690. Urban vs Rural / Living Abroad / Cultural Differences (with Cara Leopold)

A conversation with Cara Leopold about the differences between life in Paris and life in provincial France, plus how it feels to live abroad away from your home country.
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[@joaoandre7488]

Hi Luke. I listened to your conversation with your colleague talking about different cultures, between France and England and throughout the conversation and in some period of your conversation I was laughing. Because each Country has it a costume and a different way to speak, walk on the streets. For instance, I am immigrant I left my original Country when I was 27 years old. I sometimes got bored for some behaviour of native people whoI live in. But the best thing we have to do is not take seriously. This is my thought. We must understand that each Country has habits, culture, and different ways to speak to each other. It seems a bit weird some costumes in different Countries, but this is human nature and the only thing we have to do is just carry on trying to integrate into their culture. I remember that when I first arrived in Europe I felt a bit strange on my own, everything caused me mad. Because for instance, I didn't use to wake up early in the morning, and the way the people used to talk, I did not use to. They used to swear all the time, they used to go to a coffee every twenty minutes that annoyed me, made me mad sometimes. I used to ask by myself, why these people are doing this? But it was their culture, In some countries like England, for example, people like going to a pub after work, and drinking a lot, in Portugal, people like drinking coffee all the time, in my Country, I am African people there normally at the weekend like meet friends and going out and just return home after two days. To be honest, I like learning about different cultures, understand their habits. I left my country, because of all these things I mentioned earlier, and because I like to be in contact with people from different backgrounds, and here, I am in England now. I am feeling very happy to be here, learn about England culture, learn the very important language in the world in my opinion, and enjoying the Country. And my goal is to become an English teacher, and if today I can write all these words is because of you, your podcast that I have been listening. Some difficult expressions in English that I did not know even I had not heard before today I can speak with confidence. Keep doing this amazing job because you have been helping many people learn English like me. Don’t give up, just keep doing. I appreciate.

Hi Luke! I love your podcasts. You help me with my pronounciation and grammar by literally listening. I find a lot of interesting things about your life in different countries. Keep up the good work. Peaceeee..

[@shogofanoori7729]

Hi, Luke I'm listening everyday all of your videos podcast thanks and keep it up 🎉 do continue.....

[@margotmargot5747]

Your podcasts always make me smile!

[@brownneer9888]

Learned more from your episode, really like your British.accent . thank you my teacher

[@SimoSimo-jn3mx]

hello, luke I found this conversation very lovely and helpful to me in order to understand many vocabularies and expression that we should know in our daily life, so I wish you good luck and good continuity in this path and I ask God to bless you that what I have actually to give you hhhhh.

[@Alina-lh1gy]

Thank you very much for what you're doing Luke!!!🤩💓✨

[@Kijan2468]

Realy interesting, thank you luke

[@Leoluna1976]

Hi Luke, this episode was fantastic. Today in my english class I talked with my teacher about the new words that I learned. I had been in France tree times but I haven't been in country. I wonder to go someday to Nice and Borgonha. I love wine and France is the best country to enjoy a wine trip. Before I go to the bed I usually take a glass of wine and it let me relaxed and allow me to sleep a long time. Furthermore, about the new word I learned today, queue, I was chocked with metro in Paris. There is exactly you said. The people get into the train in the same time. You have to fight for a place inside the train and the people there don't used to get up to let the older to sit neither who has a disability. In Brazil, we used to get up to allow them sit down.

[@PolepalleMukundaraju]

I love listening to your podcast

[@sizib9182]

Thanks. It's awesome for speaking too.

[@teresahu4031]

Hi! Luke. I lived in Scotland for a few years. I experienced some culture shock when I was there. Even though it was more than 20 years ago, those questions are still on my mind. In the end of this episode, you mentioned that we might find the answers in the episode 192/193. I was very excited and started to google them. Unfortunately, I can not find them. Please tell me how I can get to watch them.

[@KirillKhalitov]

Thanks to Luke and Cara for the talk. In Russia as in Britain we leave parents home after high school and study in big cities universities. New city, new people. And of course dormitory parties Luke mentioned. :D

[@karimmounir6066]

👏👏👏👏👏 End greetings from Casablanca/ Paros end Amsterdam. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 Beter late than never😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@shubhamsonawane5597]

thnx luke!

[@owlnyc666]

What is universal is that housing in cities is more expensive than in rural places. I think that living in cities is more complicated rural small towns. I think people who raised in cities have more in common with people who live in other cities than with people in the same country who grew up brutally. The fact 😉

[@cheekibreeki747]

hello Luke, If there is not so much socket in the bathrooms in France, it's because of Claude François.

[@stefaniaruello8836]

Nice topic! You haven’t been queuing in Italy!

[@leticiaholden7052]

I have lived in UK for 30 years about and there is a lot of difference in queueing. I wish you come to the north counties where people have lost manners on queueing and if you say the queue its that way, they insult you!

[@joycesantana1621]

Hi Luke! I'm Joyce and I'm from Brazil, I really like to listen your podcast!! I have a question... Is it rude do say no when people offer you something but you don't want to? I lived in UK over 1 year and when I was in British's people houses and they offered me something like food, tea etc... and I didn't wanted it and said no thanks, some people thought it was rude of me. I was wondering how I could to say "no" without seems rude.

[@joaoandre7488]

Hi, Joyce. How have you been up to? I think is very rude if someone offers you something with love and you say, no. Because you must first think that person thought of you buying something to you. Even though we don't like the offer, we must accept the offer and say, thank you. If you say, no, you are showing that you don’t care about these people who thought of you with too much love. It's very rude, definitely, by saying, no thank you. This is my opinion about this specific case. I was educated this way and my parents thought me that. I hope you are well in this difficult time. I am from Angola, but I have been living in the UK for some years. I have never been to Brazil before but would like to. Have a nice day and keep safe.

[@fati.fati.6428]

Hi all, interesting podcast, I totally agree with you... I'm from Strasbourg but I've been living in Granada (Andalusia, Spain) for about 21 years. I don't really miss Alsace but I do miss hearing people say "p'tain, fait chier, hooo la la, va te faire foutre, pauv'con va, .... " You're no totally integrated if you can't say these words naturally... Well, it's not really easy to stand French people, they make you feel exhausted, frustrated... as they complain all the time but it's definitely a nice country... Indeed, it's not easy to be a Brit or a French abroad. I feel the same as you here in Andalusia... but I just try not to lose myself justifying all the time my background/ origins or why I decided to settle and live here... I try to be myself and feel proud of being different with a very slight French accent, there's no need to insist on my cultural origin, yes I'm very proud to speak Spanish with a little tiny French accent. It's really cool to feel different.. You'll feel totally integrated in France once you're tired of French people.... That's how French integration works, sorry to confess it 😉😉😉

[@irmgardfritzsche8350]

I AM GERMAN...AND LIVE SINCE 2YEARS IN IDOHO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS...AND I TRY TO LEARN ENGLISH IN THIS KIND...BECAUSE I DON t MEET MANY PEOPLE.....IN THE WOODS...

[@hiyaworld2170]

hi luke , i would like to share my 6 yrs of teaching experience in Istanbul one day .. i hear it brotha ...

ohh really i would love to hear your experiences. I am Turkish and left my country for better 7 years ago. Are you still there teaching? how is the life there as an English teacher?

[@owlnyc666]

I have been told that in America at least people in rural places tend to be more Conservative both religiously and politically. I wonder if this is the case in other countries? 🤔😉

[@teacheralemelo]

I live in São Paulo, the biggest city in South America .

[@georgen9755]

English quotes have quoted on the word jabbed to put an end to my career , after which I resigned the sekar and Shankar like the word jab

[@MrBodybuilder96]

When are you going to upload the audios from your listeners in a whole episode?

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

When I’ve had time to do it. 100 recordings will take a long time.

[@owlnyc666]

In all countries Country Bumpkins versus City Slickers. The 🤔😉😏

[@marcoaurelioa.4394]

A massive and colossal social experiment should be done, Luke. All the Paris inhabitants should be moved to London and the other way around for, let say, a year. Obviously, they'll be moved into equivalent dwellings. The goal of the experiment is to see what happens to their behavior and manners.

[@kenulrh]

It's kind of a habit to push the like button to your videos before I even halfen to watch it 🤗 anyone who tries to edit my comment, I'd be happy to know))

[@mohamedkhrarba3691]

How can I see your performance stage, please send me it, je serais ravi de la regarder merci

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

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[@user-ur9bv6wi2j]

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[@nikolayan9622]

👍👍👍

[@itziar203]

We never leave parent’s home nowadays in Spain 😂

[@fati.fati.6428]

Et j'ai juste oublié "miiince, merde, alleez, .... " C typiquement français 👍

[@DeXterChanel]

Hello Folks, forgive me for being stupid but what u call a teacher who works with you only on your accent pronunciation? Cheers

[@LukesEnglishPodcast]

A dialect coach or an accent coach probably. This is a funny coincidence because the next episode is going to be with a dialect coach.

[@DeXterChanel]

@@LukesEnglishPodcast cant wait ❤👀

[@teletranoats7491]

we call accent coach

[@owlnyc666]

Many of the criticisms he mentioned about Paris are the same in NYC. If you can't speak French very well in Paris don't speak it at all. 🤔😉😏

[@chimak8332]

it is inconvenient to live in France without knowing French. and French is not easy to learn the language

[@coursderusse1550]

Harry Potter in Besançon...