Canadian Language Education Questions

[Martinus]

What is the big deal about having a hamburger and fries in Paris?  I certainly saw plenty of French people doing that.

There is a lot of overreaction going on in this thread. This one is hardly the biggest.

[garbon]

I'm just wondering how you gathered he was overcharged simply from getting a burger and fries.

He's a tourist, doesn't know the area, it's Paris where everything is expensive (even normal prices are seen as overcharging), a tourist destination and last but not least that's a Parisian thing to despise tourists. 
A cliché if you will, like the rude garçon etc.
Get it?

I wasn't a tourist. I was there on business. We were taken to a dinner by the client. 

Well tourist/business don't have to be separate things.

[Eddie Teach]

One day I must go to Paris and order a Royale with Cheese. Even though I'm not keen on McDonalds.

[Valmy]

What is the big deal about having a hamburger and fries in Paris?  I certainly saw plenty of French people doing that.

There is a lot of overreaction going on in this thread. This one is hardly the biggest.

I just do not get why you told us that in the first place

[Valmy]

One day I must go to Paris and order a Royale with Cheese. Even though I'm not keen on McDonalds.

I checked.  The word for Whopper in Paris is Whopper.  Though they would say 'le Whopper'.

[Martinus]

What is the big deal about having a hamburger and fries in Paris?  I certainly saw plenty of French people doing that.

There is a lot of overreaction going on in this thread. This one is hardly the biggest.

I just do not get why you told us that in the first place

I wanted to troll Duque.

[Martinus]

One day I must go to Paris and order a Royale with Cheese. Even though I'm not keen on McDonalds.

I gotta confess that (notwithstanding having a burger at the restaurant later), the day I arrived, I had a meeting at 2 p.m. and was at the place around 1 p.m. so I went to look around for some place like Starbucks to grab a quick sandwich - but all the places I could find (the office was at Avenue de Friedland, just next to Arc de Triomphe) were the sit-in places, where you had to order and wait for your order to come - which I had no time for. So I ended up at McDonald's. 

[Duque de Bragança]

One day I must go to Paris and order a Royale with Cheese. Even though I'm not keen on McDonalds.

I checked.  The word for Whopper in Paris is Whopper.  Though they would say 'le Whopper'.

You're lucky (sort of), Burger King is back in Paris. People say that it's still better than Mc Donald's or Quick.
People are more likely to use "un" when ordering "je voudrais un ..."

Peter
That would be "un Royal Cheese" there.

[Barrister]

One day I must go to Paris and order a Royale with Cheese. Even though I'm not keen on McDonalds.

I gotta confess that (notwithstanding having a burger at the restaurant later), the day I arrived, I had a meeting at 2 p.m. and was at the place around 1 p.m. so I went to look around for some place like Starbucks to grab a quick sandwich - but all the places I could find (the office was at Avenue de Friedland, just next to Arc de Triomphe) were the sit-in places, where you had to order and wait for your order to come - which I had no time for. So I ended up at McDonald's. 

There is something to be said for hitting up a McDonalds when on a foreign trip.  You're in a rush, you don't know the area, and you have to get something to eat fairly quickly.  You see the golden arches and you have some reassurance about what you're getting.

Besides, McDonalds does vary their menu from country to country so you can still get a faint echo of local cuisine if you want.

[Valmy]

People are more likely to use "un" when ordering "je voudrais un ..."

Well of course nobody would order 'I would like the Whopper'.  You have to use the right article

[Eddie Teach]

Peter
That would be "un Royal Cheese" there.

Not according to Vincent Vega. 

[Valmy]

One day I must go to Paris and order a Royale with Cheese. Even though I'm not keen on McDonalds.

I gotta confess that (notwithstanding having a burger at the restaurant later), the day I arrived, I had a meeting at 2 p.m. and was at the place around 1 p.m. so I went to look around for some place like Starbucks to grab a quick sandwich - but all the places I could find (the office was at Avenue de Friedland, just next to Arc de Triomphe) were the sit-in places, where you had to order and wait for your order to come - which I had no time for. So I ended up at McDonald's. 

Fast Food places were invented just for this important social function.

[Martinus]

One day I must go to Paris and order a Royale with Cheese. Even though I'm not keen on McDonalds.

I gotta confess that (notwithstanding having a burger at the restaurant later), the day I arrived, I had a meeting at 2 p.m. and was at the place around 1 p.m. so I went to look around for some place like Starbucks to grab a quick sandwich - but all the places I could find (the office was at Avenue de Friedland, just next to Arc de Triomphe) were the sit-in places, where you had to order and wait for your order to come - which I had no time for. So I ended up at McDonald's. 

There is something to be said for hitting up a McDonalds when on a foreign trip.  You're in a rush, you don't know the area, and you have to get something to eat fairly quickly.  You see the golden arches and you have some reassurance about what you're getting.

Besides, McDonalds does vary their menu from country to country so you can still get a faint echo of local cuisine if you want.

Yeah. Same for the likes of Starbucks or Cafe Nero. Globalisation has its pluses.

[Duque de Bragança]

One day I must go to Paris and order a Royale with Cheese. Even though I'm not keen on McDonalds.

I gotta confess that (notwithstanding having a burger at the restaurant later), the day I arrived, I had a meeting at 2 p.m. and was at the place around 1 p.m. so I went to look around for some place like Starbucks to grab a quick sandwich - but all the places I could find (the office was at Avenue de Friedland, just next to Arc de Triomphe) were the sit-in places, where you had to order and wait for your order to come - which I had no time for. So I ended up at McDonald's. 

So much for Martinus' expensive and refined tastes... How cheap of you, again.
What's next? A kebab place? 

[garbon]

One day I must go to Paris and order a Royale with Cheese. Even though I'm not keen on McDonalds.

I checked.  The word for Whopper in Paris is Whopper.  Though they would say 'le Whopper'.

You're lucky (sort of), Burger King is back in Paris. People say that it's still better than Mc Donald's or Quick.
People are more likely to use "un" when ordering "je voudrais un ..."

Peter
That would be "un Royal Cheese" there.

Do people typically lead with "je voudrais"? I had been practicing some basic French and had a fri...acquaintance is probably better term, note to me that I was wasting time as most people wouldn't order so formally.