sr71plt
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The Parisians used to say that four days of American liberation saw more rapes than four years of German occupation. Then again, the Parisians aren't on speaking terms with the rest of the country.
I had the misfortune of being there when DeGaulle's popularity was building up, and he was rabidly anti-American. I'm sure I could go to France now and have a lovely time. I still would feel that I'd have to have French to be comfortable there. I've always tried to learn the language where I've lived--without having facility in learning languages--and I learned German while living there. But everywhere else, either English has been predominant or, as in Japan and Southeast Asia, the locals were so interested in learning English--for economic advantage--that I just gave in and spoke English with them. I've tried learning Mandarin, Japanese, and Thai, though.