Fair enough. Guess there’s really nothing that is truly universally liked.

Most people know who Pogacar is in France, because anyone who has cable likely watches the Tour de France. It’s kinda like the Super Bowl, even people who don’t care about cycling tend to have it on at least in the background.

Even in France, the country who’s people literally invented being arrogant, selfish asses, I never see this.

This is super common on the west coast of Canada (and I assume the United States as well.) Most of my friends from there say it constantly.

Filler words are normal, and every language has them.

France: If English is the second most common language, then as soon as you leave Paris or a really touristy spot, you’re fucked.

Subjunctive is used very frequently in French actually, especially in day-to-day conversation.

“Il faut qu’on y aille” “Ça se trouve qu’on puisse…” Etc.

It’s a little challenging, but once you wrap your head around it, it becomes natural.

“Prolly” is how I pronounce it in speech, especially in the middle of a sentence.

I feel like one of the hardest things to master for non-native speakers, especially those who speak Romance languages, is the pronunciation of consonants that occur in the middle of phrases. It’s not a hard and fast rule, and depends on the speaker, but those said middle consonants are often very understated, especially in fast speech. I can always tell a Spanish or French native speaker because they would pronounce it: pro-Ba-BLEE, with the clear, distinct, staccato-like intonation of their mother tongues.

How are you trying to pronounce it? At least in my accent, the “ch” is just pronounced like a “k”…

KEM-ist-tree

No predators? Guess you haven’t seen the video of an orca literally exploding one with a headbutt so that it’s calf could eat it…

Definitely check out that mid-80’s model, if it’s in good condition that’ll be a winner for sure.

Tokai is a Japanese brand who makes guitars and basses both in Japan and abroad. The old ones are excellent, I dreamed of a white strat clone of theirs in a music store when I was a teenager.

Heard the newer ones are still pretty good, but I’ve never had my hands on one.

They don’t care to understand.

Ooh I was just thinking about this earlier. When I was around 20 years old (so, 2010ish) I bought a 1979 Ford F-150 off of my boss at the time. I absolutely loved that truck to death. It had a modest 4” lift kit and 35” Micky Thompson Baja Claw rubbers. It also had a propane conversion kit installed on the 351m so it was cheap as chips to run. I wheeled that thing to death (literally… it died after being flipped over an embankment with me and my buddies inside. No one got hurt somehow, thanks solid steel frame!)

If I ever win the lotto (which I won’t cause I don’t even play) I’m gunna buy a house with a garage big enough so I can rebuild the same truck. It’s gunna be expensive, especially because I live in Europe now, and even more so extremely impractical, but hey, a guy can dream, no?

I’m not Turkish, or trans, but I am a Canadian who left the country and will likely never move back. All of your concerns regarding my country are unfortunately valid, life is oppressively expensive there.

But your English is excellent, “fuck me sideways” made me chuckle as that’s a very natural expression in colloquial Canadian. Don’t give up, you’re young and the world is your oyster. If you have a Canadian passport, maybe look into some of the youth mobility visas that are available for Canadians under 30. Most commonwealth countries, and many European nations, take part in the program.

The Patriot should invest in a proper metal blade for that reciprocating saw.

Guilty as charged. I knew Lt.Dan was likely a bot, but his (it’s?) questions were interesting and engagement seemed high so I said fuck it and responded anyway.

Number 6, I was an ice cream sandwich kinda kid. Number 3 if I wanted to change it up, because it lasted a long time.

In my experience, nouns and verbs are generally strictly separate concepts in Romance languages, making this not viable, although there are exceptions.

Baguette and Saint Marcellin, or Mont d’Or, or even Tomme de Brebis.

Agreed. It’s meant to be an insult making fun of the basic nature of British cuisine, but I for one sometimes find the French classics overly rich and complicated. Who doesn’t enjoy a hearty roast, especially on a cold winter evening.