France Rude and Boring
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fat_boy wrote:
the French do not go out to drink to let their hair down and get drunk.
Your colleagues are probably an exception. There's a reason why France is in the Top3 when talking about alcohol consumption[^] (a thing I'm not sure we should be proud of :~ )
fat_boy wrote:
I like about living in Flanders is that the people here do have that attitude in common with the English.
Yeah, Flemish are the same kind of debased germanic bastards. (If 'we' are said to be rude, let's justify our reputation)
It is easier to make war than to make peace. Fold with us! ¤ flickr
For sure the French drink a lot, wine especially, but that is drunk with meals, from noon till evening, but, in terms of going out to a pub and putting back a couple of litres of beer and having a laugh, the French just arent into it.
K(arl) wrote:
germanic bastards
Hey, the French were also a Germanic tribe too you know. Nunc est bibendum
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For sure the French drink a lot, wine especially, but that is drunk with meals, from noon till evening, but, in terms of going out to a pub and putting back a couple of litres of beer and having a laugh, the French just arent into it.
K(arl) wrote:
germanic bastards
Hey, the French were also a Germanic tribe too you know. Nunc est bibendum
fat_boy wrote:
the French drink a lot, wine especially Drunk a lot, wine especially.
fat_boy wrote:
in terms of going out to a pub and putting back a couple of litres of beer and having a laugh, the French just arent into it.
I believe French mostly do the same when going out to a pub, they come to drink and have a laugh, but they come in constituted groups and are less prone to be open to others. Also, local traditions vary greatly in the different part of the country
fat_boy wrote:
the French were also a Germanic tribe too you know
No. Franks were. They became the ruling class, but they were not the base of the Society. It would be like telling Brits are Northmen. French by themselves are a considerable mix, maybe the most mixed one through all Europe.
It is easier to make war than to make peace.
Fold with us! ¤ flickral
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fat_boy wrote:
the French drink a lot, wine especially Drunk a lot, wine especially.
fat_boy wrote:
in terms of going out to a pub and putting back a couple of litres of beer and having a laugh, the French just arent into it.
I believe French mostly do the same when going out to a pub, they come to drink and have a laugh, but they come in constituted groups and are less prone to be open to others. Also, local traditions vary greatly in the different part of the country
fat_boy wrote:
the French were also a Germanic tribe too you know
No. Franks were. They became the ruling class, but they were not the base of the Society. It would be like telling Brits are Northmen. French by themselves are a considerable mix, maybe the most mixed one through all Europe.
It is easier to make war than to make peace.
Fold with us! ¤ flickral
Yeah, I can imaging things are different in differrent parts of france, I was down in Salon and Aix. However, our colleagues who went skiing came from all over frane, Brittany, Alsace etc. Re Franks, OK I'll concede. However, it is interesting. You have a pig-latin speaking, ex Gallic populace, ruled by Franks (did they speak a Germanic language?), and we in the UK have a Germanic speaking, Saxon population, rulled by pig-latin speaking Danish immigrants. Nunc est bibendum
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Yeah, I can imaging things are different in differrent parts of france, I was down in Salon and Aix. However, our colleagues who went skiing came from all over frane, Brittany, Alsace etc. Re Franks, OK I'll concede. However, it is interesting. You have a pig-latin speaking, ex Gallic populace, ruled by Franks (did they speak a Germanic language?), and we in the UK have a Germanic speaking, Saxon population, rulled by pig-latin speaking Danish immigrants. Nunc est bibendum
You found someone from Brittany who did not drink!? :wtf::wtf::wtf: It never ever happened to me. Even girls are alcoholic there.
fat_boy wrote:
OK I'll concede
Woo hoo!
fat_boy wrote:
(did they speak a Germanic language?)
Yes, they spoke a language known as Frankish (Francique) which is said to be the root of several languages used in western Germany, Luxembourg and Eastern France (Lorraine, the language spoken in Alsace is germanic). I read somewhere that the Amish also speak a language derived from Frankish
It is easier to make war than to make peace. Fold with us! ¤ flickr
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John you just came across as an anal pedant: it didn't come over as piss-taking which I am happy to suffer. Perhaps it's because Yanks are not best known for their dry wit and sarcastic repartee a point which your posts have proved quite well. :laugh: <-- a smiley: means I don't mean it. Or do I? home
bookmarks You can ignore relatives but the neighbours live next doordigital man wrote:
Yanks are not best known for their dry wit and sarcastic repartee
No indeed, but we Australians are famous for it.:) John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine
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digital man wrote:
Yanks are not best known for their dry wit and sarcastic repartee
No indeed, but we Australians are famous for it.:) John Carson "To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine