Anyone been to Germany? Worth going?
You're right, diymirage. France is full of jerks. Even in the highest spheres of government. :rolleyes:
But, the jerk is universal. I've seen a lot of them all around the world, and I visited four continents
Please, excuse me for my clumsy english, but as you can see, I try to write in english. Are you able to correctly line up three words in French?
I think that Troy (CFD244), the "canuck", is able to.
The jerk is not always the one you think
Without rancor, buddy
Francois
well, i took two years of french in high school but my attitude towards schooling wasnt the best, and to be honest, my french teacher was, can you guess?
yep, a jerk
(une grande jerk, to be exact)
so and since this was two decades ago, and i have since picked up quite a bit of spanish (which, as you know is also a romantic language, all but one french word had been lost from my memory
what is that one remaining word you as?
Oublier
true story, and therefor all the more funny (though i am sure the humor was lost to most of our members here.
now, you mention that you attempt to speak english on this forum, and off course i applaud that, but do not presume that means english is my native tongue, it is not.
now, to address the elephant in the room, i do not mean to say that you, as a singular frenchman are a jerk
but i will say that the french, as a people, have a reputation for being jerks, not being accommodating to tourist and being very nationalistic
just one bit of anecdotal evidence, when me and my wife were first dating, she had also learned french in highschool, and she wanted to try her hand at conversational french with some native speakers
so as a gung ho boyfriend i loaded up my old opel and took her for a long weekend to paris
the trip was awesome
the interaction with the locals was not
they were, in our estimation, jerks
so the next time we went to the french speaking part of belgium, and you know what?
she loved it, the people were just so much warmer
so, based on my experience, the french have a deserved reputation, but then again, to the best of my knowledge, i never met you, did i, mon ami?
I was stationed in Brussels and southern Holland in the 78 to 82 period. During that time we had at least 5 visits from family groups and everyone had a blast. People are still talking about those visits and claiming they were one of the highlights of their life. Go with an open mind and you will have a blast!!
wheres about in the Netherlands were you stationed?