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From: Eiron on 30 Sep 2009 12:02 Leszek Karlik wrote: > On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:50:18 +0200, Cab <rosbif(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. ;-) Wasn't there a bit of genocide after 1066? ISTR something about the 'harrying of the north'. -- Eiron.
From: steve auvache on 30 Sep 2009 12:49 In article <h9vstn$2dt$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> writes >Cab 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)? > >No idea. Personally I love France and the French almost without exception. It is rumoured; my Grandfather, who spent a few happy years in that part of the world sleeping in a hole in the ground while doing his bit for world peace and freedom for the working man when he was young, was very much of the same opinion as you. Although, as was the way in them days, he did confine his amorous feelings to the wimmin. -- steve auvache
From: Tosspot on 30 Sep 2009 14:44 Hog wrote: > 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. Yeah, but that would have been a cruel and unusual punishment for the krauts.
From: Lozzo on 30 Sep 2009 14:49 Chris H wrote: > bod43 wrote: <snip> > > 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" Let's not forget "Le Sandwich" -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W trackbike, SR250 SpazzTrakka, SR250 wivva topbox, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) Garage clearout - two Yamaha SR250s for sale, email for details
From: Chris H on 30 Sep 2009 15:02
Lozzo wrote: > Chris H wrote: > >> bod43 wrote: > <snip> > >>> 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" > > Let's not forget "Le Sandwich" http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mots_fran%C3%A7ais_d%27origine_anglaise -- Chris H FZS1000, two#55 When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. |