Re:The Dalian french community 6 Months, 1 Week ago
Hey goldman love the picture eh! Olivier we all know about French patriotism. Many parts of France you go to and even if they know English they won't speak it. Britanny and Normandy are ok but as you get down near the Loire Valley and come back up through the NW coast no! In the main British people are recently very well travelled and are into learning languages eg I learnt Arabic in just over a year. So I beg to differ
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Re:The Dalian french community 6 Months, 1 Week ago
rickus4 wrote:
QUOTE: (...)we all know about French patriotism.(...)
(...) I learnt Arabic in just over a year.(...)
It is true that the French are usually considered arrogant (especially by the Anglo Saxons)...
The last time the French stood up was during the revolution, 219 years ago...
I believe that part of the "arrogance" perceptible nowadays, has its roots in the collective reaction to being put on our knees and have our heads cut off - we will not let it happen again...
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I find French expatriates to be of better company than the ones that don't travel... but that is the case for most nationalities; I agree that the Brits are usually well traveled and RickUs4, I commend you for your efforts to learn foreign languages.
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Re:The Dalian french community 6 Months, 1 Week ago
French patriotism...
we just support our football team (the best of the world)..no more.
"even if they know English they won't speak it"
really??
"It is true that the French are usually considered arrogant (especially by the Anglo Saxons)..."
Parisian are probably the most arrogant people of the world...
other part of France not sure, and french xpat, usually as say Goldman are "better company"
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Re:The Dalian french community 6 Months, 1 Week ago
Most expats outside of their own country are pretty good people because they mix with others that maybe they would never mix with in their own community. It makes us a more ameniable animal to be a bit more adaptable and acceptable which is the game to play if we want to fit in.
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Re:The Dalian french community 6 Months, 1 Week ago
Not all the parisian.
People who lives in Versailles are so arrogant, maybe more than parisian.
I lived there for a long time , and it's different than before . Olivier wrote:
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Parisian are probably the most arrogant people of the world...
other part of France not sure, and french xpat, usually as say Goldman are "better company"
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