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Savvysavz Posted 21 years ago
Culture

What is your impression/views about France?

Hi everyone!

I read a few threads about the United States and Germany and learnt really interesting things from all of you in this forum. Now it is my turn to come up with the same question about France. What is your impression about French people and French culture ( or French anything for that matter...)?

Savvy
  

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All I know about them French is that they are just a bunch of arrogant grousers that keep opening their cheese-smelling mouths to brag about the great things they've invented and which amount to a handful of what they hold for major culinary breakthroughs : french fries, french bread and french vanilla. And it's obvious the latest would even exist without them...

— Waïti

  • All I know about them French is that they are just a bunch of arrogant grousers that keep opening their cheese-smelling mouths to brag about the great things they've invented and which amount to a handful of what they hold for major culinary breakthroughs : french fries, french bread and french vanilla.
  • And it's obvious the latest would even exist without them...
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All I know about them French is that they are just a bunch of arrogant grousers that keep opening their cheese-smelling mouths to brag about the great things they've invented and which amount to a handful of what they hold for major culinary breakthroughs : french fries, french bread and french vanilla.
And it's obvious the latest would even exist without them...
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I would love to go to France on the way to somewhere else, to see the famous art and architecture but apart from that I am not very interested. Everyone who has been there tells me the people are arrogant, the city dirty and that todays culture is morally messy.
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So sad... nobody has anything nice to tell about France..Emotion: sad

Do I sound arrogant?
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No but you don't sound french either...
And if you are then you must be the exception to the rule...

I don't know about the whole France but as for Paris... it would definitely love Paris... if it weren't for these **** Parisians.

You don't happen to be from Paris, do you ? Tell us about Pondicherry which was a coastal settlement under french influence once but fortunately es
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Waiti - mind your manners please.

I think that France is a beautiful country and although I've only zipped through it a couple of times so far, I'd like to go and visit properly one day.

French people I have met have always been perfectly charming.
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Waiti,

Why do you have so much hatred towards French? Have you ever been to France at all...?

One element from what you said above used to be true: French people in the oldern days used to be grumpy. That slowly changed (and still changing) because some people (like you) started complaining that the French do not have manners.Our generation is very much cosmopolitan, som
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Thank you Nona! You should come down and visit Pondicherry too, sometime.

Savvy
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Thank you Nona! You should visit Pondicherry too sometime!

Savvy
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The anonymous posts were mine. My apologies.

Savvy
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Ah another thing I forgot to say about french : they enjoy being controversial if not obnoxious...

Now I'll stay quiet for fear of getting my fingers slapped by NTB, who has kindly yet firmly asked me to behave...

Oh one last thing though : one could find it ironic that an english person is actually the only one in this forum standing up for France and the french. I take it frenc
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