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From: Colonel Tupperware on 30 Sep 2009 10:26 On 30 Sep, 14:50, Cab <ros...(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)? But the French hate the French. Well, the Normans hate the French, the Bretons hate everybody. Everybody hates the Parisiens and the Parisiens don't even know the rest of France exists outside August. Waves from Normandie. -- Le ColonelTupperware en Normandie
From: Nige on 30 Sep 2009 10:40 Cab wrote: It's a mustard thing. -- Nige, BMW K1200S Range Rover Vogue
From: Phil Launchbury on 30 Sep 2009 10:44 In article <99cf1547-1567-4e59-a1d5-4efe76e8f3aa(a)f16g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Colonel Tupperware wrote: > > William the Conker wasn't French, anymore than Harald who got shot in > the Eye was English. Huh? Harold Godwinson was most certainly English - given that his father was Anglo-Saxon and he was born in England. His mother was Norse - but that doesn't preclude him being English. You may be thinking of Harold Hardrada who was also Norse. But he was most definately not present at the Battle of Senlac Hill given that he was dead by that point.. (at the battle of Stamford Brigde a week of so before Senlac Hill). As to William being French - by his time the Normans were most definately Frechified - they spoke French, lived in France and used the French cultural standards rather than their previous Norse ones. And given that he was born in Falaise (which last time I chaecked was in France) and was descended from at least 5 generations of people born in France I'd say he qualified as French.. Phil -- Phil Launchbury 'I speak to machines with the voice of humanity' 'Speak to the wise with the voice of insanity'
From: Hog on 30 Sep 2009 10:59 Veggie Dave wrote: > 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. If it hadn't been for WW1 we would have let the Krauts turn the place over and germanize them. -- Hog '06 ST4-S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 '81 R65 Outfit
From: Leszek Karlik on 30 Sep 2009 11:03
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:06:26 +0200, Phil Launchbury <phill(a)launchbury.org.uk> wrote: [...] >> <Bob The Angry Flower waves at you> > > A flower? http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif > You'll be going to Willow Farm next. Isn't it terribly windy there? -- Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik NTV 650 |