Why does everyone hate the french?

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Originally Posted by lordblazer

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Originally Posted by crazybayman

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Originally Posted by silverpigeon97

since i can remember ive always heard lots of french jokes and people slagging off the french. So do you hate the french? If so why, if not why.

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Everyone DOES NOT hate the French.

As far as I can tell, this sort of sterotype stems from how the British and the French always fought through the medieval ages and so on. Even when Canada and the US were first settled by Europeans in the 1500s, 1600s and 1700s, the British and French fought over who owned the land.

So if your British, that's probably why you've heard that. I don't think anyone in their right mind would hate someone because of their nationality these days. That's just stupid.

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Everyone hates americans.

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except some people here on the island who think of them as gods.

Woot I'm going were you are at to be worshiped by many and have people to do thy bidding.

:D

No, I like croissants

Except Croissants were created to commemorate when the Turks attacked Vienna, with the Crescent shape as a reminder of the Turkish flag.

I think it was Vienna, not sure, but I most certainly know it wasn't the French that invented it.

Because they suck at war, and smell.

http://www.eyesonff.com/forums/attac...chmentid=10411

Search for it now, you'll find a few thousand pages on how you won't find any pages for French Military Victories.

That gets me thinking. Who does hate the french??

If you'd read the thread, you would have seen from what I posted, that most of Europe do.

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Originally Posted by Lindy

If you'd read the thread, you would have seen from what I posted, that most of Europe do.

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Sorry lindy. Yopur right. I didn't read the thread. I shouldve known better... (Seriously!!)

Embrasse moi! Je suis Francais!

...not really, but i wish i was...

I like the french. They seem nice.

(A few of my ancestors came from France.)

We just take all the insults directed at us as jealousy, it's so much easier. <3


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Originally Posted by Lindy

The sentence structure is so overly complicated, I mean, verb positions for tenses? Why?

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I'd like to see examples.

Ok, let me rephrase that.

Speaking English from birth, I find it overly complicated, because of the variation in the verbs for tenses (yes, I know it happens in English, but I just couldn't get it in French), along with the positioning.

I've always found it that way, I'm sure it's perfectly easy for someone who's spoken it since birth or is a natural linguist, but I personally find it just too complicated, and I'm sure plenty of other people do too.

The same happens with German for me really, though I was always a touch better at that because I liked it more.

Ok?

I don't hate the French. I don't like them either.