[Clave]

The BNP pretty much want to expel everyone from the UK.

Here is an example of their intellectual prowess:

http://incadenza.typepad.com/

[Blaise Russel]

I agree with the BNP.

Anglo-Saxon bastards should get off my bloody lawn.

[.::Tin Can::.]

Thrilla, you're not the only one who thinks Spanish is hard to learn. And I'm in the same situation as you: a lot of people are me are Mexicans, so I hear it a lot but cannot speak it fluently. Plus, Spanish itself is a very, how should I say, exigente language.

I plan to cut the Spanish in my Junior year to learn German.

[Stunaep]

Originally posted by .::Tin Can::.
Some neighbors of mine recently took a vacation to two countries:

Britain and France

When they arrived at Britain, they were friendly greeted and treated as guests. They said the Brittish were very friendly people, hospitable, and just downright funny. When they mentioned they were going to France, some Brittish guy went "French, pewy" and made a spitting movement. (Or he actually spat)

So my neighbors leave Britain and move on to France, so when they get off the plane they obviously have to find some means of transportation to a hotel, and arrive there at night. The clerk is snobbish and gives them a room. The next day, they wake up for lunch at a French cafe', and so leave and head to a French Resturaunt. When they get there, the waiter, although knowing English, did not speak it. So, they ended up getting some unpleasent food, and therefor ate at McDonnals for the rest of their trip. Always a helpful McDonnals nearby!

My neighbors are not very opinionated on politics or ethnicity. They dont care if you are French, German, Spanish, Italian, whatever. Everyone is a person. But this little run-in with French people only strengthened my opinion.

And if you were to speak french to the british waiters, I suppose they'd be as hospitable and funny as they were then?

Frankly, I, as a person who does speak french, have come to the conclusion that

a) there are actually an incredibly large number of french, who don't speak english.

B) they are the most hospitable, funniest, and coolest types to hang around with.  Provided you speak french.

Go figure.

[edit] and we have americans and english telling that french are arrogant. Americans and brits.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Stunaep

[edit] and we have americans and english telling that french are arrogant. Americans and brits.

Oi!  I'll have you know that the Scots are some of the least arrogant people in existence (after all, look at our football team - how the hell could we be arrogant about that?!)

[mitac]

Originally posted by kasperl
French is do-able when you're talking about reading and perhaps a slight bit of speaking. German is easy enough to read, and quite easy to understand when spoken to you. As a Dutchman, I can always brable away in Dutch with a German accent and be half-right.

That might work in some places in Germany, but not in most. The rhine land - no problem there, since the local accent shows a lot of similiarities to dutch. It occured to me that I barely understood a bavarian, one of those true leather-pants-guys who can take 3 liters of beer without any symptons of alcohol. Actually, one of my neighbours comes from down there; I imagine that's how stone age folks communicated.
As for french, it's a mess when you talking to a native speaker. It's incredible how fast they can talk. But I guess that goes for most people speaking a language you barely know.

Originally posted by aldo_14
(after all, look at our football team - how the hell could we be arrogant about that?!)

Sorry, but: . Be happy you got rid of Berti.

Edit :

Originally posted by Kazan
PST: the official language of the united states was almost german once upon a time

Sorry, Kazan, but that's not exactly true. Take a look here .

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by mitac

Sorry, but: . Be happy you got rid of Berti.

Shame it was about 2 years too late.......... that man made Ally McLeod look a tactical genius.

[Gank]

Originally posted by mitac
one of those true leather-pants-guys who can take 3 liters of beer without any symptons of alcohol.  

Thats a pretty small amount over here, or is it all at once?

[.::Tin Can::.]

Originally posted by Stunaep


And if you were to speak french to the british waiters, I suppose they'd be as hospitable and funny as they were then?

Frankly, I, as a person who does speak french, have come to the conclusion that

a) there are actually an incredibly large number of french, who don't speak english.

B) they are the most hospitable, funniest, and coolest types to hang around with.  Provided you speak french.

Go figure.

[edit] and we have americans and english telling that french are arrogant. Americans and brits.

You never know if you were French and went to Britain. I guess you need to find a French person to go to Britain and order something in French. Sure, they might say "huh", but if you are told "Yes, your meal comes in English" then you should expect nothing less than a waiter that speaks English...

And an0n would disagree: there are a lot of French who know English, he says.

[Genryu]

And since when an0n is French, pray tell ? Beleive me, I've been in and out of the country enough times to get a factual opinion on how French do outside and inside the country in their use of english. And frankly, the general level is really low. Enough to get by in another country, but don't ask them to follow a discussion between two natives. But, as I said, they know enough to get by, which is what is often the problem with american (brits often had to know the language due to the closeness of the two countries).
And, as Stunaep said, 'God Bless' America telling another country they're arrogant remind me a little of a little trinket in the Bible...

[mitac]

Originally posted by Gank

Thats a pretty small amount over here, or is it all at once?

That depends on the beer. There is beer with more or less alcohol, and more or less impact. The bavarian white beer is rather strong.

Edit : apart from that, I consider three liters of ANY beer a large amount. Well, at least if it's not alcohol-free crap.

[Grey Wolf]

an0n is British, but as that's just across the Channel, he probably knows more than people such as myself, who have a few hundred miles in between.  As for "God Bless America", tell me France doesn't have any stupid nationalistic expressions while keeping a straight face.

[Nico]

"looks at thread"
Aren't we bad people
Might I say one thing, Tin can: weither he's french, italian, german or US, a dick is a dick. Your friends met a dick. If they decide we all are like him, well, I'm surprised they didn't get along well. Coz obviously your friends are dicks too.

[Ford Prefect]

[.::Tin Can::.]

I never said they were my friends. They are my neighbors, who are the friends of my parents, but just aquaintences to me. But it simply wasnt just the waiter who acted like a dick in general. Most of the French people they met just didn't like the fact that they were Americans, put simply.

But, case in point, a lot of people seem to be missing the fact that, regardless if the popualation KNOWS English, they were told the people in the resturaunt serving them would speak it.

[Nico]

So they lied? Mean people, they don't like the ones who hate us the most, who keep bitting our balls, and, to a lower scale, don't stop starting threads about how the french are such arrogant bastards, even in a game forum, just to show that their neighbours don't like us. Really, I don't understand, shame on us all for that heresy. At least they seem to have gotten past the airport w/o much trouble, those happy neighbours. Can't say the same for french people going to the States lately, might I had if it wasn't such a one-sided and arrogant view on the situation.
I'll go spank myself for having a tainted blue blood, now.

Why do I come back once a month, and ALWAYS stumble on such a thread. Up till now, I didn't come back much coz I couldn't really do otherwise, but now I will keep it that way coz I seriously start to hate HLP. Sorry for the modos, but HLP is not what t used to be. Nowadays, the mentality here just sucks.

[Genryu]

'Nuff said

[Grey Wolf]

And this is why Insulting Cultures != Good. Alienating original members of the community is not a good thing, people....

[.::Tin Can::.]

Yes, we're all allowed the portray half the American population uneducated for electing Bush (kindly pointed out by Kazan) and also constantly stabbing our president in the face with any comment they can pick up off the internet or the news like CNN, but god forbid I, in any way, bash the French for anything whatsoever, especially based of real-life experiences. Mercy me.

[Ford Prefect]

But the French have Ibert, Ravel, and Debussy, among others. Who do we have besides Cole Porter? (And he even had a house in France.)

Elvis? Gimme a break.