After Sarkozy winning the French election, being French is not an argument or a four letter word anymore.

We now LOVE the French and we are also going to rename the freedom fries. The new name is frenchy fries!!

let's everybody order a baguette!!!!

That'd be a baguette, you mammary gland.

I want Johnny Depp and Alec Baldwin to deliver them, and to be pitchmen for them, then I'll order some.

Sarkozy could do a commercial for Frenchy Fries, with Jerry Lewis.

Are they still called freedom fries in the US?

Not too much anymore that I know of.

Why not????? Fucking traitors.

Actually, we call them fries.

Why, freedom been taken away?

Nah, just fries.

I always liked the French. And trust me... a new president doesn't suddenly make them PRO American. And why should they be? Like Sarkozy said, "Even friends can disagree..."

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No dammit!! Your either with us or against us!

Honestly... the French, for what it's worth, were some of the warmest and friendliest people I've ever known. I'm passionate about Britain. I love that nation almost as much as I do my own... but the Brits are so rude... and why? We're like, family, and stuff. But the French were, for the most part, warm, intelligent, and totally inviting. OH... and the foooooood. So fresh... so.... so.... so FRENCH. Only a few other nations rank above them on my "nice-o-meter". (Spain is number one; Italy, number two).

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I had only bad experiences while in France.
They were all douche bags, but then, I wasn't speaking French.

They were all douche bags, but then, I wasn't speaking French.

I don't know. Most of the Anglo-monoglots here in the US react much the same way as the French do when no attempt is made to speak the indiginous language. How many times have I heard my fellow Americans say, "Jesus... you're in America... speak English!" Can you blame the French?

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Not to French tourists String.

Not to French tourists String.

Not to French tourists, what? Elaborate, s'il te plaît.

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I presume Roman was a tourist in France.

I've had good and bad experiences in most places I've been. The French definitely prefer you to speak French, even if it's piss poor. Spending time with a Francophone in Paris is an interesting experience. Everything goes more smoothly.

Any examples of situations where the British were rude to you, String?

Any examples of situations where the British were rude to you, String?

As I've said... I hate to speak ill of the British. I don't want to sound pedantic, but I love the British and I love British history. I get weepy-eyed when I hear Churchill's speaches, and I would vote for Blair for president over any current and former US president. There's nothing about the Enterprise of England with which I don't have a passionate love affair (and have for years). I'm 1/4 English, 1/4 French and 1/2 German... but it's my British part that I'm most proud of.

So enough of that... but when I was in London, I was never treated so rudely on so many occasions. Leeds and Manchester wasn't much of an improvement. The only place in England that exceeded my expectations was Plymouth (as far as people were concerned).

In France, if you try to speek French, they're okay with you no matter who you are. In England, I got a lot of attitude for being an American. Period. It sucked. I've lived in foreign lands long enough to know HOW to not act like a typical American tourist... but even my mild mannered-ness didn't protect me. Kinda bummed me out in the same way that a young fan of some famous rock star gets hurt when he finally meets said rock star, only to realize that he's a total asshole. NO, it doesn't negate the rock star's artistry or his tallent... but it does still hurt a little.

Don't get me wrong. The vast majority of people I met in England ('specially in pubs) were cool... and once I got to know most of the prickly people, we warmed up easily. It's just that there were a LARGE number of people who didn't like me because I was American. The one and only time I've been in a fist fight was over the ONE and ONLY time I've ever been spit on by some vietnamese bastard who's family was killed by some American who fought in a war that I, personally, think was pointless and would have opposed had I lived back then.

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British people are miserable.

Well, could YOU be happy with Redarmy11 living in your country? :D

That'd be a baguette, you mammary gland.

I didn't want to be THAT French, but I corrected it...

Most Americans forget just how much they can thanks to the French in history...