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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
I am fluent in french I use it weekly for work. Most of my conversations with my mom are in french. When I drive I quite often prefer french talk radio, and given the option when I watch hockey I always choose French, the commentary is far less grating. From time to time I read in french but usually for practice.
In casual conversation, I don't use it all that often but that is because often when I am spending time with francophones its mixed company and it is not polite to ignore the English speakers.
in total it is a 1/10 ratio french to English for myself.
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Interesting. Do you live in Calgary? If so, do you kind sharing what you do? If my family spoke French I would have chosen that for my kids for sure.
The only jobs I can think of where French would likely be a requirement in Calgary are: federal govt, French teacher, flight attendant, call centre staff for Canada wide business, and maybe the subsidiary of Quebec based businesses. It's quite likely I'm missing some, and that is more than the jobs that would require Spanish.
On the other hand, I think Spanish is vastly more useful internationally. (The population of native spanish speakers is more than every other language except mandarin). English is obviously the most useful language for business worldwide, but if you are a native speaker of that...