Word for the Travel Wise (09/23/06)

Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.

Back to original post

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

9-24-2006 @ 3:41PM

jon said...

Strange thing about Cameroon is though, the anglophone part ONLY speaks english, and the francophone part ONLY speaks french.

Just as you get used to speaking french as a matter-of-course, you suddenly find yourself in the english speaking part and everyone just looks at you blankly.

It's most peculiar to take a taxi from the english bit to the french bit, and then have to translate english/french for the driver just so he could speak to his own countrymen! Fortunatly pour moi et pour mon pas bon francais, African french-speakers are a LOT easier to understand than in France itself - they speak slower and with less slang.

Add your comments

Your comments:

Remember me

E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.