand a word of French, so I'm quite happy with English

[Jojee]

Oh sure, except the only things I know how to say in French are "bonjour" and "voulez vous coucher avec moi, se soir?" so I'll just end up going around saying to people, "Bonjour, voulez vous coucher avec moi, se soir ^__^" and then you know what happens after that!

[Old Manus]

TEH OMG IS U DISIN ENGRISH!!!!!111!1 I NOW WERE U LIEV ND IL COM WITH A HAKSAW AND KILL U IN UR SLEEP!!!11!1@:{

[Ko Ko]

If I hear the words ''Grace Jones'' one more time, I am going to follow OM's example.
Closely.

[Meat Puppet]

isn't spanish going to be the universal language in like 100 years or something?
I guess not seeing as we'd all be dead by then

[Endless]

Let's see...

If we're talking about diplomacy, English is a convenient way to communicate with other leaders, but not "official". In the UN, as far as I remember, both French and English are official languages, like for the Olympic games (all the announcements are made in 3 languages: English, French, local).

For scientific communication, English is a <i>de facto</i> standard, but not something official. Until roughly the Second WW, French was the language the most widely used to publish scientific papers. After that, we lost a lot of influence over to the USA, and English took over.

For difficulty, Japanese is by far more complicated than English. I'll admit French for foreigners is more complex than English, because our pronunciation differs, and because we like having a lot of different rules and exceptions. That's what made it "fun" to learn in Primary school.

And Jojo, good thing you only have to say it, because you still can't spell correctly that phrase. xD

[Maxico]

I say we find the simplist language there is and make that the universal language.

[K-chan]

I think French should be the universal language - instead of English!

Then, instead of taking French II right now, I'd be taking Enlgish II. THAT would be crazy! I have to agree with some people who don't like it though; it does seem rather unromantic when you have to memorize verb charts. ^^ But its worth it in the end when you watch a movie in french and realize you can understand half of it!