flora macdonald schrieb:
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> 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
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Sometimes I feel the strong urge to march east...