Chiefluvvie Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Steady Sprogster - you may be accused of being patronising by a Forum Moderator.....we'll see shall we....:-)Chiefluvvie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 It ain't what you say, it's the way that you say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 [quote user="Sprogster"]Chiefluvvie is absolutely correct, in that the acknowledgements used when French people meet strangers are not endearing but a formality they are taught as a child, in the same way Americans say have a good day. So whilst we Brits might find them endearing in fact they a taught way to greet and say goodbye, that the French use automatically without thinking.[/quote]Well surely that's good manners? I don't see anything wrong with that, whats wrong with a polite formality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Well, the French do corruption better than the Brits as they are 24th in the national corruption table and the Britties are only 17th! The Danes take the gold medal for national goodness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 "Well surely that's good manners? I don't see anything wrong with that, whats wrong with a polite formality?"However insincere for me it's better than this equally insincere example from this morning.In a local shop - put my purchases on the counter.Callow youth: Y'aright ?"Me: Yes, thank you.I paid for my things and left to "See ya".The young man was perfectly pleasant; I just prefer the more formal version.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Benefits, such as free bus passes, prescriptions, and support for fuel payments are more logically targetted in France, being on the basis of need not age.French cultural achievement in the classic Arts is still a source of pride.Knowledge is more highly valued in French education.Retired people in France continue to contribute to the Social Security system.Waiters are not regarded as inferiors, and won't let you forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Picnic areas along main roads/autoroutes, better than simple lay-bys, and there are plenty of them.The spaciousness of France and and in general its lack of "sheer weight of traffic" on roads. Family Sunday traditions.Free parking in many towns.Vive la difference, (or les differences)[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 [quote user="Frecossais"]Vive la difference, (or les differences)[;-)] [/quote]Mais non, Frecossais. For the plural, it would have to be "vivent les differences", n'est-ce pas?Either I'm showing off or being unbearable......[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefluvvie Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Shrug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyboop Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 DiversionsThey have always worked for us, unlike UK, where you get one sign then they stop. WTFAIGVergesLovely cut grass verges, unlike UK, left for wildlife, why would they want to live next to a road??Street LightsOur hamlet has lights on all night, unlike UK, they go off from midnight - 5.30am and we live in a town.Will probably think of some more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Litter: whether a town or the countryside, people just don't seem to dump it as in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefluvvie Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 No McDonalds near you then Gardian.....Chiefluvvie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 The French don't seem to close the motorway for hours because of an accident, in the UK it seems that every accident is a 'crime scene' worthy of CSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiefluvvie Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 .....bland food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 OK, so I used to live in the 'other' France. We had plenty of traffic jams. People would happily chuck rubbish out of their car windows and another bug bear, empty their ash trays out of the window, when say waiting in traffic. Yes, the usual bonjours, monsieur-dames etc, but could easily precede pushing in, in a queue. Bland food, I agree, my neighbours in France would eat bland food most evenings. Usual fayre was a plate of 'dry' pasta or rice. I need something with or on such foods, especially when there is a morcel of bread in the other hand to accompany it. The starter being a salade verte........ which is, after all, just lettuce, but that would have a dressing. Followed by a yoghurt, or maybe some cheese. Healthy, perhaps. Boring and bland, most certainly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 [quote user="sweet 17"][quote user="Frecossais"]Vive la difference, (or les differences)[;-)] [/quote]Mais non, Frecossais. For the plural, it would have to be "vivent les differences", n'est-ce pas?Either I'm showing off or being unbearable......[:-))][/quote]I never was very good at "agreements" and stand corrected SW17. Please feel free to show off.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frecossais Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 [quote user="sweet 17"][quote user="Frecossais"]Vive la difference, (or les differences)[;-)] [/quote]Mais non, Frecossais. For the plural, it would have to be "vivent les differences", n'est-ce pas?Either I'm showing off or being unbearable......[:-))][/quote]I never was very good at "agreements" and stand corrected SW17. Please feel free to show off.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericd Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Ok guys, this thread has gone on long enough........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 [quote user="ericd"]Ok guys, this thread has gone on long enough........[/quote] Oh no it hasn't!!!!!! [:P][:D][:P][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 [quote user="NickP"][quote user="ericd"]Ok guys, this thread has gone on long enough........[/quote] Oh no it hasn't!!!!!! [:P][:D][:P][:D][/quote]Oh Yes it has![:D][:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Er......it's BEHIND you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Is it too late to add some more?Seemingly effortless "smart casual" dressing.Proper hairstyles.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericd Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 [quote user="Loiseau"] Seemingly effortless Proper hairstyles. Angela[/quote]No 2 1/2 all round ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 They are quite good at moving to England [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Things the French do better than us...............pointless bureaucracy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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