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Old 03-28-2007, 03:11 AM   #8
nauru
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St Andrews, Edinburgh and Sciences-Po won't be easy to get into either. But LSE will indeed probably be the toughest of the lot.

I also speak French, but I learned Quebec French since I was about 5 years old. When I was 19 and moved to Europe I found it very difficult to understand France French, and it took me roughly a year and a half to get fully used to it. Now Quebec French sounds weird, and I speak France French. Mind you, the transition may be quicker for others who are better with languages. I'm a native speaker of english and I had a very difficult time understanding people when I visited Leamington Spa and Warwick (central England). Even dating a girl who had a London accent forced me to concentrate on understanding, every time we had a conversation.

"Quebecois French should be pretty fluent"? I have no idea what that means. You're either fluent or you're not. And of course Quebecois speak French fluently, because it's the language they grew up in.
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