# French in 15 minutes a day-French manners

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-in-15-minutes-a-day-french-manners/162198>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-in-15-minutes-a-day-french-manners/162198 "2003-03-18T04:03:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![msgotrocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@msgotrocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msgotrocks)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-in-15-minutes-a-day-french-manners/162198/21 "2003-03-19T18:31:16Z")

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The book is right on both counts. I agree with the previous posters and have one thing to add. I’ve found that in most places, including France, a lot of people reply in English just to practice their English with a native speaker. I’ve had many converstions in Europe where I stubbronly spoke entirely in French, German, etc. and the other person stubbronly spoke entirely in English!

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