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Posted: Sun Jul 16th, 2006 11:50 pm |
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| as brits in france,do you think that the french totaly welcome you into there social way of life.e.g. the normal ever -day event Last edited on Mon Jul 17th, 2006 09:08 pm by
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Posted: Mon Jul 17th, 2006 01:07 pm |
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t wrote: as brits in french do you think that the french totaly welcome you into there social way of life.e.g. the normal ever -day event
Sorry, could you re-write your question in English?
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Posted: Thu Jul 20th, 2006 01:55 pm |
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Before this post deteriorates any further, a sensible answer would be that yes, French people do welcome us into their social way of life and their normal every-day events but we do have to make the effort, learn to speak a good standard of French and not be stereotypically reserved British outsiders with our need to bring all things British with us.
Just try to imagine how you would feel if you lived in UK and large numbers of French people came to live in your village, bought up all your houses and took your favourite place at the bar (and then made you speak French all the time)!
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Posted: Thu Jul 20th, 2006 02:33 pm |
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Well said - there should be a law saying if you have no basic understanding of French after say - three years - deportation is mandatory!!!!!!!
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Posted: Thu Jul 20th, 2006 06:11 pm |
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Steven wrote: Well said - there should be a law saying if you have no basic understanding of French after say - three years - deportation is mandatory!!!!!!!
Steve.
Oh, yes, please!!!! I wish, I wish!!! I hate the embarrassing situations that so many of my fellow country people put me in! Especially when they are being loud mouthed with their ill behaved children in Markets!!!!! Makes me cringe; it must be very hard for the french to accept us under those circumstances! It's not often that you see french kids misbehaving in restaurants - keep a look out.
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Posted: Fri Jul 21st, 2006 12:07 pm |
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Yes
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Posted: Tue Aug 15th, 2006 10:24 pm |
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| We've just arrived home to a very wet England after three glorious weeks in our new house in Lot et Garonne, 10 mins from Eymet. Our neighbours have bent over backwards to ensure that we were introduced to as many neighbours as possible, took us to the local comice in Lauzun, invited us to the medieval feast and concert in St Columb complete with torchlight procession to the new house of Monsieur le maire, and invited the gentleman himself to dinner to meet us and give tacit approval to some of the plans we have for the house and barn. I've been taken to buy melons, been given fresh eggs and fruit daily, had more invitations to lunch and dinner au famille and the first night B@B while we went buying beds, white goods etc. I could ramble on forever but won't bore you further. The point I'm making I suppose is that the French do want to include you if you want to make the effort to integrate. My husband speaks no French and I'm rapidly brushing up on my schoolgirl lessons and determined to do better! My husband has fixed Madame's Patio Door, done some odd jobs around her house and is enthusiastic about her cooking. Can't wait to get back in October!
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Posted: Tue Aug 15th, 2006 10:54 pm |
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Can't wait to get back in October!
Well until then - you keep busy at those textbooks!!!!!
Glad you had such a wonderful time.
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Posted: Wed Dec 5th, 2007 02:35 pm |
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OK most of you read my summer entry (with some amusement I hope) regarding the Brits insistence on wearing socks with shorts and sandals.
Well here we are in the winter and the Brits are doing it again - please if you have dark tousers/dark shoes don't wear WHITE SOCKS - it looks awful. I will be now accompanied by a jar of black spray paint on all my forays - if you are caught white socked you will be be sprayed!!
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PS: Just caught my mother and sprayed her!!
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Posted: Wed Dec 5th, 2007 03:38 pm |
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When we lived in Saudi in the eighties, the religious police did just that. They carried two cans of spray paint, one black (for white folks) and one white (for darker folks). 'Shameful parts' - i.e. arms above the wrist or legs above the ankles, were liberally sprayed. Exposed heads on women were hissed at in country areas (not in the towns). Women were not allowed to eat in public (restaurants or elsewhere) or drive, or travel in a car with anyone other than their husband or male relative. So no taxis either.
While I agree whole heartedly about white socks with anything other than trainers - one of the rules at my husband's place of work was that they must wear socks and shoes. So no sandals with white socks 
My pet hate is cargo trousers/shorts - and what about vests? And very large people in tight clothes. And - well actually I'd better stop now before the rant proper gets underway. I could go on......
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Posted: Wed Dec 5th, 2007 04:01 pm |
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Let he who is free of sin cast the first stone.
Live and let live.
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Posted: Wed Dec 5th, 2007 04:46 pm |
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I'm not passing your place anymore you've got too many stones to throw.
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Posted: Wed Dec 5th, 2007 05:19 pm |
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Yes and they are all nice and square and if you get enough of them
you'll have a lovely floor!
But be rest assured, I'll never be throwing any, not with my past life???
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Posted: Fri Dec 7th, 2007 02:49 pm |
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Why do you hate cargo trousers?
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Posted: Sat Dec 8th, 2007 02:57 pm |
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Short answer - well, probably because I'm an old fogey. They are ok (I suppose) in the right place but they make people look as wide as they are high. Pas de style!
Long answer - until recently I used to manage a team of ~ 30 software developers. All men (well, boys really, but then again I'm an o.f. - see above)) The company insisted on a dress code, no jeans or trainers and only shirts with collars. (polo shirts ok) Developers are a scruffy bunch and they insisted cargo trousers were not jeans (I KNOW they aren't BUT....) Plus they really loved winding me (anyone) up. When do shorts become trousers? Above the knee? What if they are really trousers but have zips, drawstrings etc. to shorten them? Now, I was very fond of all of them and they worked their socks off for me but they could spot an achilles heel a mile off and this is why I HATE CARGO TROUSERS.
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