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Vive La France (pg. 6)
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Are you actually French or just named Pierre? :conf: |
Yep I have French citizenship |
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| Rose |
| quote: | Originally posted by Project-K
Belgians on the other hand, are awesome. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
Yep I have French citizenship |
Huh, I had no idea, which is somewhat shocking because frankly, an American named Pierre should have raised all kinds of red flags. :p |
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| Moongoose |
I have visited almost every European country, and though my stay in France was the shortest, it was by far my favorite country, and i will return there one day either for another visit or perhaps even for a bit of work. I know you cant really take in a whole country in a short visit, but when i was there there was nothing about France that i didn't like. The people were friendly, the food was good, the wine was excellent (even if a bit pricey) and the girls were good looking. I probably like ti because its exactly like where i live now, with the only exception that we don't speak french here :D
EDIT: and as long as people are posting pictures of good looking french women, i always found this actress to be incredibly hot.
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
I guess when I was there was a pretty bad time particularly for an American to be there - 4 months after the Iraq war started, and only a week or two after "Mission Accomplished."
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Growing up in France I got some for being a yank on and off, but I remember after Bush got elected especially when a teacher gave ME a lecture on the bad ways of the americans in front of the whole class. ing prick I can't help it and he's attacking me personally.
23rd of august 2001 moved to the Usa, with 9/11 after that. You have no idea how much was given to me when people knew I was from France ( and I don't even sound french when I speak english! As a matter of fact my english is better than most yanks ). So with your whole commentary on being hated in one country because of your point of origin, imagine where that leaves me.
In august 2003 came for a month long holiday in France, see high school friends etc. They pretty much all gave me rubbish, especially the pseudo "conscious" people who effectively showed they weren't that conscious and aware and that their pseudo militantism was nothing more than hippie fight the power bull. How can you possibly live in the Usa with Bush etc?
Well you ****s you are all jobless no lifers for the most part and I didn't vote for the monkey on the hill or the Operation Iraqi freedo-invasionista.
When I moved back to France in 2005 the situation has been much tamer regarding the hate towards the americans but I'm not in one of these activist areas.
Alsace, half-german half-french with some swiss in there, this region has been part of these three countries at one point of another in history ( this area was part of the WWII spark ).
Is it different today? Yeah most definitely compared to after the start of the Iraqi conflict start, and now that they got Sarkozy they have other gimps to finger-point.
I still get the occasional teasing because I'm a yank but it's just for giggles usually or as the joker let's make fun of you card but it's never in any way related to politics. (But the people who usually catalog or mock me on the grounds that I am french or american have never made the effort to get to know me so they are comforted in putting a label on me ... it eases them through their know nothing miserably pathetic lives).
Some time back I had this discussion with my parents that were getting annoyed with the attitude towards them post 9/11 and if they had to move here for the first time today it would be no game in the park.
ps: have I mentionned I hate the guts of France as a whole but this also applies to the Usa (albeit differently) and people can never grasp that concept. Whenever I speak up against the way of the baguette eating nation people automatically assume i'm pro-yank :wtf:
I wrote a short but sweet essay for my general cultures class last semester on my last experience relating to the social link ( in regards to Rousseaus' The Social Contract, Or Principles of Political Right which we studied extensively ). I basically destroyed the french as a whole and my teacher thought what I wrote was pretty pretentious :haha:. I should translate it and post it here. |
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| Lilith |
You should have hired a truck and taken back the Statue of Liberty with you before you left and the yanks can stick their 'freedom fries' up their collective sphincters...
(course in hindsight 'lol the French where right about Iraq' :haha: )
At some point I'd like to go back to France as I only ever bumbled about Paris a few times for work and would like to see the rest of the country. Marie assures me they aren't as uppity in 'teh sticks' :toothless
But I never really had any issues with anyone in Paris and I don't speak-a the language either. |
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| jdat |
the french way of being is not to be found in Paris, much like the american way of being isn't to be found in New York and that something people never consider.
Parisians are stressed out ****s who are sick of the tourists and dog on the sidewalks. I think you would be too if you lived there :p
Last week I was "in the sticks" middle of nowhere for a conference and had an emergency situation were I needed to see a doctor. The fact I showed up without an appointment and wanted "immediate" attention(it was urgent I was really feeling ill couldn't breath) once the doctor was over with the consultation we sit down for the prescriptions etc and he thought I was a Parisian! :haha: |
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| CranberryJuice |
Parisian ppl are prick and arrogant ppl who tend to think besides paris there is nothing else
at work they like to kindly joke about my south west accent and my sayings from there:p
i like france cuz its my country but im aware the country is not heaven
btw glad to see no one ever tought about me among the french clovishhhh and jdat:o
to jdat im jealous my coworker is going for the job on monday to ur town |
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| Moongoose |
Apparently im the only person who didn't have a problem with Parisians when i visited. OK so i was in Paris for only one day but still, i didn't know a word of french, i looked like the biggest tourist and even despite that i was always greeted by a smile.
The one thing that did bother me however is that apparently 9 out of 10 people there cant be arsed to learn even the basics of english. FFS, if it wasnt for the universally understood hand gestures i would have probably starved to death in that single day in Paris. |
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| Clovis |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
Growing up in France I got some for being a yank on and off, but I remember after Bush got elected especially when a teacher gave ME a lecture on the bad ways of the americans in front of the whole class. ing prick I can't help it and he's attacking me personally. |
ROFL my history teacher in 11th grade did exactly the same thing to me. ing bitch. |
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| Abercrombie |
I lived in Paris as a young child for a year after my folks escaped the commies in Czechoslovakia. We ended up in 'New France'... Montreal to be exact, and lived there till university.
I speak French with both Canadian and French accents at will. |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
The people were friendly, the food was good, the wine was excellent (even if a bit pricey) and the girls were good looking. |
True |
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