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I’ve been to France a few times and I have to say any friction between France and England is fuelled by the news media (on both sides). I find the French people friendly and hospitable. Once arriving late in a Paris myself and my family went out looking for a meal and we went to a restaurant that was showing as open, where the owner told me the kitchen had just closed for the night. But he and the chef happily re-opened the kitchen to prepared us the most amazing meal. This positive friendly attitude was everywhere we went, even with the people in the streets. I hope they experience the same when visiting the UK.

The French may think their bread is better, but I beg to differ. It tastes wonderful for the first half an hour after it's baked, but then it's like cardboard. Discounting the soggy sliced supermarket breads, I think we have a remarkable range of interesting breads available in Britain.

@christophermichaelclarence6003

2 жыл бұрын

We have a lot of different breads

I really enjoyed your comparisons. If possible, continue this series with other countries. It's always good to know the point of view of those who have been there.

Everything I know about France I learnt in the documentary series - " 'allo 'allo "

@brigidsingleton1596

Ай бұрын

"Good moaning" 🇲🇫🤭

@chriswatts1680

20 күн бұрын

Spot on watch the policeman

So basically this is an advert for Lingoda? Shouldn’t you have prefaced this video with ‘Advertisement’?

Straight roads in England were probably built originally by the Romans. Modern motorways had curves designed into them to prevent drivers from falling asleep (this is a cause of accidents on France's dead-straight roads). Napoleon built roads for the movement of troops, tree-lined for protection and camouflage.

Hiya. It's not just the language, I found, but also the dialects! We were outside a country eaterie in Northern France and I asked the elderly waiter for a simple order - just sandwiches and coffees - to receive a blank stare. Tried again, more slowly, nothing. A third time, virtually speaking phonetically. Still no understanding. Was getting red, hot and embarrassed now, my French is not THAT bad I'm telling myself, maybe it's his hearing? A waitress arrives, sends the man away, asks what we want. Once again, I ask for our sandwiches and coffees. She understands, thanks me for the order and soon returns with it. I ask her how come she could understand me but not her colleague and she says, "he's from Marseilles, they speak French differently there!" Then she explained about dialects. The thing I really love about France though is being able to go into a restaurant and stay until you're ready to leave. None of this needing the table by a certain time nonsense. As you've already said, the French ENJOY food. And eat out several times a week and as a Family. It's great to see French children knowing how to behave at table. OK, I'll shut up. Stay safe. All the best to you.

@garyskinner2422

2 жыл бұрын

How was the food I'm English I love food I've taught myself to cook for the last 20 years, food from all over I haven't ever been to France but want to go to southern France just wondering what types of food did you eat I bet it was delicious.

@Andy_U

2 жыл бұрын

@@garyskinner2422 - Hiya. UK here. The food IS amazing and the best, weirdly, is when it's simple. The sauces 'make' the dishes imho. Also, I'm a sucker for seafood, so a plate of "fruits de mer" and a chilled bottle of Muscadet will do me - for Starters. Yes, I said Muscadet, boring, but I like it. It reminds me of the sea, which is strange as it comes from a river valley! I've eaten all types of French cuisine all over the country, so would take too long to list and what to list?. South of France? Bouillabaisse, of course, but also Pizza in Marseilles at a Pizzeria on the Old Harbour front run by Asians! Not an Italian in sight! Also, being the South, anything with a Sauce Provencale can't be sniffed at. How about turning off a country road in the Massif Central area to follow a handwritten sign that just said "Omelettes" and an arrow, which basically led to a log cabin in a forest clearing that only served HUGE omelettes and the 'bar' only served a 'rustic', shall we say, red wine. So fine, so simple, so cheap! Is this OK for you? I don't wish to write a Tome. But, as you cook, may I suggest 2 publications? French Regional Cooking by Anne Willan. I've had my copy 40 years. French Provincial Cooking by Elizabeth David. Does anybody still remember her? Stay safe. All the best to you.

@garyskinner2422

2 жыл бұрын

@@Andy_U Ahhh cheers Andy v kind of you, yes I absolutely love food especially seafood it's amazing, yes some of the best places to eat are rustic little places, I once had a bbq in St Lucia in the jungle it seemed like up on stilts this kind of rustic hotel was although the view the smells were amazing that was after a day of snorkeling and a helicopter ride(first time ever) which went over the petit piton and gros piton (you know your French you'll know what this is haha:) such an amazing experience, I love life I really really love food I have my entire virgin full to the rim of cooking programs, thank you for the book recommendations I have 2 billion cooking books so will order those and ty for the places to visit I will deffo give it a try and drink is all about preference if you like it you like it 😊. Cheers bud, if you ever get a chance go to the Maldives for seafood n paradise if you haven't already. Ty so much for taking the time to respond Andy and have a great day.

The french foodie thing amuses me when I remember my company's French Business Manager who used to smoke untipped french cigarettes all the way through a meal, even between mouthfulls and gulps of wine.😀

Many shops in England used to close for one hour for lunch, every day, in the 1970s and 1980s. The were only open in the morning on Wednesdays and they were closed on Sundays. That has all changed, but even now large shops are only allowed to open for six hours (or maybe seven? I'm not sure) on Sundays.

@brigidsingleton1596

Ай бұрын

From 10am to 4pm in big supermarkets like Tesco on Sundays. The local Co-op opens til 10pm on Sundays, but til 11pm the rest of the week. (London, S.E6).

I grew up in a small town in rural Shropshire, and closing for lunch only ended there in the 80's with the arrival of the big supermarket chains. Same for early closing day - all the shops used to close on Wednesday afternoon. BTW that town is/was the centre of Cheshire Cheese making and until WW2 had the biggest chese fair in the UK. I remember going into the market in the 60s & 70s and seeing loads of cheeses from all the different farms lined up for sale. Sadly most are now gone as a combination of the Milk Marketing Board, changes in food hygiene standards and farms moving away from dairy made it almost impossible for farmhouse cheeses to survive, but my personal favourite Applebys is still going strong on the same farm, athough now made by the grandchildren. 'A Cheesemongers History Of The British Isles' by Ned Palmer is an interesting read - so many old varieties of cheese are being brought back into production, and loads of new ones being created as well.

The reason English seems to borrow words from other European languages is because English is in fact a composite language. Essentially, English is a Germanic language with a ton of French vocabulary, with a bit of Latin, Greek and Celtic vocabulary mixed in. The reason for this is because of historical movements of people into the isles. Originally, the people inhabiting Britain were Celtic tribes - they spoke Celtic languages, some of which survive today (e.g. Welsh). The Romans conquered the Celts and that's where you started to get some Latin elements come into their languages, but for the most part the isles remained Celtic because there wasn't a mass movement of Romans into Britain and their languages remained largely unaffected. It was after the fall of the Roman Empire that you had mass-migration of Germanic tribes (Angles, Saxons and Jutes) into the isles who took over the area now known as 'England', wherein they conquered, displaced and mixed with the Celts that resided there. This group was called the Anglo-Saxons and they spoke the Germanic language known today as 'Old English'. Due to repeated invasions and raids by Danish Vikings around Britain, the Anglo-Saxons eventually united into one kingdom: the Kingdom of England, so they could expel and defend against the Vikings with their pooled strength. In 1066 however, French-speaking Normans from Normandy (modern day Northern France) led by William (the Conqueror) came over and conquered England and displaced its entire Anglo-Saxon nobility with a French-speaking Norman nobility. Now French was spoken at court and in government and over centuries this got subsumed into Old English, which eventually morphed into what we know today as modern English. So that's where English gets its French vocabulary. Finally, a lot of Latin and Greek vocabulary was also introduced over the course of English history via scholars and clergy who would speak and write in these languages and also use them for taxonomy in their respective philosophical, theological and, later, scientific disciplines. It's because of this unique history that the English people are a Germanic (mixed with Celtic) ethnic group who speak a weird Germanic-French hybrid language that can seemingly borrow words from languages all over Europe and have them fit right in with the existing vocabulary.

@stevejohns8753

2 ай бұрын

Streuth😊

France is a wonderful country. The problem is, that it is full of the French.

@josephturner4047

2 жыл бұрын

Same with England.

@allenwilliams1306

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephturner4047 Oh, I don't think England is full of the French, you know.

@williawilkes1036

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephturner4047 really?

@fionagregory9376

2 жыл бұрын

Correct

@TheJthom9

Жыл бұрын

The French don't deserve France

I'd be interested to see more of these, comparing the UK with other European countries as well. I think of the UK as being culturally half way between Europe and the US so your perspective is very interesting.

One thing I noticed when in France recently was the abundance of free public toilets, even in quite small towns and villages, which is very handy when touring the country by car. The number of public toilets in England seems to be declining - not very encouraging for tourists and locals alike. I was also in France on Labour Day, and expected shops to be closed. Most were, but I saw many boulangeries, brasseries and restaurants open on Labour Day morning.

France has an institution that governs the language. The UK has more varities of cheese than France, but some French cheeses are beyond 5 star, eg. Roquefore. A firm handshake at a safe distance, is still the best.

There is actually an advantage to having roads that are not too straight as keeps your mind more active rather than the monotonous straights.

Good choice of theme Kalyn! Is this a South-East thing, not hugging friends? I definitely buy into the wine and food of France, but I’ve read that your average French person eats take-aways more often Brits! France does have some amazingly beautiful cities. I’ve been to Brittany a few time and Vannes, Quimper and even Morlaix (just over the channel from Plymouth) are really well kept… oh and the parking is sooooo cheap: usually free in the city centres!

also, as you pointed out, France has really been like an Island.First off, if it was not for the french academy (they are the ones who come up with new words to fight the anglicization of the language) we would be speaking franglish. But also there have been massive efforts to dub all foreign films and tv shows, to produce french shows, to only play 40% of non-french music on the radio etc... so for me growing up in france I almost never heard english or american spoken. Which explains why most french people back in the days always mistook americans for english people or vice versa. Because we never knew there were different english accents and dialects, we just assumed english was this one and only language. Even at school we are taught buy french teachers who speak english with a french accent and we don't have time to learn all the differences and I think no one wants to take a side whether american or english. Radio would play english speaking music but then again we wouldn't be able to know whether that's english from the UK or the US/Canada/Australia etc... So the lack of access to foreign content is one thing that explained our isolation and self-centeredness. Nowadays it's very different. Many french people have traveled abroad, a lot have migrated to the US/Canada and Australia. Some have come back (because it's hard to live abroad so far away). The internet has changed everything in good or bad, you be the judge. I feel like we are now just like any country, you can buy online via Amazon, go to Ikea, eat at McDonald's, watch Netflix etc... anyone can do that nowadays.

Another great video, thank you. I just have one difference, in England I have 2 eggs for breakfast... in France I believe they only have one. It's my understanding this is because .... (wait for it)... one egg is un oeuf.

@wessexdruid7598

2 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard this joke was on the series the West Wing - no one laughed then, either...

We learnt French in school and I got an O level in it.

The on/off rivalry between England and France probably dates from 1066 with the English not happy having the Norman French in charge and the French monarchy not happy that a vassal has gone from just being a Duke to being a King

@lbailey9607

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. The kings of England and France kept interfering in each other's territories so it was not just a one way thing.

@johnw4016

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t it more to do with the descendants of William trying to retain their ancestral lands in France as they became increasingly anglicized.

@christophermichaelclarence6003

2 жыл бұрын

That's the Hundred Years War when the English claimed the crown of France

Re the kiss greeting. Lean in and see what happens? Sounds exciting.

On the note of the French trying to stop loan words getting into the language, they actually have a government department to preserve and approve new words for the language. While loan words are never used in official settings especially amongst the younger generations they are often used in casual conversation.

@glastonbury4304

2 жыл бұрын

English is a living language, French is bordering on a dead language like Latin

If you find yourself on a narrow road with grass up the middle watch out for traffic coming the other way.

i've experienced both the metro and the tube and i find the paris metro better organized than the tube.

@ajs41

2 жыл бұрын

Because it was built a lot later. The Tube is still using 1860 infrastructure in a lot of places. For instance Paddington to Farringdon on the Metropolitan Line is still operating on the original tunnels from that decade.

@circus-jf5kr

5 ай бұрын

Well - its smaller.

Very fair video as always. You are observant to distinguish between England and the other countries of the UK in their view of France. As an Englishman, I'd say that the English have the most ambivalent attitude towards France. Love/hate as someone else said. And France is a big country so one will have a range of experiences there as a visitor. A few illustrations. My home town was twinned with a town in France because a British armoured unit based in my home town during WW2 liberated that French town. When I was skiing in the Trois Vallees some years ago, where a lot of Brits holiday, I heard a Frenchman behind me explaining to his companion that his grandmother had liked the English because she had been in the Resistance during the war. French people with whom I have worked are usually very organised and also very courteous. The English/British tend be more open to practical solutions than the French, who like to get the theory worked through first (which might explain why both countries have very strong but different science cultures). Overall, France has done a better job of maintaining the regional cultures and cuisines than Britain has. Perhaps because Britain industrialised first and has about half the land area. France did not fully unite linguistically until the 19th century. That could also be a cause of the food culture in France (which spans a wider range of climate zones and so of cuisines). When my family holidayed in Brittany in the 1980s, there were still people working in the fields dressed in Breton costume. That was not just for tourists. Brittany, by the way, has some cultural links with Ireland, Wales and Cornwall so the countries are not complete opposites.

You have ignored 'Le Sandwich' and Le Weekend' for example as loan words The English language is full of French derived words. It is only courteous to learn enough of the language of the country you are visiting. It is unfortunate that English is the base language of EU so that the Europeans tend to speak more English than the Brits speak French, Flemish, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek etc. Brits now expect the locals to speak English as a result. A Dutch friend actually speaks 6 European languages fluently, which shows the Dutch emphasis on language skills. Also, its sad to note that the higher the quality of education, the more common an alternative language is taught. I always wonder what language the heads of state use to converse at their summits, which language did Macron use when speaking to Merkle? Notice that Americans generally expect everyone to speak American? In Britain the roads are bendy because traditionally they needed to wind their way around obstacles, which also occurs in France and US, it has nothing to do with cost or space per se. Go to the plains of Northern France or the English Fens and you will see straight roads for miles, move south in France to say the Auvergne or north in England to the Peak District and all the roads wind their way around hills and valleys. You are wrong about who provides the best bread and cheese. The Brits produce a huge variety of both that from my observation exceeds that in France. Our daughters have been brought up in UK as 'foodies' sic and I have seen over the years that the appreciation of food has increased in UK although it fights a hard battle with the imported fast food culture that has dumbed down much of society. I believe that in UK we have more 3* Michelin restaurants than France and you can't help noticing the plethora of food programmes broadcast. Traditionally, all shops closed for lunch, indeed the opening hours of shops was the subject of statute. It is only since the explosion of the consumer society from mid-20thC that shops opened at lunch time. The main traditional reason that shops close at lunchtime in France and Europe is to recognise that a) consumers have their own lunch to enjoy and b) during the summer months it can be simply too hot to go shopping around midday. The Brits stopped hugging and kissing when the Normans invaded as you couldn't tell whether those damn sneaky Frogs were going to stab you in the ribs!!!! Hence why the Brits prefer the handshake to show that they are not carrying any weapon to kill you.

@wessexdruid7598

2 жыл бұрын

Le parking.. Many more.

@glastonbury4304

2 жыл бұрын

sandwich was named after the earl of Sandwich and has been credited as England's greatest contribution to world gastronomy ...also France has over 5 times as many 3* Michelin Star restaurants than the UK and 3 times as many all star Michelin star restaurants than the UK...but yes we've come along way since WW2 or the Industrial Revolution where the first fast food was invented in the UK. which I believe killed off a lot of the UK's traditional dishes with fish. deer, and wild game...

@robert3987

Жыл бұрын

The sneaky Normans, which you describe as "Frogs" were actually Vikings from Normandy.

@clivewilliams3661

Жыл бұрын

@@robert3987 I appreciate that the Normans were of Viking descent as were Yorkshiremen, and Dubliners, for example. The term 'Frogs' relates to the culinary delight in France that is associated with all ethnicities irrespective of origin

@robert3987

Жыл бұрын

@@clivewilliams3661 I can't imagine someone of Arab ethnicity born in France being called a Frog.

The first legit', language in England, is french.

It's interesting too that greeting people in France with the complexities of the French language can also be super formal. (In spite of the physical informality). It seems rude to use tu instead of vous and I got caught out using Mademoiselle instead of Madame with a painful wince! How does anyone know if a woman is married or not without having to look at their ring finger all the time! It's true the French don't like to borrow foreign words, ESPECIALLY when they're from the English language, but some do slip through like le weekend! I remember when the 2004 tsumani disaster struck the French media were tying themselves in knots trying to come up with a French word. Also they even have argued over whether 'Covid' should be masculine or feminine!

@jackwalker4874

Жыл бұрын

These days it's considered normal to use "Madame" for any adult woman.

When I'm teaching people basic French language and culture before they go on a trip, my biggest piece of advice is ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS say BONJOUR! when you enter any establishment. Always. It is one of the rudest things NOT to do in France and sometimes, a shop keeper, clerk, whoever, won't even acknowledge your existence until you say BONJOUR or they will say Bonjour to you in a sarcastic tone until you finally repeat it to them. And when I leave, I always say, "Bon journée!" (Have a good day) and it almost always catches them off guard, coming from an American, and I get a nice smile and response back. But that's a bit advanced and not expected. To anyone visiting, like Kalyn said, do TRY to learn some French. 👍

@lbailey9607

2 жыл бұрын

This is good advice. Although some shops in Paris are just snooty to everyone who is not rich.

@missharry5727

2 жыл бұрын

Bon journee means much the same as have a nice day.

@annaburch3200

2 жыл бұрын

@@missharry5727 yeah. I know. That's why I say it. "Have a good day" "Have a nice day" and then they usually respond, "Bon journée a vous aussi!" with a smile.

@annaburch3200

2 жыл бұрын

@@lbailey9607 but if we try to do the right thing, at least we feel good knowing we tried. I've only had snooty reactions in Paris - no where else in France. Most French people are lovely. 😊

@euanthomas3423

2 жыл бұрын

@@missharry5727 Bonne Journee

Les bises, the practice of kissing people as a greeting in France is now somewhat contentious. First the number of kisses is a regional thing, with between 2 and 4 according to where you are. Second, many women object to the assumption that it is appropriate to greet them that way in a professional setting, despite it having been practice forever. Many have taken advantage of Covid to put a stop to that. A handshake greeting has been a default thing every single day when you see someone. When you go to work, it can take some time to ensure you shake every hand, or kiss those you know well enough.

Whats your funniest accent over here (I'm a geordie) and do you like comedy on tv ie only fools and horses and blackadder?

The closest foreign country to the UK is Ireland!!

Closing for lunch went out in the 1950's in England. There are over 800 fantastic cheeses in England. The French do not seem to understand that. We have been fighting the French for over one thousand years. The French do not like the English and visa versa.

France is very protective of its language - just recently it's banned use of english gaming jargon words in official documents in favour of more verbose french equivalents. English, on the other hand, according to the famous quote doesn't "just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." :)

As an Englishman, I have dated a few French ladies, but our culture is very different. I cannot relate to France, I prefer Germany for the similar culture. They taught me how to speak french though :)

@ajs41

2 жыл бұрын

Over the last few decades British culture has become very informal, whereas French culture has remained pretty formal - when it comes to interactions between strangers. I personally think we've become too informal here in the UK. For example I've heard my 80 year old father being addressed as "mate" by complete strangers in their teens and twenties on several occasions. As it happens he doesn't mind because he's a very laid back person who was a young man in the 1960s when that sort of thing first started being fashionable, but I bet you might get into trouble if you tried that in France or other countries.

Firstly Duolingo language courses are free. French wines are no longer the crème de la crème of wines. Other countries wines are fast catching up and some overtaking them. French food relies on lots of sauces with it. The reason being in days gone by it was to cover up poorer quality meat. Re cheese. There are more verities of cheese in the UK than France. The practice of the handshake has a meaning. In the days of swords etc. Most people were (And still are) right handed. So your sword (Weapon)would be belted on your left side. Therefore when you hold out your right hand to greet someone you are saying I come in peace as you cannot draw your weapon whilst gripping the right hand.

Are you coming back to make anymore videos? Hope you are OK. Erin

I take it - re farming here in the UK versus France - you're obviously _not_ aware of 'Diddly Squat' the _1000_acres farm owned and worked in the Cotswolds, by Jeremy Clarkson*...🤔? 😏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇬🇧🙂🖖 ( *aided extensively by Kaleb* )

Nerdy Fact: Although France is bigger than the UK, the North to South length of both countries is almost identical. They are both about 600 miles north to south...

Britain is part of Europe saying something is a British thing but not European makes no sense. There are many countries in Europe all with their own culture.

I think we stole rather than borrowed the loan words, kidnapped rather than adopted. But, much like the Elgin Marbles, the owners aren’t getting then back anytime soon.

@tonys1636

2 жыл бұрын

The Elgin Marbles were actually purchased by Lord Elgin for the Nation from the Empire that ruled Greece at the time. As for 'loan' words in English most are derived from the languages of the people that ruled parts of or all of Britain at the time. Norse, Latin (Roman) and Norman French (different to standard French). Other countries have more English words in their languages than we do of theirs.

@HowardFrance

2 жыл бұрын

@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches ok, stole a country, just found the words lying about the place and brought them home with us.

France is a wonderful country, most uk people who vacillate about France have never been there!!! Language, French was the language of the English Court until the 15th century yet it was used as a legal script until the 17th century. Personally I find that if you make an effort with any language people will help you. It is mind boggling just how many englisn people cannot even say 'Hello' in Welsh, Welsh is an official language of the uk.

I found when visiting Paris that even attempting to speak French is appreciated by the Parisiennes

As a Brit, I love France one of the best holidays I ever had. The people are charming and don't like to be associated with the Parisienne attitudes often found in Paris. A bit like the "London" isn't England thing. But I take exception at this comparison. France is very beautiful and built its infrastructure around its circumstances just like the UK and the monstrous "just for cars" road system of the USA. Yes France is lovely but not comparable to the UK or anywhere else for that matter. This laissez-faire attitude of Americans going to Europe as if it was just one place shines through here. It's one thing to compare ones own country with another, but to compare a completely foreign country with another foreign country, we'll you might as well just compare Vietnam with the UK. This video is the worse decision you ever made on your youtube channel, but after 3 weeks of no postings I miss you, and hope you return soon, pretty damn soon.

The UK has more cheeses than France. We also have the best selling cheese in the world - Cheddar. As for bread, French bread is too sweet, too much like American. I love bread, but French is ok in small doses.

@leolight5369

2 жыл бұрын

French bread similar to American bread ? Is that a joke ? And the UK may have more cheese than France but they're all very similar, the cheese variety is so much greater in France

@stevegray1308

2 жыл бұрын

@@leolight5369 I meant they are both very sweet. As for cheese, the day you find a similarly between cheddar, stilton, wensleydale and cottage I will agree with you.

@andysutcliffe3915

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, we have huge amounts of fancy cheese, but cheddar is the default

@catgladwell5684

2 жыл бұрын

@@leolight5369 Whereas the bread variety is greater in the UK.

@kevinchaplin631

2 жыл бұрын

The UK has more varieties of cheese than France, but fewer readily available in all shops. And the French are better acquainted with a wider range of their cheeses than the average person in the UK. I realise I'm talking in generalities, and there will be people in the UK who are familiar with loads

Hmmmm…..re “speaking the language…” my two girl friends and I visited Paris for a long weekend - we had a glorious times doing all the touristy bits - the Moulin Rouge, Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame etc etc and then it was time to shop for the obligatory souvenirs in the centre of Paris. Now one of my friends speaks French fluently having worked in a UK branch of a French bank, so we presumed there would be no “communications difficulties” …. 😵‍💫😵‍💫how wrong we were! Now…having travelled to many different countries, I have always made an effort to learn the language basics - yes, no, please, thank you, etc and the “locals” seem to appreciate you trying with a smile and a nod of the head…not in Paris, however! My friend, speaking in French, requesting something politely with lots of “Merci” included, to a lady shop assistant was treated to a “pffffft” a shrug of the shoulders and a walk away, a comment to her work colleague and a pointed finger at us and then completely ignored! She was just soooooo rude! We just stood there dumbfounded (and feeling petit stupide) it was one of those moments of nil rapprochement!

@clivewilliams3661

2 жыл бұрын

Parisians are VERY rude. Go to mid/southern France, and genuinely attempt to have a conversation in French, however inept you are and you will find a warm and welcoming reaction.

@davidjones332

2 жыл бұрын

Parisian waiters and shop assistants are notoriously offhand with everyone. Small town France is quite different.

I travel through France twice a year staying 4 nights on the way and have never found this fabulous French food that Francophiles tell you about I have however been shouted at by a French waiter for not speaking perfect French !!!

@josephturner4047

2 жыл бұрын

I've lived in France for seven years and never experienced any negativity.

@fincaman2

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephturner4047 For your information this is what happened We arrived on the 16/10/20 mid afternoon, there is plenty of free parking and the hotel looked very attractive. The receptionist was very friendly and helpful, we went to our room and were very pleased as it had lots of little touches like chocolates on each of the upturned drinking glasses. We went straight down to the outside covered bar, I ordered some drinks from a young waiter who was very friendly and I was glad he understood my French as my languages are English, Spanish and Italian we then went to our room for a rest. We came down to eat a little early for the table we had booked, so we sat in a small lounge area next to the restaurant and asked for a menu. This is where things went wrong. We asked a waiter (a tall young man who wore his hair in a bun and had black and white trainers on) to help us with the menu as there were a couple of dishes we didn’t understand. He shouted from ten meters away “You’re in France you should speak French”. Eventually he got the receptionist to help us and, once again she was very friendly and helpful. We went in for dinner and were dismayed to find that the same young man was serving us. We were subjected to a mixture of sarcastic and racist comments all evening with, “in France you should speak French” featuring often. We finished our meal which was excellent and left to go to our room. My partner Lynn, (a 73 year old pensioner) said she’d forgotten something and went back, to the restaurant. In fact she went to tell the waiter that he’d been very rude after which she turned and walked away. He chased her shouting racial abuse. She had to turn round and put her arm out to restrain him. She didn’t tell me about this until we left the hotel the following day. Breakfast was very good offering all the usual plus bacon egg and sausage there was a delightful lady helping who rushed over and offered us a teapot to make tea. We went to checkout to find the waiter had put something we hadn’t had on the bill, the new receptionist was very helpful and deleted it. I wouldn’t hesitate to go back to this hotel as I feel it should be rated 4 star and everything but the rude waiter was wonderful.

What has happened to my favourite vlogger? I have missed your constant chat, sorry for throwing my dummy out of the pram, but I feel a little bereft.

As a UK citizen you really do need to learn that the Union flag representatives the nations of the Uk. It is NOT the flag of England. It is insulting to British people who are Scots, Irish and Welsh but are not English. Please stop referring to English as synonymous with British

@paulthompson6612

2 жыл бұрын

The Welsh are not represented on the union flag. Doubt they would want to be after Edward 1st and of course having a great national flag of their own.

@fraggit

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm, where is the Welsh representation on the union flag then 🤔 Cut the girl some slack fella, the English are the most abundant in Britain, and the other nations predominantly speak our language. You can't blame them for getting it wrong. I'll take a guess and say you're Scottish ;)

@ajs41

2 жыл бұрын

I'm English and if someone accidentally thought I was Scottish, Welsh or Irish, or thought my flag was the Scottish, Welsh or Irish flags, I wouldn't be insulted, because it was an accident. So - why are some Scottish, Welsh and Irish people so offended if someone accidentally thinks they're English, or mixes up the flags accidentally?

@scottjustice8543

2 жыл бұрын

??? She was taking care to define the English relationship with France without speaking for the other home nations with which she is less familiar.

Our bitter rivalry SHOWS in our history & every time there is a strike in France with the UK grinding to a halt. Most English will see the French as arrogant, but also they get stick because of the lack of resistance they put up in WWII (not taking away from the resistance fighters in France who had the stomach to fight back).

@wessexdruid7598

2 жыл бұрын

The French Resistance spent much more time fighting each other than the Germans - for power, after the war.

definitely prefer London over Paris and British cheese and bread over French, however I love French seafood more than British seafood...

@catgladwell5684

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds better if you call it fruits of the sea.

@glastonbury4304

2 жыл бұрын

@@catgladwell5684 ...😋😋😋💕

@colinearnshaw7725

2 жыл бұрын

In northern France most of the shellfish is imported from the UK...

@glastonbury4304

2 жыл бұрын

@@colinearnshaw7725 used to be, but Boris the Muppet now has let the French fish in our waters and being out of the EU we can't sell to France...well done Brexiteers 🤷🤦🤦

Ona day trip to France organised by my mates after 25 years working for Her Majesty (no clock) we went into one of those side street bars. They did not know what rom or rum was but found an ancient dirty bottle that needed steps to retrieve. It tasted rather weak but OK. The point is how can a country that thinks it's civilised not drink rum ? Never mention Trafalgar or Waterloo, thet get all upset. Bit OTT on that lady who didn't know British cheeses, I do and many others. US Cheddar is not Cheddar, God knows what it is. Very week, like your mustard. Here endeth the third lesson - Amen

Pardon? This is the first of your very enjoyable videos with which I take umbridge. I speak, read, and write French and first visited the country in 1958, and lived in Montréal for six years. For cheese, France certainly leads in softer cheeses, but there are dozens of harder English cheeses which equal or better their French counterparts, and Stilton remains the king of blue cheeses. As for loan words, As-tu oublié: le selfie, le hashtag, le blog, l'after-shave, le parking, le weekend (though it's le fin de semain in Québec), l'email, le sandwich, le shampooing, le bulldozer, le penalty, le goal, le punch line, le dealer, okay, happy hour, un brainstorming, football, rugby, le brunch, basketball, le smoking (a smoking jacket), un briefing, un debrief, un kidnapper (in French specifically of a child), en streaming, en live, un bug, le hacker, foods such as cookie, hamburger, hot dog, brownie, muffin, also un dress-code. In addition, I could list dozens of loan words from German, Italian, Spanish, and even a few from Dutch and Asian languages, all used in everyday French. On alcohol consumption, while France clearly drinks more wine than the UK, the 2020 statistics for the UK showed 47 percent of those over 16 drink wine at least weekly, compared to 45 percent who drink beer, and 35 percent of over 18s who drink spirits or fortified wines.

English is best.

I am protective of English. French swear word ...zut alors.

The reason the French are so protective of the language is the French language is a dying language

If the French don't understand English, you need to raise your voice, and they'll understand.

Britain has 750 types of cheese.

I learnt French in school from age cinq - seize and have been to France multiple times, skiing mostly. We must rendezvous in a cafe one day. Adieu.

french malls don't close for lunch, and I think in France in general (not spekaing for urban areas) you have to plan a bit more what you're gonna need for the coming week and where you should go and buy those stuff. It's not like the US 24/7 walmart, CVS or Rite Aid. You can find some small "epiceries" that open 24/7 in some cities tho. The hugs and kisses is a thing of the past among newer generations (because of them having gone through the fearmongering school system, where they would be kicked out for removing their masks in some instances), so I think France in a few years will not be the France we have known. A lot of borrowed words, espcially english of course, thanks to Netflix, online video games, tik tok etc... The France of Louis De Funès and all the clichés will soon be a thing of the past and will become another globalized country. It's already well on its way. I can now do all my paperwork online, banking is online, job applications online etc...also drug usage is skyrocketing and drug strongholds are in almot every cities

As you are sitting on the floor of your bedroom, I assume your back is playing up again.🤕

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your concern for my back!!! Luckily, my back is A-okay! I am on the floor of a friend's guest bedroom and the main light made it too yellow so I am using natural light and needed to sit near the window!

USA z& Mexico way closer than England & France or indeed any of Europe.

France means a lot to the southern English, not so much to the northern English, I won’t be going there anytime soon.

Hi dear, I really enjoy your videos. I don't know why you do it as you must get so much ****. 😊 Anyway, you're absolutely beautiful and I love your videos.

One of the great and very annoying mysteries of life is why Americans have such tremendous difficulty understanding that England is not the name one of the names of Britain but merely the name of one of the constituent countries of the U.K. I once caused great confusion online when I told Americans I was friendly with that I was British but NOT English. They were utterly baffled by this it seemed to be completely beyond their comprehension. To them being British is a synonym(another word for) English. I should point of out that I am a Scot and very sensitive to being thought English.

The language...I found that the French in Paris liked it when you at least tried to express yourself in French. For my part I had the added advantage of not being British or American...The French liked us Aussies(even if recent events may have cooled that a bit?) As for cheeses you can't really compare as they produce different styles...The Brits don't do soft cheeses but the French don't do the many types they have in England, Caerphilly, Wendsleydale, Red Leicester, Double Gloucester etc etc...

@markcaporn9789

2 жыл бұрын

Being an Aussie I found the French welcoming when they found we weren’t English or American. I suspect not so much anymore. Thanks Scomo!

@charlestaylor9424

2 жыл бұрын

The British do make soft cheeses. Crowdie, caboc, Cornish blue and Shropshire blue to name the first ones that come to mind.

The difference between Engand and France is England used to be full of 'Rostbeauf's' and France was full of 'Frog's' Not so true for either these days. England was a nation of shopkeepers and France a nation of onion sellers. Old stereotypes that are only just becoming extinct. The British lack of speaking other languages is our latent island mentality, as an island we are not in direct contact with neighbouring countries and languages so no need to learn them.

The French love food, the English love eating

At the very least get the flags right if you want an ounce of credibility, that is NOT the English flag

One of the main differences is that the French are still pretty formal when dealing with strangers, whereas in the UK, over the last few decades, most people have attempted to copy the American attitude of being very informal in almost all situations. Personally I think it's gone too far in the UK: for instance my 80 year old father sometimes gets addressed as "mate" by total strangers in places like cafes and pubs. As it happens, he doesn't mind, since he was a young man in the 1960s when that sort of thing first started. You'd probably get into trouble if you tried the same thing in a country like France.

French are quite good at losing wars 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😂.

@jp-um2fr

2 жыл бұрын

Sunburned armpits.

@stevegray1308

2 жыл бұрын

@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches I did, that's why I know.

@Cifans

2 жыл бұрын

Actually they have won more than any other country in the world

@stevegray1308

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cifans Only because they are hated by so many countries and fought people like Italy, who we don't even count 😁

The ad's are tedious,..,...,.,so boring ,.,...,

France is great just full of French people

To be fair, we in the uk, think the Americans butcher the language.

@catgladwell5684

2 жыл бұрын

Not all of us.

I don't think the French and the Brits hate each other. They respect and secretly admire each other. It's sort of a love-hate relationship, and it goes back to the historical rivalry between the 2 countries. One big difference is that the Brits are more proud as a nation, they're more united.

@peterlloyd8313

2 жыл бұрын

NO, THEY DO HATE EACH OTHER.FROM THE GOVERNMENTS DOWN. AS NELSON SAID TO HIS MIDSHIPMEN " YOU MUST ALWAYS TREAT A FRENCHMAN AS YOU WOULD THE DEVIL ".

@kevinchaplin631

2 жыл бұрын

I was told in France the difference is both the British and the French are arrogant, but the Britiah know they are, while the French don't

Hi Kalyn, I'm very worried we all appear to be in your bedroom with you! 😲 Call me an old fart but usually like being asked first! 😉

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

2 жыл бұрын

It's a guest room of a friend's house, haha!

Commenting not to be negative but for accuracy At the beginning of your video you say France is the closest country to the UK in continental Europe. Have you made that classic mistake of interchanging England and UK or forgotten we share a land border with the Republic of Ireland? France is the closest European country to England but not the UK unless you are only considering countries in mainland Europe.

@catgladwell5684

2 жыл бұрын

The RofI is not in continental Europe.

@kevinchaplin631

2 жыл бұрын

We have a land border with France, too. Halfway through the Channel Tunnel

I find the French a bit arrogant.

Hot topic this!!!, I love France and the French way of life, but often despise their politics (I'm sure the reverse is true lol) My greatest envy of the French is their sense of greatness, that is, celebrating what they are good at. All too often in the UK we are talked down by our own political masters, whereas the French celebrate "Frenchness", Finally their sense of position in the world. So many international bodies are centred in France for the simple reason, they had the foresight to set up an international governing body. It's probably for these reasons we love putting them down! Edit and as someone below said... it's full of effing French! :)

Don't like French since Napoleon was around.

@stevejohns8753

2 ай бұрын

WTF

England 🙄 see this is what I'm talking about 😡

Kalyn ...you might have a space cadet hacking you with a WhatsApp number on your vlogs

It's the UK. The UK vs France. My pet hate is US Americans saying England only. Oh and great videos. Please in future stop saying England only when in this context it would be UK! Sorry but I almost had to dislike the video. Close.

I disagree that you don't think Americans are foodies. I genuinely think the food America is better than most of Europe, as soon as you get away from the fast food city centres that is.

England VS France, TIP. DO NOT GO THERE