As a native french speaker, who speaks also some german, and goes to Amsterdam every there weeks I don't have the same experience.
What you are saying is true for the dutch-speaking part of Belgium. In Netherland, everybody except foreigners are speaking a very good English. If in Amsterdam the lady behind the deli counter doesn't speak english, then it's because she's not Dutch (there are lots of foreign worker in Amsterdam, maybe a good choice).
With german : - Germany - Austria - most of Switzerland - Luxembourg - France... if you stay near the german border.
With Spanish : - Spain - Most of South and Central America - France... if you stay very near the spanish border. - United States:)
If the intend is to learn a second langage, French and Spanish are the most usefull. But you will never find a job in Spain if you don't speak english, and it will be hard in France also.
If you want to learn French, Luxembourg and Brussels are a very good choice. In these cities, you can exercise french and it won't be too difficult to find a job as an english-speaker only.
There were about 40 peoples in the public at the trial, most were bloggers, or people from french usenet group fr.comp.securite.virus, where the story took place.
There were only some photos, bot no names and no adresses on Indymedia's website. See the : google cache for example.
When swiss newspaper are talking about adresses, it's only a lie they are repeating, maybe originating from the swiss governement.
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Then he was not a parisian...
Parisian speaking english have a terrible accent, and are very unfriendly.
As a native french speaker, who speaks also some german, and goes to Amsterdam every there weeks I don't have the same experience.
What you are saying is true for the dutch-speaking part of Belgium. In Netherland, everybody except foreigners are speaking a very good English. If in Amsterdam the lady behind the deli counter doesn't speak english, then it's because she's not Dutch (there are lots of foreign worker in Amsterdam, maybe a good choice).
With French, you can go :
- in France.
- in half of belgium. The other half speaks french, but doesn't want to speak it (native french speakers are often ignored if they don't speak dutch).
- east of switzerland. The german part of switzerland does not really know french.
- Luxembourg
- Réunion Island, Guadeloupe, new caledonia and all other french dependencies around the world.
- Africa. Nearly half the countries of Africa are officially french-speaking.
- Mauritius, Seychelles.
- In Canada (Québec).
With german :
- Germany
- Austria
- most of Switzerland
- Luxembourg
- France... if you stay near the german border.
With Spanish : :)
- Spain
- Most of South and Central America
- France... if you stay very near the spanish border.
- United States
If the intend is to learn a second langage, French and Spanish are the most usefull. But you will never find a job in Spain if you don't speak english, and it will be hard in France also.
If you want to learn French, Luxembourg and Brussels are a very good choice. In these cities, you can exercise french and it won't be too difficult to find a job as an english-speaker only.
I think it would be better if everyone would speak the same language.
Something easy to learn, multi-cultural, like Esperanto...
Both blogs are from viewers of the trial. As is mine :- j-y-etais-breve139.html :- de-guillermito-breve141.html
1 /rule-of-law-one/ and http://serendipity.lascribe.net/blogologie/2005/01 /rule-of-law-and-of-the-free-market-part-2/
http://maxime.ritter.eu.org/proces-de-guillermito
And also
http://maxime.ritter.eu.org/du-full-disclosure-et
And a blog written in english : http://serendipity.lascribe.net/blogologie/2005/0
There were about 40 peoples in the public at the trial, most were bloggers, or people from french usenet group fr.comp.securite.virus, where the story took place.
There were only some photos, bot no names and no adresses on Indymedia's website. See the : google cache for example. When swiss newspaper are talking about adresses, it's only a lie they are repeating, maybe originating from the swiss governement.