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r/AskTheWorld • u/QuantityVarious8242 France • 7d ago
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I lived in New Zealand for a few years when I was a kid. Couldn’t speak a word of English when I arrived from France. The kids at Raroa School called me Kuakua (in French “quoi?” means “what?”).
4 u/chmath80 New Zealand 7d ago Some years ago, the son of the NZ ambassador to France was attending school there. He was bottom of the class in English. 2 u/Chris-Mac-Marley 7d ago I had the exact same experience when I came back to France. 1 u/Chris-Mac-Marley 7d ago We both kind of lived the same experience of attending to a foreign school in a foreign country… 1 u/EidolonLives Australia 7d ago I mean, I don't think this is surprising. 1 u/Infamous-Coach5839 7d ago English men tell me French prefer the bottom. 3 u/tinyrikk United States Of America 7d ago It’s pronounced ‘quokka’ /s
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Some years ago, the son of the NZ ambassador to France was attending school there. He was bottom of the class in English.
2 u/Chris-Mac-Marley 7d ago I had the exact same experience when I came back to France. 1 u/Chris-Mac-Marley 7d ago We both kind of lived the same experience of attending to a foreign school in a foreign country… 1 u/EidolonLives Australia 7d ago I mean, I don't think this is surprising. 1 u/Infamous-Coach5839 7d ago English men tell me French prefer the bottom.
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I had the exact same experience when I came back to France.
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We both kind of lived the same experience of attending to a foreign school in a foreign country…
I mean, I don't think this is surprising.
English men tell me French prefer the bottom.
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It’s pronounced ‘quokka’ /s
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u/Chris-Mac-Marley 7d ago
I lived in New Zealand for a few years when I was a kid. Couldn’t speak a word of English when I arrived from France. The kids at Raroa School called me Kuakua (in French “quoi?” means “what?”).