Comments on: Why Do the English Hate the French?

By: paulus

paulus — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:21:31 +0000

BTW I dont understand the relevance of speaking about or mentioning France or the French whatsoever. After all since 1940, the english speaking world had already declare France and her people inexistants in terms of World dynamic, so why worry about our weak military, corrupt politic, irrelevant diplomacy or fading economy ? Focus better on Brazil or India and leave the French alone!

By: paulus

paulus — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:08:40 +0000

I am a frenchman and I think medias are very responsible for the way each people look at the other.
I feel great respect for UK culture and history and I dont feel naive thinking that a lot of Britons feel the same for ours.
PD MK get a doc !

By: Eleonor

Eleonor — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:36:13 +0000

I’m French. I love France and England and I think we can’t compare. It’s different. Some French likes English and some English likes French ! (maybe…!)

By: John W.

John W. — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 06:58:05 +0000

Franko wrote:

“Plus, the French teach their kids that they themselves liberated Paris in WWII. Idiots.”

This is true. The Parisians rose in revolt before the Allied armies arrived, and Germany surrendered the city after three days. Of course, the diversion caused by the Allied invasion was essential, but it is a factually correct statement.

By: Itsme

Itsme — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:22:51 +0000

Hi everybody, I was just reading some comments and i’m wondering why they are so much hate in this world. Maybe people have nothing to do so they imagine things who have no reasons to exists. Then i guess there’s some french who are not really sympathic or funny and do all they can to make you down but all the french are not like that. The man who wrote ’50 reasons to hate the french’ is just blinding and go with nonsense. He better write ‘how make stranger’s friends’ it would be better for anyone of us… Stop judging people about their nationalities it’s so stupid. What about the war? What about the culture? It’s nothing i don’t chose to be french. Sorry my english is quite good but not perfect i’m 18(still so young to understand i know).

By: Frenchflavor

Frenchflavor — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:19:28 +0000

I am French and very proud to be. I have read so much on the “French,” I find it quite amusing. I lived in France, Canada and the US. There’s snobs people everywhere. I hear that French people are arrogant and rude, especially by the American. what I find amazing with that is that most American don’t no much about the French culture. They have heard about their friends, neighbors, the media that the French are rude, snobs and arrogant. Well, I have come to realize that the American governement and people are as proud as the French people; but American don’t see it this way. Americans are proud and are very open to say that they are the best country in the world, they have the greatest people, the most beautiful women, the best looking land, the best traditions…and the list goes on. Does it mean that they are rude and arrogant? I don’t think so. I think it’s a very good and normal aspect of being happy and proud. However, when American hears that that other countries talks that way about themselves… suddenly they are arrogant. Just like America and American people have much to be proud off, so do the French and many other countries for that matter. Of course there’s differences between cultures/countries. It is important that being different isn’t always wrong. When a Frenchman goes to visit the US, they don’t go to a counter or a restaurant ans start to talk in French…NO…they made not do well, but they try to talk in English from the get go. Americans go to France, walk into a “bakery,” for example, and start to speak in English. Why???
American assume that everyone in the world speaks English or that they should. Why???
Isn’t that arrogant? When they don’t get the response they were hoping for, they label the French with they are “snobs.” The biggest problem American face with the French is that the French won’t automatically behave as if the American are all that and that they should be treated different then the rest of the world. Most European country and Canada wonders when will the American school system start children about the rest of the world…and finally show them a second language from an early start. Most American feel that they don’t have too and “why should we” attitude. Why???
We could go on and on writing about “they” “we” “they” “we”…..
The fact is that different doesn’t mean bad or wrong. Can’t we all just get along?…
Bisous

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:44:11 +0000

…. Asking why the English hate the French is like asking why water is wet…. Woaw! This has got to be the worst case of racism ever….

By: Mathilde

Mathilde — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:41:36 +0000

Hello everybody!! I see that English take a lot of prejudices! I think i’s the sam in all countries, there are, it’s evident, rude and enjoyed people. If we live in different countries, we have different cultures and we are good or bad at different things! I’m a french girl of 1Ã¨ years, I don’t know the war as well as some of you but I think that if our acestors managed us to globalization, there is a reason. We are all interdependents and additionals. We have to learn about the others.
Maybe you think we are snobs, we are so rude… and a guys wrote here ” F*Ck France!” Ok if you want, I applaud you! Beautiful thinking!
Ceci Ã©tant, pensez ce que vous voulez, le fait que les Anglais deteste les FranÃ§ais est une chose, si vous voulez erpÃ©tuer Ã§a , tanpis, sinon mettez vous juste dans le crÃ¢ne que nous sommes tous diffÃ©rents mais tousles mÃªmes.

Oh and.. Sorry for my bad English ;)

By: Audifax

Audifax — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:11:24 +0000

“UK has been always a multicultural society where you can see people from different background having the same rights and very well integrated in the society .”
Yeah sure, remember 2005

Most English dudes would only act as pragmatics. They’d only have a friendly relationship with u if they can find some advantages and fulfill some interest. Once their purpose is accomplished, they’ll drop u like shit and deny u even met them. I’ve experienced it. But they don’t find it shocking, ’cause they’re manufactured as such, so one can’t blame them for that. But that’d be unfair to generalize. I’ve met absolutely awesome Britons, whom I shall never forget.

“UK we donâ€™t give our votes to the far right such you have done with the FN and UMP and JM le pen”
maybe u should read a little more about French politics. UMP ain’t anything near as far-right. At least in France they don’t have “whites-only” political parties as far as I know. In the uni where I study, Brits mobility students have their Brit-only clubs for dinner, they never get mixed with the locals, that’d be treachery, wouldn’t it?

“French are racists and xenophobes”

True, Britons prefer the word “pragmatic” when they speak of themselves, or “nothing personal, it’s just good business” The same goes for colonies I guess… But not all British people reason that way, gladly enough.

The French have this equally silly joke about the Brits that says: “3 good reasons to hate them”:
_1 ‘Cause they deserve it
_2 ‘Cause it makes you feel good
_3 ‘Cause that’s exactly what they expect from us

Sorry guys, Im more of an anglophile in general, but those types of topics just get over my nerves. I guess between France and England it’s more like people in a couple fighting each other, let’s just hope divorce won’t happen soon.

By: stephen taylor

stephen taylor — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:22:43 +0000

@Anthony
sorry to tell you that you are a liar and hypocrite same as most of the French people
why you try to hide the truth that the French are racists and xenophobes you hate the Brits and you call them (rosbif) which mean the roast beefs.
in the French society you don’t accept multicultural society you feel superior than other EU countries or you feel superior than Africans or Asian or Arabs…ext
in the other hand UK has been always a multicultural society where you can see people from different background having the same rights and very well integrated in the society .
in UK we don’t give our votes to the far right such you have done with the FN and UMP and JM le pen.
god bless the queen