French the language of love

Anne Borgella

According to Google, French is considered to be the language of love because it is the language in which people are more likely to use a romantic expression. However, as a native French speaker, I do not consider French to be the language of love. For myself there is no musicality in French, unless I am reading a poem. Do I consider French as a love language? For me this question has many levels. First, If I am listening to someone speaking French, I am certainly not able to detect the musicality that makes it the language of love. It may be because I speak Haitian Creole, which is a language that has the majority of its roots in French. Therefore, I tend to associate both language with each other, my creole accent makes it difficult for me to see the romantic aspect of French. There is definitely no musicality in the Haitian creole language, I sometimes recall people telling me that when they hear people speaking creole it sounds like they are constantly fighting.

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