I love how Woolie and Reggie aren't even mad about their language getting dissed they're more mad you're not dissing them correctly and they pull out the list on you and start dissing themselves

@stephaniemariewhitlock8370

Жыл бұрын

Gimme quality. No low hanging fruit

@replaceablepelican9478

Жыл бұрын

Authority: Who do you think you are? You're not pulling any lists on them - you're pulling the list *on yourself*

@bendoucet8641

Жыл бұрын

"If you're going to insult us do it correctly."

@Kaarl_Mills

5 ай бұрын

"I see that you have made three spelling mistakes." The alleged final words of Thomas de Mahy, Marquis de Favras before being guillotined in the French Revolution

I fucking love it when Woolie, Reggie, and Pat go off about their crazy made up language

@JackgarPrime

Жыл бұрын

It's also a dead language, according to Star Trek

@kaijuultimax9407

Жыл бұрын

@@JackgarPrime According to real demographical trends, it's actively heading in that direction.

@JackgarPrime

Жыл бұрын

@@kaijuultimax9407 Which means they may also be right about the Irish Reunification of 2024. Which there are political trends leaning towards. It's almost as if...

@markclinton9088

Жыл бұрын

​@@kaijuultimax9407I hope not. As an Irish person I'd hate to see any other language die off like our's has

@metallsnubben

Жыл бұрын

@@markclinton9088 What about sacrificing french in order to get irish gaelic back? Fullmetal Alchemist equal exchange?

“You look like you’re taking damage.” Reggie was so glad he said something.

It's funny that the original video was clearly made for people who have no relationship to the French language, and both Woolie/Reggie were getting angry that the video wasn't optimizing it's anti-French metagame.

@Kaarl_Mills

Жыл бұрын

"DO NOT COME AT ME WITH THIS CHEESE! That is a bug that's getting fixed next patch, not intentional! If your only method of making it past pools is cheese, then I refuse to play against someone so lacking in dignity" FGC Javik

@neloverg3774

Жыл бұрын

If woolie ever uploads the great cheese debate expect to see the reverse happen

can't believe Woolie hates french for somehow finding a way to shoehorn 420 into two-digit numbers, literally the only laudable thing about that hell language

@Kaarl_Mills

Жыл бұрын

Clearly they didn't think any number after 69 was worth counting

I remember my own French teacher casually stating the course she was teaching was completely nonsense

My Filipino coworker in english (Her 3rd language): "The weather been too hot. My Lawn is ret*rded." Me: "... That doesn't exactly mean what you think it means." Coworker: "What you mean? My grass ret*rded. Not growing. Is too dry." Good on her for getting this far in a third language tho.

@bluegrave4376

Жыл бұрын

It's not wrong by the very literal meaning, but the subtle social customs are definitely not something we can expect someone that doesn't speak English as a first language to pick up on. Still funny tho lmao

@theawkwardpotato264

Жыл бұрын

I mean, by what "retarded" means in a context outside of a individual human being that usage of word is correct. The additional example would be something like "Fire Retardant" because it retards fire. It's a word that has additional meanings when used properly.

In Paris I asked in French "do you speak English?" To the cashier at a store to ask about a product. He wasn't even like a crochety old man or anything he was probably mid 20's and it's a bug taxidermy shop so I'd assume it's not uppity, it's a bug store. When he rolled his eyes and spoke PERFECT ENGLISH with a generic American accent, no hint of French in it, it was shocking. Like he wanted to spit in my face is what it felt like.

@gmkgoat

Жыл бұрын

He did, but not because you deigned to speak to him in a peasant language, but because you deigned to speak to a superior Frenchman at all.

@wearecoterminous

Жыл бұрын

The most reasonable least shitty french person

@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you made him miserable

@scrat9870

Жыл бұрын

Woolie acting like the Parisian superiority complex isn't a super well known thing is genuinely hilarious to me.

@Filo101Games

Жыл бұрын

Paris would be perfect without Parisians ❤️

Constantly being informed that French people get mad when you mess up their terrible space language is never ending schadenfreude for me

No wonder so many Europeans counties went to war with France i would too if i heard their Loony Toons language

@reco5able

Жыл бұрын

Also latin America as well

@phantomgoblin5540

Жыл бұрын

@@reco5able Even the Native Americans couldn't put up with it, they went after the Franch ON SIGHT

@thepopulargirl1784

Жыл бұрын

No wonder Quebec is so uppity. On an island surrounded by hostile colonials and natives.

@razorburn645

Жыл бұрын

Have stopped to look at the mixed bag that is English? It's terrible once you try to explain it since it cribs from other languages including a ton of French.

@firstnext5482

10 ай бұрын

​@@razorburn645 English is stupid because it's got a bunch of loan words and jams the rules of other languages together to make their rulebook but the original rules of those languages have some stupid shit in them too. All languages got some aspect of "why the fuck" to them, I'm sure.

you know it's gonna get crazy when he pulls out the book

As an American that only speaks English because my peanut-sized smoothbrain can't handle more than one language, seeing Woolie and Reggie go off on how fucking stupid counting from 70 to 100 in French is really satisfying

@Broomer52

Жыл бұрын

I know a second language but that statement comes with an asterisk because I can speak German on MAYBE a kindergarten level. If I tried to talk with a German it’d be like an adult trying to have a conversation with a baby.

Can’t wait to see Reggie in winners pool for competitive French.

@Kaarl_Mills

10 ай бұрын

Can't lie, he sounds hotter in French

Jesus Christ, French is a Star Wars language lmao

@Kaarl_Mills

Жыл бұрын

It's basically canon now, Twileks usually have a French accent if they're from their homeworld of Ryloth

@Spookdookin

Жыл бұрын

Muka shaka paka.

@Kaarl_Mills

Жыл бұрын

​@@Spookdookinwhat the fuck? According to Google translate that means "don't doubt the cat"

As someone who was taught and learned in the grimy coliseum of Cajun French. All yall fancy to us, and we detest you for it.

"Fuck that, 4 20!-" Soundbite acquired ;)

This kind of incredibly niche content about dumb stuff in language is what I thrive on

Alright then, I'm booking a flight to Belgium to learn their French

The conjugation part was real as a Portuguese speaker LOL we also have perfect past tense, imperfect past tense and "more than perfect past tense" and a couple others. Like, just why????

@peterwhite6415

Жыл бұрын

Because our ancestors were writers who never stopped and need more ways to describe stuff. Portuguese Literature is great but fuck me if there isnt alot of nonsense with the grammar.

There's 2 rabbit holes for french: the France one (origin french), and the Quebec one (wild french).

took french in high school, and this is bringing up old stress all over again

Hearing all this again I’m starting to remember why I had like Straight D+ in my HS French class.

Man, I remember when Woolie and the guys had the exact same rant about French numerals on one of the early podcasts. Shit is fucking stupid.

The counting thing gets that bad right away in Welsh. 11 is "one ten and one". 12, for some reason, is "two tens". 13 14 15 etc are "one ten and three/four/five". 20 gets its own word, "ugain", for some reason, which is immediately dropped by 21, which is "two tens and one" (which is said as 12 and 1). And when you hit 30, it's "one ten and one twenty". Shits wild.

@Kaarl_Mills

Жыл бұрын

Well of course it gets weird, you're the one who decided to speak in elvish

Woolie is too good for this world. Take it from someone who does not speak french and had to go to france for school when he was 13. There are plenty of french people who will just not want to talk to you because you do not speak their language properly.

Hands down, the East coaster cab driver describing french number system is my favorite vid of this nature

Fun fact, tied in with the previous video: "oe" is officially "ligatured" in words: œuf, cœur, œil. For those wondering, "plus-que-parfait" expresses an action in the past of a past action. It is the equivalent of "past perfect". "Passé composé" is roughly "present perfect". What's more annoying than tenses are the modes: indicatif (the standard one), conditionnel (to express wishes/conditional actions), subjonctif (used for hypothetical actions), etc. More seriously, european french people rarely use half of the tenses, and doing so is seen as pedantic.

We have that "more-then-perfect" shit in brazilian-portuguese too It's wild

@lucasrosa1108

Жыл бұрын

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.

Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf? More like quatre-vingt-deez-nutz

I studied French for 6 years in the American education system and I've never recovered edit: bro the 90s must have been rough for kids trying to learn dates in French

This is legit why I found japanese easier to learn. Having a totally different alphabet and grammar made it easier to learn

@Arashi441

Жыл бұрын

I'm a native Spanish speaker and when I was 17 I had two semesters of French at school. I struggled so hard since French and Spanish are both very similar yet different enough to each other that my brain always tried to apply Spanish logic to French words, pronunciation and phrases. I've been taking Japanese these days and while certainly not easy, I've been having a smoother time compared to French

It brings me great sadness to hear Woolie refer to Inspector Cluseau not only as a doctor but also as Steve Martin, because for so long I had forgotten those reboots existed and he was still Peter Sellers in my mind

Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Romanian and other romance languages looking in disgust at how French counts from 70 onwards.

so you're telling me that the way to say 99 in french is "quatre vingt deez nuts"

I think it’s important to acknowledge that France has a tax-funded institution named l’Academie Française that exists to “decide what is and isn’t french”. So taking a language, a thing that exists to evolve and follow its speakers, and putting it in stasis with (what I can only assume is) the intention of killing it; because how can a language survive a thing like that? And hold on to your hat because here’s the best bit: The men on this council call themselves “Immortals”. Could any of us ever own the French as hard as they’ve owned themselves?

Oh man the Conjugation was giving me flashbacks

>Hearing them talk about the time conjugations. The Spanish were right. They can't go beyond perfect. That is their limit.

I enjoy wooly giving me the frame data On French

I will say this about what the video discussed, in Paris there are people in hospitality or customer service jobs that will get offended with your French. I don't understand why when it is clear the person is a non-native speaker and is trying their best. But I am biased growing up in Hawaii where it is expected to give good customer service because we deal with tourists all the time. Although in Paris it should also be this way it doesn't work out.

@NSUSashiel

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry, Parisians have a terrible reputation even amongst the rest of the country.

@goldcreeper7376

Жыл бұрын

@@NSUSashiel This, Paris is basically France's equivalent of California. A stupidly expensive part of the country, filled with bitter & angry people

as someone who took french I know they were serious, but the whole time it sounded like they were saying "suck on these nuts"

@Kaarl_Mills

Жыл бұрын

Maybe they can't suppress their Quebecois rage?

I'm starting to think that playing the French Army DLC for Battlefield 1 didn't prepare me to meet my girlfriend's parents...

@josh-oo

Жыл бұрын

Well, you can't have messed up too bad if she's still your girlfriend.

@NekoUrabe

Жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@Rald623S

Жыл бұрын

i mean love is war and all that

@kapkant6197

Жыл бұрын

@@Rald623S so what you are saying is that I need to just spam "PTFO! PTFO!" in my potential partners' DMs?

@mortified0

Жыл бұрын

Walk up to their door and they go "Ils ne passeront pas!"

It's weird that they talk about French today, and specifically French counting, because I was JUST talking to my coworkers about this in the breakroom on Wednesday. How different languages deal with higher numbers, and which languages cut off unique words at a certain point and just start adding. It's fascinating, I love language and I wish I had time to learn them. Also, it's really funny to me that other countries sometimes look down on those who speak their language with a foreign accent. In the US, I can only speak for myself of course, but I love listening to English in foreign accents. In fact, some people learning English as their second language tend to speak it better than most people here who only know it and nothing else. The amount of slurring, slang, and inarticulate nonsense I hear from some people makes me wish for the sweet tones of a foreigner who spent time and effort to learn English.

@Royalname31

Жыл бұрын

I do share that same passion for english and different languages. I have bit of a heavy accent, but I have been told that I talk fancier than most US born citizens. If you are curious, my native language is Spanish

Speaking of oiseau, the French for goose is "oie". It is pronounced as "u-a", aka the other two remaining vowels. The word has three letters in it and they are all pronounced wrong.

oh god, this video made me realize i act the same way french people act towards Quebecois french but towards British English and for the same reasons.... i dont feel bad.

@amaizeing.dumbass5123

Жыл бұрын

Main reason why VILLAINS and other jerk people used to have british accents in US media

What’s sad about the government French courses is that they refuse to speak zero English. At least the one in Montreal a rosemont high school they sent us to. So most of us never understood what we were learning which I find a strange way to teach. We all come from different countries and have a common language, a bit of English. Why wouldn’t they ease up and use English at first level French to help us understand and then once we get better to second level, then start to only speak French? The teacher we had would condescend us for making mistakes. Told us her 8 year old child could do better. Laugh at us if we pronounced something wrong. Most of us dropped the class cuz we were meant to feel like the teacher had a power trip knowing we are depending on this course to communicate in this province. Maybe some resentment for immigrants as it was clear she thought she was better than us. This discouraged me to ever take another government course again. I’ve just been learning it as much as I can on my own and at work.

It always comes back to counting in French

Me: Cette fille était la plus belle femme que j'ai jamais vu de ma vie. Quand elle m'a parlé, j'étais tellement contente. (That girl was the most beautiful woman that I've ever seen. When she spoke to me, I was so happy-with-a-bit-too-much-emphasis-on-the-T) The French: What are you, a woman?

@qazxcdewqsc

Жыл бұрын

I mean, you did use "contente" as an adjective of yourself in that last sentence which is the only indicator of your gender. There is a pretty big difference in pronunciation between "content" and "contente", the last "t" is silent for "content" while the female version adds a whole syllable to the word, so "con-ten" vs "con-ten-te".

French literally said stop at 69 and "LET'S GOOOO" on 4x20

@SeanCrosser

Жыл бұрын

Other languages: no don't say that about my language, there's a logic/beauty about it Woolie on French: HERE ARE THE WEAK POINTS, HIT THEM WITH THESE ELEMENTS FOR MASSIVE DAMAGE

Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf? More like quatre-vingt-deez-nuts.

This is hilarious, bringing back memories of my French immersion school life over on the west coast of Canada. The goddamn Bescherelle!!! I think I still have mine too

As a high schooler who takes French, I understand the frustration and pain that comes behind numbers.

I attempted to learn German in college and it didn't really stick, but it has almost all the same problems as French, minus the stupid 17th-century counting, but with the addition of everything sounding angry or drunk.

@a.rheser8181

Жыл бұрын

As a German, I approve of what you said.

Spanish has the same conjugation debacle but at least is somewhat functional in comparison to french

@DKZK21

Жыл бұрын

At least our numbers are consistent and make perfect sense for 99.9% of them.

@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski

Жыл бұрын

and if you speak latin american spanish you speak the best sounding version of Spanish since many Spaniard cultures decided to force a lisp into their speech in imitation of one beloved king and it stuck.

@wumbojet

Жыл бұрын

@@JozefLucifugeKorzeniowski LATAM spanish aka. The only real Spanish

@RubyRoks

Жыл бұрын

My biggest bafflement with spanish is that everything is gendered. Why are shirts female?

@wumbojet

Жыл бұрын

@@RubyRoks chairs and benches are female, stools and car seats are male. Apples and oranges are female, lemons and tomatos are male, while bananas can be either depending where you live. Cars and trains are male but motorcycles and bicycles are female, a bus can be either depending where you live. As for why is it this way? Man idk

Ah who could forget that everyday of the weekend ending in di except for Sunday which is Dimanche

Being German, I both chuckle about the video they’re watching because it’s a similar hell if you try to speak German with directly translated words from English AND I’m trying to handle my PTSD from high school when Woolie started the whole counting thing. The suffering….the suffering…

Casually Explained: haha some words sound funny and its easy to mix them up Woolie: MOTHERF**KER I WANT YOU TO READ ONE PAGE OF THIS BOOK AND TELL ME WHAT THE CONJUGATIONS ARE! GO TO PAGE TROIS CENT QUATRE-VINGT DIX-NEUF

Woolie Gatekeeps Hating The French

i dunno, replacing 80 with 420 is a pretty strong move. 69 should probably be replaced with cinquante-dix-neuf, because it sounds more like suck on deez nuts just offering some suggestions to make this beautiful language better

See, this is why I chose to learn German in high school instead of French.

Here In Egypt you have to pick a third language to learn in high school. If you pick French, everyone you know will call you gay.

@maximumwill9208

Жыл бұрын

Nice

13:45 technically we do anytime we say “I feel” or “I saw”

No shit, I have learned more French from watching y'all than I ever have from any other source in my life. Which isn't a whole lot, but it's more than nothing.

Me and some friends got into the numbers bit a while back and I threw down my hat and said "Quatre-vingt-deez nuts" and it both brought everyone out of anger and ended the discussion

@zerograv185

Жыл бұрын

Qatre-vingt-dix-nuts is exactly what I heard

French is so weird that even among other romance languages it feels like an alien language. As a speaker of a romance language I can understand the other ones mostly fine but whenever I hear something in French I'm like "uhhhh what in the world are you saying??"

imagine this language gets mixed with some other romance language and their own own stuff on an island that language would make so much sense

Hannibal Burress taught me all the French I know.

Omelette du fromage

i think it's time we passé simple french altogether

Oh that goddamn book. Woolie over here tiger ring me this early in the morning. I member that all too well

which stream is this from? I don't remember seeing this one or the oeuf one

Do you need to Roman Cancel into the perfect subjunctive tense?

i would totally watch more competitively explained

Am I insane? Have I not seen this exact clip before?

@cybergeek11235

Жыл бұрын

did you watch it live?

loved this as a fellow canadian

That's how you know, they know. Well they might not know the reason we stop using "Septante", "Octante" and "Nonante". But they know enough french to understand some of our stupid rules.

this reminds of that new york cab driver video

I honestly feel like we have the exact kind of bullshit like that in german (not the 4x20, but we do call a 61 a "one and sixty"), only with the added joy of a third neuter definite article. And no, the "gender" of an object is not based on any logical reasoning. For instance, a car has the neuter "das", but a bus has the masculine "der", and a metro or subway has the female "die" (traditional trains are back to "der" btw).

@a.rheser8181

Жыл бұрын

Von den Fällen wollen wir gar nicht erst anfangen…..

Dang!!! You are on it bro

Woolie your teaching math again and I'm scared

80 in French is 4x20? Eey 420 And 99 is Catri vang Deez nuts?? French is chill in my book

Sounds like you guys need Loic Suberville shorts added to the reaction list.

My favorite part about quatre-vingt dix-neuf (99) is that it's like they realized how terribly wrong this was going and go right back down to a simple "cent" for 100. If you're born in 1999, good luck trying to say the full version of that 5 times fast. Meanwhile the lucky ones born in 2000 just get a simple "deux mille".

Wow, Woolie has not been to Paris, has he?

All the hard parts of English is because of the French. Damn you William!

It’s delivered dry to make the bit better.

Thank god we ignore 80% of these rules like Yu-Gi-Oh players not reading card effects.

Italian has *Imperfect Tense* too.

French: É, Er, Et, Ai, Ez, Ée, Aient English: Ayyyyy

Catra ve des nuts!

yeah Verbs is hard even for french natives, a bunch of people in school would fail

I think I still have one somewhere. Might be the Français/Anglais. My good old Besch.

Count Dix-Neufs

The more I learn about other languages, makes me understand why some prefer English or Spanish, if they know it.

Whats this from? Woolie vs whatever?

Volume: 20/100

Imagine being asked > and you have to respond with > and your classmate just says >

Frog moonspeak

Good thing Cell was grown in a Japanese lab rather than a French one, otherwise Goku would've had to fight "More Perfect Cell" 😂❤

Ah yeah, the verb stuff is in any mother latin language. Spanish has tons of it too but at least knows how to count good.

80 blaze it