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  • Love it. Hilarious.

  • Whilst being French, I say : this ad is quite insulting toward anglophones.

    That's just my two cents.

  • @Deluxeta As an anglophone, I find this ad hilarious!

  • English is very easy to learn because it has no grammatical gender, only two present tenses of verbs, no agreement... And even though English is a Germanic language, French is easier to learn than German because more English comes from French, grammar is easier, closer pronounciation, and I'd say even though Dutch is the easiest language to learn for anglophones, French is the most similar, e.g word endings- tion, age, ment, s as plural, aire=ary, eux-euse= ous and eur= er, make it simple becau

  • @Adaadam1996 I'm French and English is not easy for me, I always had bad result in my high school.

    and my english teacher was so boring.

  • En tout cas le gars qui parle à une voix vraiment ennuyeuse...

  • @locomext713 actually, I feel like english is much easier to learn than most languages, but then again, it depends on the first language you've learned. If you're english, then you're gonna learn german easier than if you're french, but if you're french you're gonna learn spanish or other latin base language easier than a german or asian based one. But personnally I still feel that english grammar is one of the easiest language to learn.

  • j'adore la langue française parce qu'elle est une très belle langue est très ideale à étudier mais je ne veux pas la façon de leurs pensées la maniere qu'ils pensent et agissent souvent. il semblent désordres. le monde a besoin de nos jours les mieux pensée claire et les gens accueillants et aimable, et pas de hautains.

  • Awsome ad !!!!!!!!

  • Salut!!!!!!!! hahhahaah

  • j'aime bien cette publicité. :)

  • A pity; such a facility helps to prevent both people and peoples taking themselves too seriously!

    Meilleures salutations à tous,

    Robert the mizzentopman, matelot du mât artimon.

  • PS and, of course this ad is really funny! Very well done indeed. Anyone who takes offence at it must be a really sorry person – but then, some cannot take good-natured humour of which they sometimes might be the butt. A lot of that attitude depends on nationalities, of course; here we have a long tradition of self-deprecating humour and amusing give-and-take, both between individuals and over nationalities – but yes, some countries to seem to be almost devoid of that facility.

  • Well, Mia, anyone speaking a foreign language inexpertly can sound funny in that language to native speakers, not least Anglophones trying French - but the main thing is to try.

    "A beautiful..." what, anyway? That's not an expression on its own. Oh, and you need to learn properly to spell your past participles - in French.

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  • @Mizzentopman Hahhahaha! Essaie donc de m'écrire en français au lieu d'essayer de me corriger. XD

    Abruti! :)

  • Mets-en que ça peut tuer! Avez-vous déjà écouter un français parler en anglais? C'est drôle à en MOURRIR!

    Comment un français dit "a beautiful'' selon vous? Eh Boo-Tee-Full !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD

  • Baha je l'adore!

    Tu sais, j'aime bien ma langue, mais je ne veux pas que tout le monde me parle anglais!

    Il faut proteger les langages!

  • @HighKingofIndiana Wow! Tu veux dire les langues plutôt que les langages, n'est-ce pas?

  • @Mia072 Oh, pardon-moi--j'ai peur que je n'ai pas appris la difference entre langage et langue--puis-tu me l'expliquer?

  • You can't possible be insulted by this commercial ? :P it's plain fun.

    I'm not english either am I french, bu I would not get insulted by a commercial like that. I think the commercial was brilliant :) 5/5

  • I wish I could speak French... I want to learn it, but it's too hard!!

  • Lol, I was cracking up through the whole video! xD

    Glad to know my French isn't as bad as I thought :)

  • ....what? xD

    The sex part turned me on a lot though, but i don't get any of it :P

  • haha! that's so hilarious i love it

  • that was the most racist video on YouTube

  • @omidrs2005

    What ? It's only good fun.

    God. Are you one of those sorry people who can only speak one language and never get a life?

    There's so many videos way more insulting or downright racist on Youtube!

  • @HarmAllShip well, since I am a foreign speaker of English, I was highly offended. You might be right about the more insulting videos. But, watch your tone! English is not the only language I know, buddy.

  • @omidrs2005 ne t'inquiete pas--c'etait juste une blague!

    Comme Americain, je t'assure, je ne suis pas fache--je crois que c'est drole!

    C'est genial que tu peux parler anglais--mais quelle est ta langue maternelle? (J'espere bien que c'est l'allemand--je voudrais bien apprendre l'allemand)

  • @HighKingofIndiana Malheureusement, pas tout les americains comme ça. :-(

  • @EfeBuyuran ouais, je sais, c'est dommage. Mais qu'est-ce qu'on peut faire?

  • @HighKingofIndiana My native language is Persian. But, since I have spent couple of years studying English so devotedly and I also teach English this video didn't seem honorable to me. I don't think it is a joke!

    [Please write in English! Je ne sai pas français.]

  • @omidrs2005 Oh I'm sorry! D: Basically, I said that even though I'm an American, I found this pretty funny. I really love English with a passion--still, not only was this humorous, it also illustrated the point that English should not hold such a dominant position over all world languages. I truly do appreciate where you're coming from, though!

  • @HighKingofIndiana,

    I'd better put it in this way. French speakers shouldn't think their language is much fun to learn that it could replace English, ever!

    If there is a second popular language in the whole world, that is truly Spanish, not French!

  • @omidrs2005 No. Spanish is not the second most important or global language. You lack knowledge of how languages work in the world. Spanish may be spoken by more people natively than French but that is really not important in how we deal with global language. Mandarin Chinese is spoken by more people natively than English but English is obviously more important. French is spoken by millions of Africans as a second language and is a working language of mang org.'s so sorry, Spanish is not 2.

  • @omidrs2005

    the word was popular, but aren´t u talking about importance? and if we are, shoudn´t we forget french and mention chinese?

    i agree that french will never replace english as "the" world language. and the only reason for that is that english is the easiest language in the world, which is basicly the reason why it is world language ^^ french may be difficult for you as english has a lot of melody aswell, but to me there isn´t a that big difference. and i learned all three of them ;-)

  • @no6lana you know english is a hard language to learn. the reason its a world language is not because everyone just said,"hey lets speak english" its because the english people conquered a lot of land and forced it to speak english. and actually there are more countries that speak french than there are countries that speak english. 

  • @locomex713

    sure, esp the british empire is definitely a reason. but if it wasn´t that easy to learn, people just wouldn´t nowadays; they´d choose/use another one (eg french). and no, I don´t think it´s hard to learn, I didn´t come across any easier language. did you?

  • @no6lana dude wen youre born as a baby youre going to be good at speaking the language you have heard(sorta) so if we all spoke icelandic(one of the most hardest languages to master) as young kids we werent given a choice wat language we wanted to learn we talked watever language our parents talked and english is harder than most languages so why arent we speaking other easier languages?

  • @omidrs2005 french is spoken more widely than spanish, and is MUCH more useful for english-speakers.

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  • @fsavaya Does it kill you to type in proper English, you Iraqi cunt?

  • lool trop drole :) wow i suck at french :)

  • Lovely advert, this is only humor + a vision of our so boring standardized english speaking world. French language is so much more beautiful, complex and refined, it has to be preserved. Today, English is everywhere until overdose, native english speakers can't understand it.

  • Lol trop fort !

  • c'est bien méchant sa !!!

  • English is my most spoken language, and personally I don't find this ad offensive in the least. It's just good humor. I'm sure the person who wrote this ad doesn't really believe speaking English causes heart attacks - that's foolish. It's just a joke.

  • Oi...I am french..but i have to say..this ad is not so nice. English is not such the bad language

  • what the?

  • LOL!!!! so FUNNY!

  • Ahahah, cette bande de connard.

    I'm French but yes this ad isn't very kind : D. English is a pleasant langage.

  • OMG I lol'd s hard, that's not very kind but really funny!

  • 250 years is a generous over estimation.

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  • Totalement d'accord :D

  • By america I'm assuming they are referring to US, but seeing as English is the most known language internationally ...that's a lot of possible deaths. Oh and for the record, notice how they didn't mention anything about landmass or income?

  • Actually English isn't the "most known" internationally, it's becoming more favourable to learn English as a second language but Hindi and Spanish have close to as many speakers worldwide that English does. Furthermore, if you want to go by numbers, there's almost 3 times as many Mandarin speakers than there are English speakers.

    And not to mention the fact that English has extremely inconsistent grammar/spelling, relies heavily on borrowings, and sounds terrible as spoken language.

  • The fact that people are adapting to english is proof enough of its use. Besides your agruement is moot because I wasn't heavily emphasising on the number, I was merely making a joke that a lot of people would die if this commerical was even remotely true. I didn't mean to start a linguistic competition. Please don't start with grammar, french is just as bad, placing masc and/or fem on words as well as conditional, etc. Btw, aren't you using english right this moment?

  • Yes I am using English, but the only reason I am is because I live in Canada, where it is one of the official languages, my first language isn't English, it's Macedonian, and let me say I don't like French grammar or spelling either, but there are some languages out there that are consistent with their grammar and spelling. The language I speak is phonetic, so spelling is easy, and the grammar is the same throughout. I just think English shouldn't be #1.

  • I live in canada as well and I never meant to imply that English is number one, only that it is very important. I was merely stating this to correct some of bigotry in this commerical. I mean, this wasn't funny that all. this was complete euro-centric hogwash.

  • Well I disagree, it makes a very valid point. If you don't like it, that's your opinion.

  • as it is for you to disagree.

    And what exactly is this valid point, aside from paproganda like ad?

  • If you do not like the way English sounds, then what language do you believe sounds better?

  • Um...'sounds terrible as a spoken language'? What is your basis for saying this...

  • English is not the most spoken. The most spoken is Mandarin Chinese, followed by Spanish and then English.

  • haa

    Brazil

    heh

    and spain

    mwuha i liek it x

  • OMG!!! that's amazing! too funny!!

  • Hmmm, i still confuse, what does it means?

  • rascist vid

  • Is that supposed to be funny.?

  • Enorme !!! LOL

  • je suis d'accord avec toi! hahaha, alors!

  • funni but now i think im gonna die lmao... maybe i should lean towards my other roots nd learn the lanuage of the other stuff im mixed with... *thinks:well i already know spanish soooo who the hell am i gonna find to teach me watever language the cherokee tribe my family is descended better yet if i learned it who the fuk would understand me lmao*

  • Extra! Et c'est bien vrai :P

    Salut à tous les francophones, Français, Belges, Suisses, Canadiens, Africains... etc!

  • @HarmAllShip Vas te faire foutre!

  • @Mia072

    Après vous!

  • @HarmAllShip et les francoamericans!

  • @HarmAllShip C'est vrai, malheureusement. Quelle paradoxe.

  • Comme j'apprends le Francais maintenant, j'aimerais connaitre tout ce qu'il dit dans ce clip. Ca me donne envie de toucher au vent de leurs langues. =)

    L'amour, c'est tout pour les Francais. Je crois qu'ils le connaissent le plus dans le monde. Une rose en vivante, ca leurs fait rire aux yeux. =)

  • ouch, harsh towards USA but that's what they get for being fatasses hahaha. i live in america.. but at least my family is european!

  • Hahahaha! Excellent!

  • so I guess people from English-speaking countries like Ireland, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada all die more often from heart attacks too? LOL

  • o damn... I dunno i hate more usa or france?

    comerc nice ;P

  • XD vive la france !!!

  • LOL tro drole

  • HAHAHAHA :D:D:D love it

    vive la France!! :D

  • It's funny because it pokes fun at "experts" who form theories based on statistics without correlations.

  • It's funny because it pokes fun at "experts" and the way statistics without correlations can be manipulated to mean anything. And it's also funny because dumb people inevitably take offense and become indignant.

  • You have to understand that the unfortunate truth about america is that it doesn't have any substancial culture or history besides it's quick minute oatmeal and bull riding. The place is 200-250 year old at most. Europe is deeply cultured and full or rich and fascinating history that dates back to more than 4 thousand years. America is a beautiful and powerful nation, but it sits on a frail, instant-made clamant cultural existence. To the world's view, America is an overweight 11 year old girl.

  • First of all, indigenous people have inhabited North America for tens of thousands of years, and their cultures continue to influence modern North American nations. Secondly, European settlement of North America goes back to the 11th century. To suggest that North American culture goes back only 250 years is an extremely ignorant thing to say.

  • Almost died laughing!

  • it's not the idea of this ad

    in france and in europe we try to save and protect our culture and in france more and more things are in english like in the whole world so we try to save our language. It's not at all against americans or bullshits like that

  • lol.

  • i always thought the whole french hating americans thing was stereotypical until i saw this.

    woooww. lol.

  • So, you don't understand the commercial...

  • i don't think you understand my comment...

  • lmao too funny

  • ouch....

  • After years of american french-bashing propaganda, you'd better shut up. This french commercial is funny unlike the bullshit they hear all day long on Foxnews.

  • @MaxRWF Die, Fox, die!!

  • hahaha that was really funny :]

  • genial

  • OMG that's so funny XD !

  • hahaha that was funny

  • They could have at least said AMERICAN english...

  • hahaha this is funny

  • sa c sur, l'anglais tue!

  • hahaha c'est amusant!! haha so funny!

  • je suis americain et je regarde cece au hilarious (that's me trying french but probably sucking at it)

  • mdrrrrrrr !!!

  • je suis fan même si j'aime bien parler anglais

  • HAHAHAHAHA.

    I'm an American and even I thought this was hilarious.

    Now that is sad :P

  • ditto...i loved this

  • third that:P

  • haha !! fantastique !! J'adore cette vidéo!

  • fantastique

  • très bien.

  • loooooooooooooooooooooooooool

  • lool XD hahaha!! Exellent je suis mdr XD et je confime!! Parler anglais tue! XD

  • hahahahahaha

  • loool

  • He just escaped out of his mental institution! What a loser! The lowest of the low! Uneducated, ignorant retard!

  • Correction: A WIGGER is a white person who acts ghetto just like YOU!!!!!!

  • I guess that makes you a WIGGER!!!!

  • I see an inbred redneck in here!!!!!

  • i have no idea why...but i want to learn to speak french. has anyone learned it aas a second language..is it hard?

  • Do you think that french sonds good? It's juss a simple question...

  • i ahvent heard much of it..jsut a little but from what i heard it sounds nicje..but so do many other languages to me...so i dont get the french thing i havde..but whatever

  • its not too hard. usually if you know any language like spanish or italian, its easier to pick it up..but if your starting from scratch, it'll just take a little longer. but once you get the grasp of it, its not too complex.

  • yes, im learning it now, it's very complicated. I find Chinese is a lot easier =]

    good luck though

  • oh my god no! really its THAT hard! oh geez! but well..ill try anyway...for some reason i want to learn this language even though i need spanish. (maybe its some gene thing as my grandfather who i never met,taught french in india.)

  • Hilarious and true!

  • haha trop drole

  • Dass ist eine typisch Französiche einstellung! I'd rather learn German than French.

  • VIVE LA FRANCE ! :D (Je suis américaine mais j'adore les français !)

  • Aaa, ouais mais je pense que quelqu'un qui parle français est magnifique donc où vous habitez n'est pas important ... La langue est très belle !!

  • Sacs de gosses??? ca veut dire quoi?! couille?

  • LOL

    énorme

    mais comment on viens de rabaisser les américains!

    pfffiouuu

    les pauvres!

    :D

  • MDR!!! Je suis anglais mais c'est trop drole quand meme! =)

  • mdr !!!!

  • hahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa

  • Wow, talk about your logical fallacies.

  • Ouaiii vive la france!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Je suis française et je pense que les français sont ceux qui font le plus l'amour ^^

    Tous ces préjugés sur la France...tant qu'on y est pas aller on ne peut pas critiquer.

    Il faut prendre ça au second degrès.

    Vive la France ! ^^

  • Pas sur pour le coup des français qui font le plus l'amour ;-)

  • ouai , avec 2 enfants par femme en moyenne , on est N°1 en Europe.

  • omg lol you french ppl and your hate for americans... its not all of our fault!!! but i hate america too so high five XD

  • best bpub ever !!! jai trop rie !

  • LOL, Très Bien!

    J'ai trouvé ceci film très difficile pour comprendre!? Peut-être c'ètait parce que c'est sur l'internet.

    Yours,

    julianallees

    16th April, 2008 9:34pm

  • On parle l'anglais en Inde. The parleur est un imbessile. Mais je crois qu'il est drole.

  • Ce n'est pas la langue principale du pays !

  • Im not sure they have more sex in Brasil then in Algeria :)

  • me neither

  • Moi, je suis américain, mais je trouve ceci très drôle! J'adore la langue française, je croix qu'elle est la plus belle du monde.

  • nah

    c tro belle mais la plus belle c l'espagnole :)

    une espagnole :)

  • What can kill you is a heart attack.

    Good idee but bad making

  • LOL

  • ahah lol c'est trop drole mais la pub n'est jamais passé en france juste pour l'info =)

  • Bein c'est évident mec ! lol on a pas besoin d'apprendre le francais en france! je te rappelle que c'est une pub pour une école de francaise!

  • haha lol! Sooo true man!

  • USA is the only country that speaks English Asshole. That means UK, Canada and Australia so.. wtf??

  • no everywhere in canada, quebec is a french place.

  • come on, it's just a joke !don't take this seriously !!

  • I'm American and I speak American. I love the commercial but it should have said something to the effect of being American will kill you, I'm also taking French, and understand the King's English perfectly well, thank you.

  • You've got a valid point. He hasn't met all of the Americans (if any). The thing is, the French people that created this commercial (and gatescaper13) are pompous assholes, and every country (including our fair America) has them. Shit like this only fosters hatred. Blind nationalism is stupid, and should not be encouraged. That said, though, this commercial WAS very funny.

  • You speak American, my ass. It's called English no matter where you speak it. And I think it's called the Queen's English

  • There's a huge difference between American English and English spoken anywhere else in the world.

  • yes, I realize that euro-english, the queens english, australian English etc. are different. but I just think it's obnoxious to hear someone say that they speak American.

  • It's only the Queen's English if you live at 1oR177any's house. D'oh!

  • Wow, I guess you've been across every city in every state and met ALL Americans. You sound like a moron. A moron who is flamingly unsure of his own sexuality, I might add.

  • Regarding commercial, hilarious...most smart of them all..bestest too..ha ha..english sucks...lol...oh but i love having pure english accent as well,(as in..of english speaking coountry) but doesn't help when trying to get out of being on bus-ticket-less fine. If makes senses whatsoever..lol