I think it depends on your culture (like it sounds like that to me, being from the UK, but it might be totally normal in the US). Also, it only freaks me out by text, if someone says it out loud and I can hear their tone, it doesn't even register! Definitely don't worry about it, we all have our personal "dialect" in a language, the words we love and the words we hate :)

(if you want alternatives though, "thanks so much" reads much more friendly to me over text!")

My french boss filling my poor English heart with dread multiple times a day when she texts me "thanks a lot!" There is no good way to tell her how evil and hateful "thanks a lot!" sounds to English speakers.

Surgically removed my bf's head to respect his anonymity ❤️ I'm so thoughtful and caring

The French mind will never comprehend what a Little Tiled Alley With Shutters On The Walls does to a mf

The kind of cultural immersion you can't get anywhere else 😍

This unholy translation just came across my desk. The English is obviously wrong (it's postcard vocabulary, so 'wish you were here' is the expression they want) but I'm convinced the french should be "j'aurais" not "j'aurai". My bf says the original french is fine? Can someone chime in and explain why it's right if it is? Because if so I've learned this tense wrong lol.

How can I learn french in these conditions y'all

French person, reading the sentence 'I haven't been there yet': how would you say that in French?

Me: :) oh it's *extremely loud windows reset noise*

Every time I see my students I ask them "what have you been up to?" and explain when they're confused and yet the next time it's exactly the same. They must Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind that particular sentence. And I continue to ask it because we literally say it incessantly and They. Must. Learn.

14 year old girl: *asks me about my high school summer memories*

Me: *trying to remember one that doesn't involve alcohol*

French/English people communicate in each others languages through a series of slumdog millionaire-like flashbacks

French dude: how do you say 'quel autre' ?

Me: it's 'what else?'

Him: ah yes, George Clooney and his espresso.

Different french dude: what does 'instead' mean?

Me: "plutôt que"

Him: "ohh like Adele" *starts singing* "instead I'll fiiiiind someone like you" (I didn't have the heart to tell him it's actually 'nevermind')

Trying to train myself to say "du coup" or "alors" as I reluctantly begin my work like a real french person, but I'm too emotionally attached to "donc"