What are some adjectives that describe a person's personality?
a long word for bitchy would be ... irascible! contentious! pernicious! insufferable! volatile! okay, now some nice words that aren't "nice" - eloquent, graceful, compassionate, thoughtful, diplomatic, sensitive, honest, sincere, genuine, down-to-earth, caring, witty, charismatic, charming, young at heart, elegant, talented
How long did it take you to be able to read French?
Depending on how good you are at picking up languages, I'd say between 2-5 years. There are so many variables that it is impossible to tell, and without spending time in a Francophone country, you really will not be able to go that quickly. I have been studying French for 11 years, with 6 years of serious study and I can now read with relative ease. As you are older than I was when I started, I think you can do it quicker than that (I'm 18 now!). However, when reading I still have to look some words up. Films are a whole different level, and I really struggle through some films, particularly films such as 'La Haine' or 'Les intouchables' (great films!) because people speak very quickly and with strong accents or strange dialects (such as Verlan, a form of French slang... If you want to know more on this visit http://www.verlanslang.blogspot.com). I do understand around 45% - 85% of all French films now though, but to understand like a native, you really need to have spent time in France, although I suppose it is possible if you work really hard to improve your vocabulary. Good luck!!!
What should we call a person who loves to read books?
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When someone says a bad word why does the person say excuse my french?
The Oxford English Dictionary is not very helpful, which is itself a suggestive fact. It gives "swearing" its own definition under "French" (1845), saying "esp. in pardon (also excuse) my French." That "esp." (especially) is telling, because there are a few instances wherein "French" is used alone. A second definition under the same subheading mentions a much earlier (1530) "pedlar's French", a criminal cant. It seems that "French" was used to mean something like "foreign gibberish" back then, and to some extent today, similar to "Greek" in "it's Greek to me". (I can't resist interjecting here that the Greeks themselves say "I'm hearing a Turkish sermon" for that.) I've always taken the expression to be a sort of joke. The listener is supposed to accept your apology for your having used foul language on the grounds that it was actually a foreign language that coincidentally sounded like swearing because you pronounced it so badly.