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I did a good job of faking enthousiasm for Jacques Brel 😂

Jesus nuts….and you have French nationality. 😂 The test is not that stringent then 😀

Where do I start? The 85% crap TV, awful comedies or tele reality, transmitting episodes of series in the wrong order, thank god for Arte! The lack of courtesy on the roads, step boldly onto that zebra crossing, ignore those glued to your bumper. The obsession with la rentrée. Christmas decorations that stay up until Spring. No plates for breakfast! But really they are only small annoyances, which I accept with (I hope) grace, as this is my chosen country, where for me the good outweighs the bad. And anywhere else may well be the same, with just as many dislikeys.

i expect the Dutch feel the same when we keep referring to their country as Holland!

I would say the insularity of the French, at least down here in the south. They tend to view ‘Angleterre’ as being akin to Mars. When asked how are you getting back to Mars, you say from a Channel port such as Caen or Roscoff and the eyes cloud over ! And there’s absolutely zero understanding of the England + Scotland + Wales = Gt Britain situation ....... and then add NI and you get the United Kingdom !!! Mark you, most Brits couldn’t explain that either. For most of the French, its all ‘Angleterre’ and who can blame them for that? Actually, none of the above does anything more than amuse rather than annoy me.