How many english/foreigned books have you read in your entire life ?

Sondage - How much english/foreigned books have you read in your entire life ?

0 (I don't understand the question or I never tried)
5% - 16
1 (I tried but... not for me/too hard)
10% - 29
2
6% - 19
3
5% - 17
4
4% - 12
5
3% - 11
6-10 (included)
11% - 33
11-20
12% - 37
21-30
5% - 15
31... and beyond ! (c) Buzz
33% - 96

Total : 285

 

  • Venji

    Improvisateur de marque-pages

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    #141 06 Octobre 2010 18:59:40

    I've just bought Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater on amazon. But with the UK cover, she's so beautiful! *o* I hate the look girly-style of the French cover! And it's way to expensive.
    I'm dying for having it in my hands ^^ Amazon said that it will be delivered tomorrow, so I cross my finger :P

  • fashionfana

    Livraddictien débutant

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    #142 24 Octobre 2010 14:16:06

    I'm maybe the only one in my train to read english books, but I don't mind, I love that so much !

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    #143 24 Octobre 2010 17:20:34

    It reminds me a man I met in a train one day. He looked at my book and told me he was surprised and impressed that I could read books in english XD He asked me some questions as "Do you understand everything you read or not?" or "Could you translate an excerpt for me?" It was funny because the other people near us were listening our conversation.

  • Pikachu

    Les doigts collés au papier

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    #144 24 Octobre 2010 18:09:16

    Was it a French man?

  • Touloulou

    Accio Severus Snape

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    #145 25 Octobre 2010 13:25:06

    One day, I was waiting for the bus on the street and someone told me I was so smart because I was reading in english... I was really embarrassed actually, for me it's not that amazing.

  • Lelf

    A moitié noyé sous sa PAL

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    #146 25 Octobre 2010 13:30:00

    And I think it has nothing to do with being smart :lol:
    You know how to read in english or not, that's all.
    And it is quite amazing, for most people don't understand english, and thus don't even think about reading in another language. However I think that there are more and more people in France who read in english. Mostly young people, who are used to watching shows in english for example, and for whom the borders do not really exist anymore.
    Don't you think ?

  • Miss Spooky Muffin

    Mange-mots

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    #147 25 Octobre 2010 13:54:18

    No, it's not a question of being smart or not, but you do need either good predispositions to learn foreign languages, or a lot of motivation to keep reading in English until you understand something. Not so many people have it...
    It's true that young people see series in original version now, but that doesn't mean the access to foreign books has become easier. I don't think you find easily the books in foreign languages at the FNAC, your librarian doesn't recommend them to you, so unless you want to read in English, or you've got friends recommending books to you, or you live abroad, I don't really see people reading more in English in the future...

  • Touloulou

    Accio Severus Snape

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    #148 25 Octobre 2010 14:05:07

    I'd rather agree with Lelf. Nowadays, more and more young people watch tv shows in english, and try to read books in english (especially Twilight and HP, for instance).
    Plus I'm lucky enough to live in big cities where the other languages area in bookshops is quite big.
    And more and more "sections européennes" exist in french lycées, where students have to read at least one book in english.

    I totally agree with you both, reading in english has nothing to do with being smart. That's why it felt so weird when this guy said that!

  • Lelf

    A moitié noyé sous sa PAL

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    #149 25 Octobre 2010 15:12:36

    Yeah I understand what you mean MSM. And you're probably right. However, when I see the big "VO part" of Durance (in Nantes) I can't help thinking that there is something changing. Maybe just a little and it takes time, true, but... who knows ? ^^
    (And I totally agree that it won't be in the FN*C that you will find easily english books -__-')

  • Miss Spooky Muffin

    Mange-mots

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    #150 25 Octobre 2010 15:22:06

    Yes, but do you see teenagers going to Durance except on the 10th of September when they get all the freakin' school books' list? These bookshops are too much associated with "obligatory" and "studies" to become a leisure bookshop like the FNAC (and they can be damn expensive). The people who go there and buy books in foreign languages are big readers or passionate, not the ones you need to convince of the beauty of reading a book in its original version...

    Hope is nice though ;)