A French expatriate in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I started a blog 3 years ago to stay in touch with friends and family and tell them about our experience in this extraordinary country, where drivers are allowed to turn on red but should not exceed 65 mph on a straight highway.
But that blog was in French only and I thought that Americans might also be interested in learning how foreign residents view their country “from the inside”, as well as in reconsidering some of the long-life stereotypes about France and the French. For that reason, “Inside America” is now both in French and English, and may also welcome new authors to foster different views about France and/or America.
The archives of the former French blog can be viewed here.
One last thing: despite all my efforts, I remain a native French speaker and apologize in advance for all the misspelling and bad English that you’ll certainly find in each post!
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Would you like to be a guest blogger of mine? I would like to learn your experiences of immigrating to America.
If you are interested in this, let me know so I can give you some guidelines and send you an email invite to my blog.
You can respond to me via email if you like: (the.ticklebug@gmail.com)
Thanks in advance,
Karen
Comment by virgomonkey May 20, 2008 @ 9:20 pmHello!
Looks like we have very similar names for our blogs:) Only I’m Russian and I’m just starting. I’d be very glad to invite you to my blog, only it’s all in Russian… It’s cool you have both languages here, so people from different countries can learn about your experiences. Thank you for your posts!
Julia
Comment by americainside March 29, 2009 @ 4:04 pmHI, Jean.
Comment by dave May 12, 2009 @ 12:27 pmHow many continents did you learn in France?
I heard french kids are (or they just to be) taught six continents: Amerique, Antarctique, Asie, Europe, Afrique, and Océanie.
has it changed lately?
Thanks in advance.
Five, six, or seven continents, Sometimes we count “Americas” as one, or we exclude Antartica because it has no population. Lefties may also consider Europe, Russia and China as one “Eurasia”, while conservatives consider that Europe stops at the Oural…
Personnally I was taught 6.
Interesting question!
Comment by Jean May 12, 2009 @ 7:01 pmI saw your “wikimini” link. It says “Amérique”(America), not “Amériques”(Americas). I guest both spellings are correct in french. You tell me.
Comment by dave May 13, 2009 @ 12:45 amI also learn six combined “America/Americas”.
I can´t travel around the world, so i use this blogs to contact people from other cultures. I always thought the number of continents was standar. But it isn´t. Don´t you have nieces or nephews in school back in France? It would be good to know if they are learning the same as you did.
I CAN NOT believe that, in the same country, teachers teach different. When you arrived in the US, you must be surprised that they learn 7, Didn´t you?
Between the “lefties” i can mention: Chinesse, Russians, Ucranians, Japaneses.
Thanks in advance.