Does anyone like the french

The ugliness of Parisian hotel wallpaper as a contributing factor in the death of Wilde. The French paradox. The rudeness of Parisians. They even have a street called Rue Rude and the Irish Embassy is on it. In fact, the embassy is on the corner of Avenue Foch and Rue Rude. We always hum along with their anthem at sporting events. Foie gras. We gave them Joyce and Beckett, who revolutionised modern literature. They gave us Dion Boucicault, who devised a new improved version of the stage Irishman.

Even their bread is phallocentric. The sound of Thierry Henry handling the ball twice and then getting away with it. We gave them the honour of playing the first rugby game in Croke Park. Then they ruined the occasion by winning, and with a gut-wrenching last-minute try. La trahison des Vincent Clercs. The original Chauvinist — Nicolas Chauvin — was French. When the Bastille was stormed in , a shocking 14 per cent — at least — of the prison population was Irish.

The same poor man had shared prison for a time with the Marquis de Sade. No wonder he was disturbed. We went out with two french dudes in Edinburgh last week. The scotsmen were a blast, but the only thing I recall hearing from the two frencies was "Chianti? Not italian wine for me, please! Now, after lunch, I am at a better mood. Unless someone wish to continue I suggest we leave this thread to die.

My Vector Calculus teacher is obsessed with France. Sometimes he spents whole class periods talking about France. When a couple of friends and I were going to Paris for the summer, he invited us over his house to "brief" us and feed us French food. And the fact that a tunnel now connects you with France proves what? That the devil doesn't like the English? I think the French's repuatation for rudeness is largely undeserved.

IIRC, Paris is one of the top vacation destinations in the world. Imagine this, everyday hordes of foreign tourists walk up to you asking you questions in a language you don't understand.

If them expecting you to know their language wasn't enough, they all walk around in cheesy berets and trying to mix their language with your accent. I understand that the French are generally stinky, but so are many Europeans. I actually found the Italians to be the smelliest, but their women were all drop-deap gorgeous, so I let it slide.

If I approached them politely and at least made an attempt to speak their language, they were always most accomodating. Parisians do have somewhat of an elitist attitude, but no more than New Yorkers or people from LA. Its always like that in any big city. France just happens to have one huge city that is internationally known for its art, fashion, and cuisine; the rest of it is mostly small rural towns.

People like to bash the French because they know the French won't put up much of a fight. They tried to move the Prime Meridian for goodness sakes! They just seem to be very proud and aloof and holier-than-thou, without a great deal to back it up.

I mean, thanks for helping us win the Revolution and all, if for no other reason than hate for the British, but what've you done lately? From what I've been told it's mainly the population of Paris that gives the French their bad reputation. Apparently the folks out in the countryside are as pleasant as people anywhere else. Interestingly, the person I know who had the lowest opinion of Parisians was a native Parisian herself. Yes the Parisians can be condescending but so can New Yorkers and people from London Londonners,; And remember, if a French person argues with you, it is because he finds you have something interesting to say.

They love to engage in argument and discussion, so take it as a compliment. You GO girl! Get rowing, you Godless Francophile. Yep, we would probably be under Russian influence without the US but absolutely not under German, the war was lost for them anyway.

All very good reminders! I think it is just generally good manners to not probe someone on their religion, politics and salary. If people have strong opinions about those topics, they will eagerly volunteer to tell you! Nice post. It has more to do with the French Revolution and France being generally more left wing than anglo-saxon countries.

Flaunting money is seen as gross and contemptuous, it shows that you want to be seen as supperior to poorer people which is a big no no in France. Thanks for this! That makes sense too — I had heard the Catholic influence from a friend, potentially a little of both?

Money is indeed quite taboo in our country, as you noticed. After all the Catholics Church has never hiddent its wealth and was once nearly as rich as the kings themselves. I think Esther might be right about it coming from the French revolution.

Thanks for this article, it so interesting to know how American people see French people, sorry for grammar fault, I tried to do my better to express myself, I hope you have all unterstood. No need to apologize for your grammar! Your English is quite good! I appreciate when someone makes an attempt to speak my language just as I hope others appreciate when I make an attempt to speak their language.

They eat glands. They eat bugs. I know this because they rarely brush their teeth. Their women whine and complain and braid their armpit hair.

Their men are beret-wearing twig-boys with bad complexions. All French people consider themselves intellectually superior, and I suppose they are if the comparison is to an incontinent house cat. Why does everyone hate the French?