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I think he is great @Krescht so enthusiastic and positive he also explains things in a nice way. One problem is that he causes gas :rofl: :guitar:
Jamie

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I suppose I need to weigh my Squier, but I know I can’t fling it around like that guy was-- as if it were a toy.

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I’ll have to take your word for it. I must admit my German instructors (two natives of Germany and one an Austrian) didn’t have much accent at all, except for one. One had a decidedly British accent because he learned his English in London.

I had a friend, an American who could converse in German pretty well. He ended up working in France for 5 years, and had an occasion to do business in Germany. While there he proceeded to speak German, but after a few minutes the Germans asked him to please speak English. “Is there something wrong with my German?” “No, your German is fine, but you speak your German with a French accent!

It’s fascinates me!

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“Zis is a German moderzykle. It doez not need oil.”

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Gregor’s accent is perfect for the videos he makes :slight_smile:

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not sure why it does not embed the video

but f ho what a nice base

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Really nice sound for a bass ukulele.
And for a change something relatively affordable in this thread!

Just checked and this thing is top seller in Thomann shop.
The Wanderer version (no F-holes) is on place 3 and this is followed by the black Journeyman version.

So 3 out of the Top 5 sellers in bass ukuleles are Kala Ukuleles.
They also got really good reviews.

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what’s wrong with a french accent ? :sweat_smile:

:sob:

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I’m not gonna answer this. I’m not gonna answer this.
We are all friendly and respectful to each other :woozy_face:

No but honestly. As a German I would be glad a French person tries to talk German with me and I would not care about the accent. Some of my experiences in France weren’t that good communication wise as I did not know french and at least some of the older generation of french people refuse to speak English. I know for a fact that some could talk English.
Look I’m sorry there was bad blood between Britain and France but I was just trying to communicate, okay?
Didn’t have the problems with the younger generation though.

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I can do some horrible accents if I don’t pay attention, not the French one for German though :sweat_smile:
However it seems almost impossible to switch from French to English without major difficulties :crazy_face:

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It’s not that they refuse… They simply can’t… :man_shrugging:

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Yeah, no. That wasn’t it.

The father of the friend I visited talked to him in French and he clearly already knew what I talked about. The father then suggested to me just trying to speak German/Hand signs or the very few broken French words I knew.

I’m not saying that all of my experiences were people who could but refused but at least one or two I am certain that they understood more than they let on.

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@juli0r the language instruction in France is really really poor.

I myself consider I’m not good at all when it’s about speaking english but I’m WAY WAY WAY WAY better than the “average” french guy. really. a random french guy just doesn’t speak english. in fact a random french guy could not follow the B2B course. it would just be impossible. I’m a little bit better (still not much) at this because my job requires this.

I think a random german guy speaks/understand english WAY better than a random french guy .

about accent, I think the german accent is really horrible. sad but true. sorry.

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There’s some difference between understanding and speaking. I can understand a few languages where I totally lack the ability to make a coherent sentence. Add the risk of misunderstanding and you need to be really confident to engage in a discussion.

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sure, that’s why I’m not confident at all with my english speaking

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Maybe I misjudged in combination with the father suggesting to just not even try to speak English. It’s not that I generalize that experience anyway - I hope I did not make this impression. Communication in France just was harder than in any other European country I was in.
I remember in Sweden a random 14 year old girl we asked for directions spoke flawless English as far as I could tell.

Yeah I think so, too.
All the very hard sounds we have in our language do not translate good into other languages. It just fits for our language.
And especially with French which I would describe as rather soft and smooth I can get that us not letting go of all the hard sounds is horrible :wink: I think it’s horrible too if you don’t even try to make an effort to pronounce it right. But there are always limitations…

Sorry to shift this so far off topic. I just wanted to add this post to make sure to convey I’m not bitter or judge all French people on my few experiences.

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If you think the French are stubborn when it comes to speaking other languages, you should try Wallonia.

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Same failed education system over there, amplified by a dysfunctional federal state. Most walloons don’t know enough flemish or dutch to speak it. I could tell you about the stuborness in the northern part of Belgium as well, but that would be sliding down the slippery slope of politics :sweat_smile:

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I have yet to meet someone from Flanders who refuses to speak English.

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Try speaking French to them :wink:

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