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    Quote Originally Posted by NSXD60 View Post
    You are using feminine française for the name of the language, which is français.
    That is something that is foreign for a English speaker. We have fem and masculine but not used like the Latin languages. In English the closest to this you get would be something like Actress and Actor,,, one is feminine and the other is masculine. However, I believe technically you can call a female Actress an Actor still and it would be correct.

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    ^^^Can you call a girl an actor?
    The word actor refers to a person who acts regardless of gender, while actress refers specifically to a female person who acts; therefore a female can be referred to by either term. The Oxford English Dictionary states that originally "actor" was used for both sexes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SHAZOU View Post
    How bout Bradley Cooper.. how's his French?

    Amazingly good. Near native level.
    (He has been living in France and Switzerland for a while)
    Remarkably, he doesn't at all diphtonguize vowels, something Anglo speakers almost never can refrain from.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ouistreham View Post
    Amazingly good. Near native level.
    (He has been living in France and Switzerland for a while)
    Remarkably, he doesn't at all diphtonguize vowels, something Anglo speakers almost never can refrain from.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnSmith View Post
    Jodie Foster speaks like a native.
    If memory serves, she attended a French high school in LA.

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