Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: msflora99@yahoo.com (flora macdonald) Newsgroups: soc.culture.french,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.british,fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: What does everyone have against French society? Date: 28 Jul 2003 10:48:57 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <52210046.0307252157.54a853f8@posting.google.com> <3F24DE20.56AAF8C5@unibw-muenchen.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.125.172.174 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1059414538 759 127.0.0.1 (28 Jul 2003 17:48:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Jul 2003 17:48:58 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:3514 Silvio Franke wrote in message news:<3F24DE20.56AAF8C5@unibw-muenchen.de>... > flora macdonald schrieb: > > > > matthewoutland22@yahoo.com (MatthewOutland) wrote in message news:<52210046.0307252157.54a853f8@posting.google.com>... > > > Politics aside, why do so many people view french society cynically or > > > with contempt? I've never been to France or met any French so I don't > > > know whats so special here. Just curious, that's all. > > > > It happens everywhere. The Japanese have contempt for the Koreans, the > > Germans for the Poles, the English for the Irish (Paddys), the > > Australians for the English (Pommies). So in England the French are > > "frogs". The bad habits always belong to the foreigner. Back when the > > word "condom" was unmentionable in English it was a "french letter", > > in France it was "un chapeau anglais". > > To be honest here in Germany we do not only have contemt for Poles, but > for French, too. Example: "Froschfresser" etc. etc. > ...and some people here allways want to do a little training session in > France, before marching east, because it is allways good for the morale. > > Silvio > ------------------------------------------------- > Sometimes I feel the strong urge to march east... I think the lowest level of abuse for foreigners comes from the English Tabloid papers, especially if England is playing France or Germany with Balls. I can never understand the fascination people have with adult males (and latterly females), clad only in vests and knickers, chasing balls, in between kicking each other in the head. Flora