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From: Colin Irvine on 30 Sep 2009 09:45 On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:50:18 -0700 (PDT), Cab squeezed out the following: >I'm expecting [1] some wonderful responses to this but hopefully some >sensible ones too. > >I know that a lot of you love coming over here and enjoy the roads. >The ex-pat population is sizeable in France now and there are loads of >other "links" between England and France. > >But why is it that there is always an air of "The English hate the >French" (and vv, I suppose)? What is(are) the reason(s)? ITYF such air is confined to the ignorant, which is sufficient reason. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: darsy on 30 Sep 2009 09:49 On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:50:18 -0700 (PDT), Cab <rosbif(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I'm expecting [1] some wonderful responses to this but hopefully some >sensible ones too. > >I know that a lot of you love coming over here and enjoy the roads. >The ex-pat population is sizeable in France now and there are loads of >other "links" between England and France. > >But why is it that there is always an air of "The English hate the >French" (and vv, I suppose)? What is(are) the reason(s)? " " -- d.
From: Chris H on 30 Sep 2009 09:51 Leszek Karlik wrote: > On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:29:10 +0200, Chris H > <fazer.1000thousand(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > > [...] >> </troll> >> For the similar reasons that Arabs hate Israeli's. > > Israeli's what? > >> <sits back and pours a glass of wine> > > <Bob The Angry Flower waves at you> Heh. The apostrophe Fairy is on holiday. -- Chris H, FZS1000, two#55 He's predictable, but that's to be expected. Please remove the numbers to reply
From: Chris H on 30 Sep 2009 09:54 bod43 wrote: > On 30 Sep, 14:10, "Leszek Karlik" <les...(a)hell.pl> wrote: >> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:50:18 +0200, Cab <ros...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> But why is it that there is always an air of "The English hate the >>> French" (and vv, I suppose)? What is(are) the reason(s)? >> >> Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt? :-> >> Also Orleans, Formigny and Castillon. >> Not to mention Trafalgar and Waterloo. >> >> And I guess it all started at Hastings. ;-) > > http://www.historyguy.com/anglo_french.html > > Norman Invasion of England, (1066) -William the > Conqueror, Duke of Normandy and a > Anglo-French War, (1109-1113) > Anglo-French War, (1116-1119) > Anglo-French War, (1123-1135) > Anglo-French War, (1159-1189) > Anglo-French War, (1202-1204) > Anglo-French War, (1213-1214) > Anglo-French War, (1242-1243) > Anglo-French War, (1294-1298) > Anglo-French War, (1300-1303) > The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453)-The Hundred > Years' War was actually a series of wars > Anglo-French War, (1337-1360) > Anglo-French War, (1369-1373) > Anglo-French War, (1412-1420) > Anglo-French War, (1423-1453) > Anglo-French War, (1475) > Anglo-French War, (1488) -Also known as Henry > VII's Invasion of Brittany. > Anglo-French War, (1489-1492) -Also known as Henry > VII's Second Invasion of Brittany. > Anglo-French War, (1510-1513)-Also known as the > War of the Holy League, England joined > Anglo-French War, (1521-1526)-Henry VIII joined the > Hapsburg Empire in a war against > Anglo-French War, (1542-1546)-Henry VIII again > joined the Hapsburg Empire in a war > Anglo-French War, (1549-1550)-French King Henry II > declared war with the intention of > Anglo-French War, (1557-1560)-England's Queen > Mary drew her country into war allied to > Anglo-French War, (1589-1593)-England was > caught up in the great Protestant-Catholic > Anglo-French War, (1627-1628)-Also known in France > as the Third Bearnese Revolt, England > Anglo-French War, (1666-1667) > Anglo-French War, (1689-1697)-Known in Europe as > the War of the League of Augsburg AND > Anglo-French War, (1702-1712)-Known in Europe as > the War of the Spanish Succession, in > Anglo-French War, (1744-1748)-Known in Europe as > the War of the Austrian Succession and > Anglo-French War, (1749-1754)-Known in India as > the Second Carnatic War. > The British Anglo-French War, (1755-1763)-Known in > Europe as the Seven Years' War and in North > Anglo-French War, (1779-1783)-Also known as the > American Revolution. Also involved > Wars of the French Revolution, (1792-1802)-The Wars > of the French Revolution spanned a > Austro-Prussian Invasion of France, (1792)-In > support of the deposed, but still > War of the First Coalition, (1792-1798)-Britain, > Austria, Prussia, Spain, Russia, > War of the Second Coalition, (1798-1801)-Britain, > Austria, Russia, Portugal, Naples > War of the Third Coalition, (1805-1807) > The Napoleonic Wars, (1802-1815) > > And then there is Dunkirk and generally running away and > leaving the French to their fate by the Nazis (from a French > pov) Yeah, but we did give them "Le Weekend" -- Chris H, FZS1000, two#55 He's predictable, but that's to be expected. Please remove the numbers to reply
From: Veggie Dave on 30 Sep 2009 09:54
Cab <rosbif(a)gmail.com> wrote the following literary masterpiece: >But why is it that there is always an air of "The English hate the >French" (and vv, I suppose)? What is(are) the reason(s)? Tradition. The two countries have been at war with each other almost constantly for close to one thousand years. It's only recently that there's been any true peace between them. Let's be honest, though, the vast majority of it is simply posturing rather than a genuine hatred. -- Veggie Dave http://www.iq18films.co.uk "To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine |