French people

[springrain]

My Khmer tutor said all of her young neighbors are taking French in school as well as English - not sure how prevalent that is.

Not very, at least here in Temple Town. English and more and more Chinese.

Bit of a joke that Cambodia is part of the "La Francophonie" but then so is Vietnam were almost nobody speaks Frog anymore.

At the school where I work, in Temple Town, the 'Second Language' option includes French & Mandarin, with about a 50-50 split between students wishing to study those options.

Dame Rumour has it that Alliance Francaise will be starting up operations here in March, 2017. In fact, it is hardly rumour; AF will be starting up in SR in a few months.

[Hanno]

After the Institut Francais pulled the plug on the radio: http://institutfrancais-cambodge.com/siem-reap/

[springrain]

That is what I understand, Hanno. We shall see next March.

[Hanno]

That is what I understand, Hanno. We shall see next March.

I am all for promoting the French language (if not the cheese-eating surrender monkeys per se).

[Jamie_Lambo]

in sihanoukville the vast majority of the expat population are french, there's a lot of russians but theyre not as social and stick to themselves

[Playboy]

... Hell, even Khmer440 has been invaded by the French - we have a French Khmer mod.

True, but she is supposed to stay in the kitchen making sandwiches and onion soup.

[Hanno]

in sihanoukville the vast majority of the expat population are french, there's a lot of russians but theyre not as social and stick to themselves

I always found that that is what the French do, too. Go to the same pub and same restaurant, which makes them easy to avoid;-)

[Jamie_Lambo]

in sihanoukville the vast majority of the expat population are french, there's a lot of russians but theyre not as social and stick to themselves

I always found that that is what the French do, too. Go to the same pub and same restaurant, which makes them easy to avoid;-)

haha if the bar is owned by a frenchie, you can be sure to find 95% of its clientele are french

[Barang_doa_slae]

OP must have met a french tourist from Phnom Penh since I am supposed to be the only french speaking fluent khmer on Victory Hill

[Jamie_Lambo]

OP must have met a french tourist from Phnom Penh since I am supposed to be the only french speaking fluent khmer on Victory Hill

haha you was my first choice culprit for the original posters description

[Miguelito]

... Hell, even Khmer440 has been invaded by the French - we have a French Khmer mod.

True, but she is supposed to stay in the kitchen making sandwiches and onion soup.

Enter any comment from the Nigerian president here...

[TristranandIsolde]

The best thing about the French is that they keep standards up, with the occasional "socially-accepted" wino. Food and hospitality IQ goes up noticeably when they are around. Also, not a part of the herd like in other countries.