I don't know where/what cesmes is, but if it is anywhere in France, it seems that she's absolutely right. So many people I know were snubbed, or told to speak "proper" French while on vacation in France or by French people here on vacation.
One guy, here on a work visa, once told me, "Your language is so funny. It's so uneducated." and proceeded to say "ouain, ouain" several times and laughing to himself. (ouain is the French equivalent of "yup") And could you believe he was trying to pick me up?
On a separate note...Maxq, your French is always written so well. You have a phenomenal memory to remember all the noun orientations (male/female) accents and verb conjugations. (Your teacher must have been very good.)
Zm - sorry, I was not ignoring you. I just scooted down to the bottom of the thread to answer Maverick.
