MulletProof
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^it's the same in Spanish.. in Icelandic, and probably in most non-english languages too.. I guess it can be viewed as eccentricity by English native-speakers, they certainly haven't witnessed their mother language get gradually replaced by foreign words as they're the ones in charge of the replacement task 
.. not blaming you guys, just saying so you get an idea of where those frenchies stand.. not to mention the fact that being a highly touristic place, they must be really sick of some people directly or undirectly demanding them to speak english in their french-speaking land, which inevitably leads them to generalise (like anyone would after several cloned encounters) and think everyone expects more or less the same from them.. I live in a spanish-speaking place for instance and no kidding, every single American I've encountered hasn't spoken a single word in Spanish and have actually approached me in high-speed english and almost roll their eyes when I tell them to repeat themselves or at least slow down until I switch my head from spanish to english mode.. which is fine, whatever.. but one thing that fired things up once for sure was this time when I met a man who entered this office where I used to work at, yelling that he needed some planes for his house (in english), I was pretty puzzled about his yelling, since we were standing like 20 cms away from him 
.. someone immediately replied, offering help in english and he said, 'I have this amazing english course at home, I want to bring it for you guys, you really need to learn english, it's important', I hardly got over his little phrase and sometimes I look at tourists demanding english and in my tiny view, I know they're thinking what that man said, that their language and maybe their traditions too to make the ride even more comfortable, should be almost an obligation for everybody.. I can't even express how disrespectful I found his attitude and how sad and unfortunate it was to see him having the opportunity to travel, see the world and LIVE diversity and see him waste it like that blinded by his bigotry and arrogance. sorry about the rant.. it's way off topic but I figured a slightly opposite point of view might come handy to decode the 'craziness' behind certain attitudes that are usually no more than a self-defense response to very common characters.
.. not blaming you guys, just saying so you get an idea of where those frenchies stand.. not to mention the fact that being a highly touristic place, they must be really sick of some people directly or undirectly demanding them to speak english in their french-speaking land, which inevitably leads them to generalise (like anyone would after several cloned encounters) and think everyone expects more or less the same from them.. I live in a spanish-speaking place for instance and no kidding, every single American I've encountered hasn't spoken a single word in Spanish and have actually approached me in high-speed english and almost roll their eyes when I tell them to repeat themselves or at least slow down until I switch my head from spanish to english mode.. which is fine, whatever.. but one thing that fired things up once for sure was this time when I met a man who entered this office where I used to work at, yelling that he needed some planes for his house (in english), I was pretty puzzled about his yelling, since we were standing like 20 cms away from him .. someone immediately replied, offering help in english and he said, 'I have this amazing english course at home, I want to bring it for you guys, you really need to learn english, it's important', I hardly got over his little phrase and sometimes I look at tourists demanding english and in my tiny view, I know they're thinking what that man said, that their language and maybe their traditions too to make the ride even more comfortable, should be almost an obligation for everybody.. I can't even express how disrespectful I found his attitude and how sad and unfortunate it was to see him having the opportunity to travel, see the world and LIVE diversity and see him waste it like that blinded by his bigotry and arrogance. sorry about the rant.. it's way off topic but I figured a slightly opposite point of view might come handy to decode the 'craziness' behind certain attitudes that are usually no more than a self-defense response to very common characters.
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it makes it easier, cause nearly all the women here are dark haired. two blond-haired friends of mine had pretty bad experiences ...
