[Pictures] My Time at Carleton

[Clayton]

ecookman @ Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:52 am wrote:

hmm how much english do they speak...

i went on a trip and it was almost impossible to order food

i asked for something...again (useless at french no clue as to how i passed it)...they said qui blah blah sort of got something like it will be here soon....

asked for ceaser salad. sprite. and cheeseburger and fries....i got



garden salad. yaay sprite the other cheeseburger (there were 2 different kinds of meet) and fries...not the exact kind i wanted... lol baked vs deepfreid...i wanted baked


but all in all it was food am i am not picky...so what i had to spend $5 more at least i got over half of waht i wanted in about....20 mins of trying to communicte...man i felt like such a dumbass..coldn't decipher anyhting it was like blah,blah,blah ummmm yes...merci

It's about 70/30 English/French that I've encountered. Really though, it's not much of an issue, as I've grown up around french all through my life, so though I may not be able to speak it, I can understand most of conversational french without much problem. Also, that could just be a restaurant problem and having nothing to do with the language barrier itself. Most people in customer service in Ottawa are bilingual for a reason.