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Difference between a French and a Brit? Brit is a warm German and French is a cold Italian. There!
Spot on
You made me ( an Italian ) laugh 😂
You made me (a German) cry 😢
Said differently and talking about languages: french is the most germanic latin language and english the most latin germanic language...
@@burisha2351 Well actually Romansh is the most Germanic Romance language, but I get the idea.
After the battle of Dunkirk, my grandfather who was a British officer, remained on the French coast after the main evacuation. Some local fishermen risked their lives to help him, they discretely hid him from view, gave him clothes so he would look like one of them and they took him back home across the channel at night in their fishing boat.
No way! What an incredible story of survival. Thanks for sharing :)
@@EasyEnglishVideos He came ashore at Mousehole in Cornwall and was promptly arrested on suspicion of being a spy. If it were not for the brave actions of those French fishermen, my grandfather would likely have been captured or killed (and I would not be here).
Very interesting and warming story. Thanks
@@asmoss4734 I wish I could have learned more about my grandfathers actions during WW2 but in truth he was traumatised by what he witnessed and things he did. He rarely spoke about it and when he did he preferred to recall the funny moments.
Amazing story. ( The only thing that makes me feel slightly bad about it is due to the fact of being German myself for historic guilt .)
The French are very proud of their culture. They should certainly be admired for that.
As a Brit living in France ,we have been welcomed and accepted, love France and admire how proud and protective the French are about their culture French 🇫🇷 ❤
@@thomasharter8161 wtf are you talking about???
i think we are protective because we have been invaded! but nevertheless we should learn english better!
Where do you live in France ? Hopefully you are not too annoyed with the administrative side of the moon ;)
@@thomasharter8161 are you French?
@@Sir77Hill He is right, self-hatred is now part of French culture, the fault of a negative national novel for many years, example we sent an aircraft carrier to celebrate Trafalgar the greatest French naval humiliation and we have refused to celebrate the Napoleonic victories, in itself that does not bother me but it is just to illustrate that we prefer to highlight our failures rather than our collective successes. Which country does this?
On vous aime 💙🤍❤️🇬🇧🇫🇷
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You WILL love our cuisine too, one day!
😂
Donner moi mon roast bœuf 🥩 stp
Jtaime
On vous aime easy French
As a French person, I was expecting carnage in this video so I'm so pleasantly surprised about British people's opinion of us. LOL
I watched Easy French's "What the French think about the Brits" and am so happy to have found this video in return from Easy English. It's heartwarming to see that both sides thought past the stereotypical "French people hate English people!" and vice versa, because it's simply not true. Our governments might like to keep up that idea, but it's not true. I've been to London twice and have had a really pleasant time both times.
I will say that although some French people might seem closed off or standoff-ish in being willing to help out or talk to someone speaking English to them, it's most likely because the French person doesn't understand everything the English person is saying (feeling like the person is speaking too fast maybe...) and even more likely that the French person is embarrassed/scared to speak/reply in English because of feeling like their English language level won't be good enough. Some Parisians are completely rude, this I agree with. But most French people outside of Paris don't set out to be deliberately rude.
Personally, I love British culture as a whole (except from maybe some food dishes, haha :) ) and to me there's no better sense of humor than the English sense of humor. British comedy series are hysterical.
I would say most people I have met from France whilst studying have been pretty nice and never had any big problems with them.
I definitely agree with Parisian's being different. Been to France many times and always felt very welcome, not so in Paris, found people quite rude. Although this is pretty similar in London and many other capital cities!! What a great interesting history we have, I couldn't think of any 2 countries in the world that can match it!! But I still don't see the big deal about French food though tbh, give me a fry up over a pana chocolate any day!! 😂 And our cheese is better!!! 👀
Me too, but the only negative stuff in this video was from the woman at 3:39 who isn't even British.
I'm French and i was waiting for the word "arrogant" to be pronouced ! Here we go at 5:47
ahahahahahah
The French are great in my experience. Iconic history and culture, and lovely people.
I'm an American, and I've been to Paris a few times; I didn't have any problems at all and felt welcomed. All I had to do was attempt to initiate conversations in French, and they all immediately accommodated me with English. They were really quite gracious and lovely. I adore Paris!
I recognized my people there (at least the uptight and a bit old school ones)😅.
All they want is for foreigners not to pop up at their face and just assume they can handle a conversation in English. But when they notice at least some effort to break the ice in French they will be way more incline to help as much as they can.
But I’m pretty sure the younger generation doesn’t care about all that and if they know English they will be more than happy to help even if you just approache then in English, especially in Paris. They just might be shy or uncomfortable if they don’t speak English as much as they wish they could ;)
(French here) you really should try anywhere but Paris
@@Oisin14 what's wrong with Paris?
@@jeanrose1627 people there are known to be impolite and such
@@Oisin14 there's 8 millions people in greater Paris, i can assure you that there's a lot of nice people like myself 😀
What I most admire about the French is that they admire and respect intellectualism, they study and understand philosophy and having a discussion with them is enlightening. This ensures they understand their life and stand up for their rights. The English distrust intellectuals and this robs us of so much richness, debases our culture and makes it so much easier to be manipulated.
completely agree and yet this has manifested in complete opposites re vaccine take-up! shocked and disappointed
oui, les allemands sont les maîtres de la musique classique, les anglais sont leur successeurs et ont produit la plus belle musique populaire do monde , les français sont des écrivains!
But there’s another side to the story - the damage that intellectualism can do, especially when it is turned into a kind of culture and leads to pretension/pointless conflict. Sometimes ‘intellectuals’ can be more easily manipulated. And a culture that is too critical, or critical for its own sake, can debase itself from within.
We have to see the reason for 'intellectualism' (ie. the sake of being intellectual) in the context of the function of the Paris Salon in the development of the Republic. These so-called intellectuals replaced the bourqeoisie. Status was no longer defined by breeding and money but rather by sophisticated parlour games of 'intellectualism' which when scrutinised fully and at length really gave rise to many empty and useless ideas. ( Compare this to the same effect of Scientism today). Philosophers like Sartre, Derrida, and Foucault to name three were actually playing self deluding and complicated parlour games for 'kudos' and influence, resulting in 'ideological' forms of The Emperor's new clothes. None of them provide any useful insight into the World or Society beyond their own subjectivity and thus all these 'empty vessels' can represent is their own 'states of mind' and personal viewpoints. In contrast Maurice Merleau-Ponty achieved something substantial by developing the (structuralist) idea that philosophy and constructs like time, the cogito etc have to be formulated and developed from the representational 'phenomena' we experience with our senses. our fundamental biology.
If you misdefine "intellectual," of course you can demonize it.
Wasn't ready for so much appreciation for the French, it's a change !
We love you guys, but the media and government of our countries would have you believe we don’t. We are literally family.
@@skuzzlebutt33 love you too Brits ! From France
Yea
@@skuzzlebutt33 no, we are not
@@skuzzlebutt33 no
I’ve just returned from a two week break in France. My grasp of the language isn’t great but I did my best to converse in French.
I met one impolite person in France and he was a fellow Brit, I wasn’t surprised. I have found the French to be welcoming, friendly, patient and tolerant, at least in comparison to what I’m used to in England. I took a riverside stroll with my family and ended up spending half an hour swapping life stories with a random French gent who I’d never met before, two days later, back in England and my neighbours can barely summon a hello. My favourite thing about France and of course there’s lots to love, is the people.
We love you english people ! 💙🤍❤️
Lovely family with the girl and the boy ! Very smart !
I always think that the british hate us, but each time I see videos concerning their views on us, I see that they are lovely.
Love the british from France 🇫🇷🇬🇧
No, I have been to Britain many times and lived there for a bit, and they usually are lovely people ! Maybe not so much so in London, but London is not really England imo, I mean if you’ve only been to London then you don’t know England.
London is definitely not England. It’s like a little country by itself.
The rest of England is much better.
@@andershveteby6574 yeah we face the same problem with strangers who think that Parisians represent all the french lol. Even us, French from Provence don't really like'em. I wish I would have visited other cities than Cardiff and London when I was there🙃
It's kindof funny that it seems most of the resentment between the British and the French (and vice-versa), comes from assumptions that there is resentment between the French and the British (and vice-versa).
@@andershveteby6574 to poor to live in london?
What do the British think of the French
1) That they are much more sophisticated.
2) That they are simultaneously addicted to both cheese and Gaulois.
3) That every day starts with a quote from Jean Paul Sartre.
4) That they would rather die than not drive a Citroen.
5) That they are annoyingly good at football.
Special Bonus Point for BBC 4 Viewers: That Engrenages was their best ever export.
I love France and the French people. Love from a Brit : )
Hellow dear,can you give me some names of english geographers who have sought ti devwlope the science of geography and cartography??
Hope u know
And we love you too .
With the language thing I find it interesting, I've got 4 very close French friends who are all learning English at, shall we say, a later stage in life and we've discussed this in depth. It has come across to me, and this is from both sides French and English, me being English, that at school etc they felt embarrassed when trying to speak English as they were criticised or made fun of by their peers and it was exactly the same for me. At this point in our lives with a bit more maturity the opinions of others is not important and the fact that we can speak each others language has enriched our lives massively, with the ability to understand each others point of view, ideas and experiences we have all realised we are pretty much the same.
That's so beautiful, thank you for sharing! 😃
The language point is very interesting. As a french I can confirm that speaking in english class was embarrasing and very difficult. I don't know why, but the class always made fun of those who really try to speak with english pronounciation. And it continued after school with young adults. Even now, I understand english, I know how to pronounce the words, I "hear" them in my head, but I can't speak like that in front of people. And it's not physical. When I'm alone I can pronounce sentences the english way, but in front of people, absolutely not. I know a lot of french people who feel the same. At the same time we always make fun of our politicians and their terrible french accent in english. I don't understand this paradox in France. I never saw this here with other languages like German or Spanish. In german class we didn't make fun of each other for speaking in german, but in english class we did. It's so weird.
I always liked to speak English. It's like being a comedian.
Whisper it quietly, but I'd say there's no other nation that we have such high respect for than France. Despite our many differences, we're perhaps more similar than we'd both care to admit. A fantastic nation with fantastic people and culture. Salutations d'outre-Manche.
We’re definitely the ultra-competitive brothers, who love each other deep down but won’t admit it.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité 🤝
How sweet of you ! I love England too !
There is some bromance vibes on here!
You know what I remember : when you played and sung the 'Marseillaise' in Wembley after the Paris attacks. That was Grand and we will never forget it. ❤❤❤
i will add to this bromance.... im also English and love our French neighbours... but dont tell anyone! ;)
What do I love about France? Their food 🧀 and their joie de vivre 🇫🇷
Qu'est-ce que j'aime du Royaume Uni ? Leur humour 👀 et leur musique 🎸
Lol 😆🤣
@@flopunkt3665 J'aime leur humour aussi
and you can take a good shower at any time!
Fr 🤣 😂😅😂😅😂😅😂
Thanks for all these nice and positive words, love from a froggy
Thanks for your support and greetings from Brighton!
Oh sweet!!
I don’t think that French and english people are similar at all as they don’t come from the same origin but it’s lovely to see that both culture like eachother
we have LOTS of similarities and history with each other but we also have a lot of differences. Example: french is a romance language and english is a germanic one
True
@@lydiamichaels1976 And yet English is made up of more French than German words!
@@rdh-daliasjb3796 i don't think u understand how language families work
@@lydiamichaels1976 Undoubtedly! Just one of many I'm afraid, and yet I don't think I was disputing what you said.
I recognised the same two kids that was being interviewed in the life advise episode...wow !! 🤣🤣
I visited London and Birmingham. I am very French in my heart is rather chauvinistic when it comes to the English and yet I felt so connected by England it's so beautiful and touching I love this British culture and that's where I find myself I realized that the opposite of love is not hatred, it is indifference. I thought I hated the English, but in reality I love and admire them.
I’m French and we loooove you guys. Our neighbours. Music genius, rich litterature.
Funny and clever!
Do the Brits who say that the French don't want to learn another language speak another language themselves? Because according to some studies, the rate of multilingualism in the UK is by far the lowest in Europe. ~just sayin~ I'm pointing that because it's not the first time I hear it.
The woman that said 'British people think french people are snobs because they don't want to learn a language' didn't have a British accent. I think she was foreign. So I don't think her opinion is representative of what the British really think of the french people. Very few British people ever learn a second language because we mostly don't need to. A British person wouldn't say something as ridiculous as that.
@@connorhanby7108 you may be right. But I have heard this several times from some Brits (who are not representative). I was lucky to find a video where I heard this, I also heard something similar in a documentary. Here the video: ruclips.net/video/H05AHJ7kDHg/видео.html
@@carthkaras6449 Yeah that lady is silly. It would be unfair for any British person to criticise another nationality for their reluctance to speak other languages.
But the lady wad not a Brit .
That lady was beyond silly for sure but I have heard it too from Brits and Americans. Also grating on me is when someone pokes fun at me for not pronouncing something right or my accent in general, to which I always respond by asking how many languages they can speak...
I have really admired Judith and Helene's english. They are speaking very well
I have found the French friendly and warm.
The Eastern European lady is trying to find animosity where there is none.
She seemed Dutch to me with that accent. A Dutchy trying to ruffle some feathers between England and France? Sacre Bleu!
I think was trying to be funny and it just sounded insulting to us and the French
I thought she was Russian, because of her accent and directness.
@@3allz i'm dutch, she definitely didn't have a dutch accent. I would recognise it immediatly. Sounds more eastern european, maybe russian
I couldn't decide on her accent at all. She's obviously been in the UK a long time. At times i thought she sounded North American but really not at all sure.
The people and especially the British people think the French don't want to speak English but actually they just don't speak English, in France we start to learn another language at school very late that's why we are so bad and embarrassed to talk so we prefere shut our mouth up.
But when the French people speak a bit English we are happy to try to have a conversation with the British people.
It is Brit stereotype of the French. It's ironic as most Brits have very little knowledge of another language. Greetings from Brighton 🏖
@@EasyEnglishVideos greetings from Lille .
I have discovered my great great grandfather (British soldier) married a french girl 1918 :/ I have always loved my Europe, from Iceland
As an Englishman I find the French very alien compared to, say, Denmark, but I really admire the culture. In every field of the arts - literature, art, music and drama - the French excel. They also have wonderful cuisine.
Agreed - except for the cuisine. Not my kind of thing.
@@MSM4U2POM what have you tried ? French cuisine is so wide !
@@philv3941 I lived in the Gironde for six months, eating mostly in local restaurants and at friends' houses. The bread, wine, cheeses and cakes were out of this world, but you can't live on those, can you? The main courses were a different matter; they never cook red meat properly and the way they serve vegetables (plastered in butter) turns my stomach. After a couple of months I switched to eating poultry and fish, but didn't enjoy that either because (surprise, surprise) it was always served with some revolting sauce made with about half a ton of butter. Yugh! In the end I ate in Italian resaurants and made my own meals at home. I'd say two months is enough to get the measure of anyone's national cuisine, and it just isn't to my taste. There's no law that says I have to like French food, and I don't.
@@MSM4U2POM surprised by this story of sauce and butter : i cook with or without butter, like sushi, prepare myself salmon "en papillote" with lemon, or " à l' "unilaterale" ( half crude half roasted with salt) and so on...
French cooking is ultra diverse, your e xperience remains strange.
becoz England is Germanic und brother to Germany und denmark
I love the French when I went to Normany and then to Paris everyone was super friendly, warm and some of the food was beautiful and other things were meh. Salted lamb when I was at Mount Saint Michel was out of this world.
'English palette' should be 'English palate'
I really appreciate that there are so many differences (language, food, politics, history -- really, all aspects of culture) between the British and the French, and the countries only a few miles from each other.
But you can perfectly learn a foreign language while preserving your own culture. That is perfectly compatible.
Thank you so much for the video. I really liked it! :-)
You’re welcome Koji, glad you enjoyed it 👊
This was fun to watch.
Even when they were going to make a nice comment, when they hear the question and start thinking the answer you can see how they laugh to themselves 🤣.
I am looking forward to seeing the French version!
Great comment Mano, I just watched it again to see and I think you're right with some of the interviewees... very funny
@@EasyEnglishVideos yesssss... you would have a similar result between Spain and Portugal 😅, or even Andalusia and Catalonia here in Spain 😉
France and England are the oldest nations in western Europe. Our nations are sisters. "Dieu et mon droit" , written on the royal coat of arms of UK ! We are often enemies by the past, now we are friends. Except during the RBS tournament ! :)) As a French, i love you Brits ! :)
no England und germany are germanic sisters but frankreich is latin
und most englisch don't want mon droit is just force on them
@@heidi_bavarian1725 I can spot a hint of jealousy here.
@@phlm9038 well both are good but I feel more love for england because of Anglia und the saxons
@@heidi_bavarian1725 The Angles were originated from what is now southern Denmark and northern Germany and the Saxons from what is now northern Germany. If you are a real Bavarian (and proud of being so), I think the tribes who were living in Bavaria a long time ago were the Franks and also the Alemanni, all depending on the part of Bavaria where you are living. In fact, I would say that you aren't related to the Anglo-Saxons then. Plus it has been proved that the English living in the south-east of England share the same ethnicity as the French living in north-west France. Many interferences between the two in the past.
So you could say you feel more love for England because of their culture or their way of life, for instance, but not because of the Angles and the Saxons. That's my point of view.
Interesting video. Thanks! 🙂
I've only met three French people. The first two were very confident, great leadership skills, very friendly, always laughing and having fun. Great people!
The third lady had a hard time understanding us and regularly got offended or accussed us of being angry. I don't know if that was just her personality or if she wasn't expecting our British humour, but we had to be very delicate with her.
Overall, very friendly and beautiful people.
I would say it's her, but humour is always a risky thing across cultural barriers. The french are no strangers to hard-hitting dark humour, but not everybody likes it. People are very split on that topic and it's hit or miss.
Don't worry. I think "she" was the problem.
As a French, the only thing you should remember from this video is : GET OUT OF PARIS, and also of Lyon, Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux and just visit all our beautiful countryside ! France has a lot of cultures inside of it (Bretonne, normande, limousine, alsacienne, bourguignonne, gasconne, provençale, corse, basque, catalane, etc.) So if one day you say "I travel to France" and you just visit big cities, you didn't travel to France). Salut !
J'en peux plus des Français qui commentent en anglais en disant " french". :D
Grenoble
The exact same can be said in England. London is no longer English and I would encourage all visitors to explore further afield.
@@-NemoMeImpuneLacessit Like Manchester ?
Same for England, forget London it’s a hole.. visit York, Liverpool, Newcastle, Peak District Lake District etc.
I'm a French myself , I love everything in England , but on social media everytime I see an english people they say "F*ck France" for no reason . Can someone tell me why ?
A lot of frustration !
I'm English and I don't hate France tbh. It's either because of football or because of the politicians, or as a joke. If you're french and you come here, no one will hate you
Immigration from the dingy lot!
@@ashyclaret *dinghy. Do try to learn English before you criticise immigrants, it's embarrassing for you.
Social media attracts a lot of idiots. Although I do think France tries to spite us at times which might influence people's opinions.
i really enjoy the conversation with those two ladies
Would have been better with Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough (Cissy and Ada)
Thanks for the video, it was quite entertaining, as a french, it is always funny to hear what foreigners thinks of us, i was expecting to be roasted more honestly ahah, i think what the person who talked about the language barrier experienced is more about the fact that lots of french people struggle with the english language, so they might seem a little narrow minded toward english speaking people, that's why they open up a lot more when someone tries their best to speak french, i never been in the UK, but i'd love to, England looks like a lovely country and i love english sense of humor, anyway, whenever i'll meet english people in France, i'll be glad to talk with them, be it in french or in english :-)
J'en peux plus des Français qui commentent en anglais en disant " french". :D
Loved this episode😍 I always like to know something new about other people living in other countries 😍
Now I live near to France, about 100 km far from the frontier, and it's fantastic, you could go in a hour in another country by car😍
I had the opportunity to meet people from France and I have to say they're not so snob as they say😄 However here in Italy remains some rivalry and competition with our "cousins" talking about wine, cheeses and food😅
Thank Marika! I'd love to see a what the french and Italians think about each others cooking culture... what's your general opinion on Brits that you've encountered?
@@EasyEnglishVideos oh yeah I really would like to see an episode between Italian and French people!!
Well actually I only met a couple from England in my life, but living in France, so I can't speak about it. They were nice people😄
I follow this channel not only to improve my listening but also to know lore about your culture😍✌
And football...
@@EasyFrench 😂😂👍👍 you're right
@@EasyEnglishVideos From a froggy point of view... There's a true rivalry between French and Italians when it's about food, but the funny of the thing, it's that for many French, we love italian food : pasta (alla carbonara or alla bolognese) and pizzas are the most used plates in France... I have a crush on the scaloppina alla milanese myself :) French and English may be cousins, French and Italians are brothers ;) I did the difference between English and British, because French have true tied links with Scottish and Irish, historically speaking... French doesn't make the same with Welsh, more by lack of knowledge, I would say we think Welsh are for English as Bretons are for other French : some weird but likable celtics :) (My Wife is Breton anyway, I wouldn't say less.. .or more ! LOL )... I am French from countryside (Limousin) with Basque Spanish background (grandfather).
As a British-American I loved living in France for three years and my only regret was to not speak the language better, although my attempts to communicate were always respected and encouraged and our family were invited to all sorts of local events and get-togethers. The French [men in particular] found my accent especially "cute" they said and it made them laugh which was an advantage in some respects. They wanted to hear me talk and it made me try harder. We had a farm in Bretagne and, unfortunately, there are some Brits there who are purely English, won't adapt, and are extremely rude and ugly to the French locals. They spend a lot of time drinking and, in my opinion, should have stayed in the UK because they give Britain a bad name over there.
The woman around the five minute mark has an interesting accent - it sounds like a mixture of British to American to me but maybe it's a regional UK accent?
She is from russia.?
I'm guessing Yank that's been in England for over a decade
@@chaden9498 I'm pretty sure that's an Irish accent. Irish can often sound American with particular sounds.
@@user-vb7rm7dz6u I think they were referring to the woman with the top bun.
She sounds like an American that's lived in the UK for a long time
I love the French and our European brothers and sisters!
Well... I love you my british friends but I hope we never cease to joke on each other like good friend does.
If you do not have the language it is a barrier in France, but it is true in virtually all countries, except Northern Europe, where English is very well understood and spoken.
This one is priceless Thanks
🙌🙌🙌🙌
I've always loved the british and also the people from the UK (Scottish, Irish). They are very nice, friendly people
I love the french as a Brit
I have visited France and England. Both countries are very beautiful ❤
all of them were so nice and cute omg, i love them
My mother is Québécoise and my step dad is British and I love him like my real father and him like his real daughter but he is frankly disgusted and sickened by the hatred that English Canada has for us.
Oh no!
French women love Englishmen. Get it right
British? Is he English, Scottish, Welsh? Recognise which ethnicity
Why are the french applauded for upholding their culture, but the British are hounded for trying to do the same.
Define " British culture"
@@johnmunro4952 Sport, social clubs, gardening, walking, drinking, music.
Vive la France...Long Live England!!!!
Scotland and Wales are nice too and not England. God Bless Breton and those who still speak that beautiful ancient language.
Who came here after watching Easy French?
We LOVE british people. As a hotel receptionist, brits are my favorite guests
so you can show off your English?
@@holliswilliams8426 No, I speak English with any foreign clients. Because they're usually friendly/ pleasant. Most of them are...
Been to France 3 times, Paris, Rouen and Bordeaux and I have never had any trouble. I don't speak French fluently but I have 80 word vocabulary for common items, salutations and useful phrases "I’m sorry/Excuse me, Nice to meet you, How much does it cost?" enough to display that you are trying. Most French I have encountered look upon the act of trying to speak the lingo favorably and respectful.
80 words? Come on, you can do better than that.
*98% POSITIVE!!! Pretty amazed. I think most of negative comments on social media come from HATERS and jealous people... (or even from people who've never been to France!) LONG LIFE TO ENTENTE CORDIALE!* 🇫🇷🥰🥰🇬🇧
I am so pleased and touched by what I've just heard. Those people are so lovely. I was very far to imagine that the British people had such a high opinion of us especially because we, the French, often have a bad reputation when it comes to hospitality and kindness. And unfortunately I have to admit that it's sometimes true. Anyway there was this woman who made a difference between the French and the Parisians. How clever because to be honest I, too happened to have some bad experiences with Parisians, even though we speak the same language. As a matter of fact it must be a nightmare when you have to deal with a boor and you don't speak French too well. I think I will have to go on a trip to England one day and meet you guys for real.
Can i also say i was amazed how well you look after the world war graves in France thankyou so much from England x
The woman at 3:00 has definitely got the French mixed up with the British. There isn't a culture that's stereo-typically more 'reserved' than the British. And to say that they are more 'culturally rich' and 'sophisticated' is quite a bold statement that most would deem untrue. Both cultures are ancient and the great history is shared.
What do you expect from the Polish woman?
I think she's quite right. But maybe she means something slightly different. British people can be completely open and balls out to people they just met if they're having fun, French people don't immediately go there, it's more of a build up. Also for culture the British are much more stern than the French, so in Britain things are extremely one sided and there's not really room for change and invention and in France not at all, except they want to conserve it.
"I did French and German". Funny how adding a single "s" at the end could've changed the meaning entirely ;)
Lol i like this one. However, If you’re talking about history, please allow me to clarify that the british didn’t take down both nations single-handedly.
@@nerdyguy1152 They're not referring to history, they're referring to.... romance...
@@Knox-umbra well against this backdrop, i would say i’m referring to… ‘relationship’
It’s true that we worship MR Bean here in France. If someone asked me three things to summarize English humor I would answer, The Monty Python, Mr Bean and the film "4 Weddings and a Funeral". We are a big fan of English humor which is very close to our humor even if I think we are a little more oriented towards dark humor
Hate is fake. I know some French women have met British men.. and they are married now
That's great!
The french are friendly and welcoming.....Is it a joke?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤗. France is a beautiful country, it has a beautiful language but welcoming 🤣🤣🤣.
I’m French I love everyone except the jerks....🌠
The eastern european woman at 3 minutes seems pretty bitter towards the brits, a typical stance europeans have taken since the UK voted to leave the EU. As a brit, every French person I have come across in the Uk have been a pleasure to be around. I have only visited Paris and as with London and the UK you cant gain an accurate picture of the natives by how people conduct themselves in the most cosmopolitan city in that country. Having said that, French people are very cool. Their food and wine are top notch!
But what she says do reflect a certain degree of truths. In fact the brits / english did borrow a lot from the french during norman period. According to Oxford Dictionary, nearly 29% of english words come from french / norman-french.
She is speaking from experience.
@@nerdyguy1152 Culture wise we created our own.
The French people I have encountered over the last 40 years have shown one trait that always shines through is "Passion", from the most simplest things like the quality of the baguette your about to eat, the wine they drink and the wine they serve to friends and family. They moan just as much as us Brits if not more, but with a passion unrivalled by no other nation except perhaps only by the Italians who can shout even louder. The care free attitude that everything will be fine tomorrow and if it isn't then maybe the next day and usually they are right.
I'm a 1/4 French and i like their wine beer and my distant family owned a chateau in avensac so i love them!
As a British person myself, I find 🇫🇷 and its Francophone blood brothers 🇧🇪 and 🇨🇦 funny, rugged, sexy, etc. Love FNAC and Tintin, Astérix et Obélix
Merci !! D’ un Franco- issue britannique...
For an American, it is always amazing how geographically close Britain and France are, and yet they are able to be so culturally distinct. London and Paris are only 300 miles away. I am 500 miles to Salt Lake. And our cultures are close to identical. I think it would be awesome to be able to travel so quickly and enjoy so many different cultures.
Northern France is not so different culturally compared to the rest of France. Northern Europe in general is more similar, Denmark, Netherlands, England, Scotland, even Czech Rep, Poland , has a distinct difference to the south - and France is the only country in Europe that houses this divide - it is a Mediterranean coast as well as a north Atlantic coast.
@@junctionfilms6348 Pas claire la fin...
@@JustinCase99999 If I understand this phrase correctly, let me say more clearly:
Northern France, is not so culturally different to England or around the UK.
The greater difference is as you go more central and south of France.
( France is the only country in Europe that has both a northern and southern Europe identity / climate and so on, which makes it unique.
Can say Britain or Ireland are unique as containing Island nations, or Italy being a grand peninsula ).
To be fair, we've tried moving France further away dozens of times but they just keep coming back. Honestly, it's like they secretly fancy Scotland or something...
Marcie Bettger , it's Europe :)
I'm living in France and I can go to Spain , Belgium , England , Italy , Germany and Switzerland quickly by train. We have bundaries with these countries :)
Super fun to watch
thanks for your support Fernando!
@@EasyEnglishVideos thanks for creating this content. It’s informative and super fun to watch. You guys are awesome.
@@fernandoanacletofirmino1518 I don't think I've heard anyone (except Americans) describe anything as 'super' since the early 80's (except superbikes/cars). But each to their own...personally, I find it nauseating but don't mind me, I'm clearly not groovy or bodacious enough.
Very cool
I've never met any French or have been in France. I like how they speak but it is difficult for me to read French words
This woman (3:24) says French people can be snobs, lazy, because they don't want to learn english or another language.
This one (9:50) explains she didn't have great experience with people because they tend not to try speaking to you if you're speaking english to them, then says it'd be better having some basis of the other language to communicate.
I found that quite funny. I mean, what I'm trying to show is that on one hand, a lot of brits are expecting french to speak with them in english knowing very few of french themselves ( that's quite ridiculous ), and on the other hand we can't really blame them because the reason most of us french don't like to talk to much to foreigners is because we suck at english
À few French words and the understanding of our étiquette is what you need to spend a nice journey 🇨🇵
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English video in English subtitles, I can see how this is very helpful for non-anglophones.
Except they spelled "palate" wrong. ;) They wrote "palette".
It is rather funny to read or hear that when an Englishman comes to France without speaking a word of French, he is surprised that no one makes an effort to speak his language. While the majority of us speak at least a little and quite often very good English.
While some of you make no effort to speak French. This is also valid for our American friends.
When French people come to UK or USA we make a little effort.... or we don't come ;)
But rest assured, you are our best friends.
Moreover, I have a deep admiration for W. Churchill (among others) and for all the musical geniuses that your country has offered to the world.
Please don't just blame English speaking countries for this. I have a friend from Serbia who absolutely refuses to learn French and just tries to use English when he goes to France.
Only a fool or a nationalist (the latter usually includes the former) will make sweeping generalizations about any nation. During one of Franco-Prussian wars, one of the greatest German poets, J.W. von Goethe, was reproached for not showing open hostility towards the French. His reply: "How can I hate the people whose country has contributed so much to my own education?"
As a Brit of Franco-Swiss descent I really love France and yes of course it includes the people. I lived in Asia for years and I'd go to a beach for example - it wasn't France, had a real yearning for France. Went back properly after 25 years and wanted to show my Japanese wife and son what the real France is like. Will hopefully get the chance to go this year.
Wow Judith english is awesome
Wait. Brits don't love Mr Bean?
I’m yet to meet someone who does 😂😂
@@EasyEnglishVideos We love mr bean. We love Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder too.
No way.
Hes not as popular in the UK as he is for the rest of the world. Hes translates easily to other nations because he doesnt speak obviously... Physical comedy has no boundaries.
I think Mr Bean appeals more to kids in the UK, we tend to prefer more witty and observational comedy than anything else when we grow up imo. Stuff that requires a bit more thinking! Thats not to say Rowan Atkinson isnt a national treasure, but again, thats more down to Blackadder than Mr Bean.
It's very child like material.
In American English says "French fries", but nobody knows where chips were created originally. In Brazil a kind of Brazilian bakery bread, we call of "Pão Francês" => "French bread", but it's Brazilian bakery bread.hahaha
so where do chips come from originally? I have heard that they come from Belgium... but the Spanish have fried potato... I heard that fish and chips originally came from Italian immigrants in the uk... so maybe chips come from Italy..? do you know?
Hello@@Leila2023_ I googled it and there isn't certainty where it was created originally.
I just know chips (Britain English)/French fries(American English)/Batatas fritas (Brazilian portuguese) are delicious.
@@Leila2023_ they are from the French speaking part of Belgium, Wallonia
Yes they do: 'Cipp' is OE ( Old English ) of 1000 or so years ago, ( when it was totally Germanic more or less ) and was ( and still is ) a word for a small piece of wood.
In slang in Britain, ' a chippy' is a carpenter. A chippy is also a Chipshop ( where you buy Fish and Chips ).
There are sayings like 'chip off the old block' about when a son is like a father.
Chip started to be used for 'chipped potatoes' in the 1700s.
'Chippen' is a verb in German. In Engish we'd say 'chip off some wood'.
People say in the UK: "I am going to chip off now" as a idiomatic way to say 'goodbye'
@@junctionfilms6348 i've never once heard that expression... chip off... (?)... 'chip away/ chip in' yes but for me 'chip off' just means the physical meaning of breaking something. i have to run / sprint / dash... but chip off i have never heard.
The truth is we hound and criticise ourselves, whereas the French don't accept criticism of their culture and way of life...
This is absolutely untrue. French people are expert self critics. It's so odd that 2 countries so close together geographically know nothing of each other
@@charles1413 Give me an example...
It is noteworthy that none of the Brits were asked nor commented on French music, haha! 😂🤣😂
Well, it depends what kind of music. French classic music unlike british one is great. If you talk about pop rock, britain wins. But to be fair, modern pop is bad in both countries.
Mr.Bean is very popular here in North Africa ! French influence ?
Jacques Tati???
i love French people
I lived in Haute Savoie for 8 years. Exceptional country !!
I lived in France for two years. I have no complaints whatsoever. They were so kind, lovely and warm. I was very lucky.
I think they are more formal than we Brits.
As a 56 year old English man I can honestly say that I never think about the French.
Apparently we're jealous of them
Pretty sure the French dont think about you much either mate. Did you vote for Brexit by any chance. Luckily as I 46 year old, I think about our European neighbours a lot and how we've shot ourselves in the foot by turning our backs on them....
@@yedis1750 oh I'm so glad to here the French don't think about me, that will stop me losing sleep at night worrying about whether that are worrying about me. A 46 year old? Oh dear well past it.
@@yedis1750 will it help your distorted profiling of people if he said he does?
@@Bertie22222 no but it would help if we all got on better
The opening comment about British food is now so desperately out of date. It's hard to get rid of this stereotype.
Out of date? Sadly not... been living in the UK for 17 years and whilst there have been some improvement, it is still very difficult to find a good restaurant where you will really enjoy your food (without having to pay Michelin star prices) and it's always the same. You will eat well if you cook at home mainly.. Also quality (and variety) of some fruits and veggies isn't that great.
I have had good experience with restaurants over there but the food they make at home is awful ! As for what they eat during breaks at school/university... crisps, crips, sweets and soda. And an apple... won’t keep the doctor away imo 😅
The worst thing is it’s hard to find good ingredients when you want to cook your own dishes... fruits, vegetables and even meat are of disputable quality to say the least.
Otherwise I love these weirdos across the Channel ! I really do ❤️
@@evaeva3223 we love you too, yes our food is bland, thank god for immigrants. Thank god for those weirdos over la manche who season their food and stand up for their rights.
c'etait très intèressant
Was that actually in Brighton / Rottingdean? 🤩
Opinion from an 🇮🇹 who lived in the UK. The Brits have a peculiar sense of humour. Witty with many facets. They may use nonsense (i.e. Monty Python). They love to be indirect: they utter a sentence apparently in a plain polite way but filled with dark humour and sarcasm. They're also self-deprecating, which is good. They can either downplay a bad situation with a pun or show their feelings with a glance or use an oblique idiom to reverse the obvious into a doubt . Sorry, I digressed. We were talking about the French:) :) Well, their humour is...somewhat good...but not as good as their food.😁
If you've tried English cuisine, there's a reason why there's a secret deal where we handle the humour and they handle the food!
What I love about the Italian character is the affinity for flamboyance. There certainly is never a dull moment with an Italian!
The woman in a second interview was not even British??: so did not have an opinion as a British person's point of view .
Although she wasn't born in the UK, I believe she has lived here and been married to a Brit for quite some time
On aime se chambrer mais il y a de l affection et une histoire millénaire commune entre les anglais et les français .. on s est mis sur la gueule tellement longtemps que ça rapproche 😂
As french people, we never explain why we always complain.😊