A woman who traveled alone in France described her time there as an "isolating experience." In a TikTok video, the woman said she was ostracized for not being able to speak French in Lyon. Several ...
If you’re planning a trip to France, you might be worried about how to communicate with the locals. Will you be able to get ...
The classic "bonjour, hi" greeting in Montreal is known by many Vermonters who venture up to the multi-lingual city. A new language bill that recently went into effect in Quebec aims to strengthen the ...
A couple from the French-speaking part of Belgium wanted to become naturalized French citizens but found themselves with the most French of problems – a bureaucratic struggle to prove they speak their ...
I underestimated how long it would take us to settle into life in France from the UK. All the little unfamiliar things add up. We're confused a lot of the time, even as French speakers. There are so ...
FOR OLIVER MAYERS, a native of Montreal, living in a bilingual city is special. “It’s ‘bonjour-hi’,” he says, referring to the local hybrid greeting. Around two-thirds of people in Montreal regularly ...