To be completely frank, I can't understand why anyone would frind the French accent, or the French language for that matter, sexy. It's a fun language to master, but it's not exactly melodic, at least compared to Italian or even Spanish.

I also can't stand when English words like 'sitting', feeling', and 'happenning' get bastardised into somethign with an skewed meaning.

Like I got invited to a 'sitting' the other day and I was like "what, is that like a 'happening' " and my friend was just like "haha come off it" (she really didn't believe I didn't know what she meant). No she wasn't trying to invite me to go to court with her or to pose for a portrait. Someone else later explained to me the meaning of 'sitting' in branché parisien.

However, this goes both ways...anglophones were traditionally the one to bastardise French with stupid expressions like 'déjà vu all over again' (coined by a baseballer, I think). We probably sound like a bunch of screeching rats to the French ear (we speak in higher tones).

My boyfriend says he likes my American accent. He thinks it's cute. I also like his French accent, but it's not the strong, stereotypical French accent.

" i'm having a baby here and am basically forbidding all of my husband's friends from speaking english to my kid, for fear that he'll end up with a french accent. "
Don't worry. Children can adapt very fast. They will speak with the accent of the other children they meet.
We have so many bilingual children here and most of them switch between languages with no accent at all.

Don't worry about your children and their accent.
I am French in the US since 2002 and raised my almost 4 yr. old on my own for the first few years of her life and she never had a French accent.
Just thought I would let you know!
I agree that they will mostly pick up other kids accent or in any case, the general accent of the country, area...
Voila!
About accents, I LOVE when Americans or British but specially Americans speak French with their accent, it sounds so lovely!
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