chickledupickle Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I am sure I read in a Living France magazine a long time ago a recommendation for a book that was written about the English from a French point of view and subsequently gave an interesting and funny insight into the French way of life. Does this ring any bells with anyone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Could that be "1000 Years of Annoying the French" by Stephen Clarke? (Black Swan, £8.99) If not, it certainly highlights some of the perceptions that French people have of the English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickledupickle Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Thanks loads, will have a look into it x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickledupickle Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Hi, again, no its not "1000 years of annoying the french", it was definitely more about how the english behave from a french perspective, rather than a french/anglo history. Oh well, I will keep searching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Could it be this one?http://william-tootill.info/2008/06/12/pourquoi-les-francais-naiment-pas-les-anglais/ http://www.equipier.com/voyageur/angleterre/anglais-vus-par-les-francais.php [geek] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suej Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 It may the book which was written by a rather witty young french woman journalist who was working in London. I heard her interveiwed on Radio 4 once too. I think it was written in french for the french market and then an English version appeared later. 'Twas funny, acid sharp, well observed...........The only problem is at the moment I've got an absolute blank and can't recall her name! My copy of the book is out on loan and I can't even remember who I've lent it to!I'm going off to potter in the garden and no doubt when I'm not thinking about it the name will comme back to me - maybe.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiddles Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Is it this one? Touche: A French Woman's Take on the English by Agnes Catherine PoirierI haven't read it, but I'm going to get a sample sent to my Kindle to see what I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Is it this one ?http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dossier-How-Survive-English/dp/0719568471/ref=wl_mb_hu_m_3_dp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 [quote user="Tiddles"]Is it this one? Touche: A French Woman's Take on the English by Agnes Catherine PoirierI haven't read it, but I'm going to get a sample sent to my Kindle to see what I think![/quote]Married to an englishman, blogs and does stuff for the guardian. All a bit pseudo and contrived.Try this for example, a gallic slap at "A" not levels.http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/16/baccalaureate-a-levels-royal-societyAggie is quite good looking, so do please read the plentiful comments from her predominantly male fan club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Saw something about her on here a couple of weeks ago and looked her up and unfortunately read some of her stuff.I would never ever read another word by that woman. I have no idea as to how she ended up with the job she has, but she writes utter rubbish, IMO naturallement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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