Florence and Genie - your content is an absolute treasure box for my French language class at a local intermediate school in NZ. It always gives me a chance to present the culture and all its complexity. Thank you for your work! May I ask if there's a chance you could cover the topic of how France embraced its provincial languages (like double signage, lessons in primary school etc.) There are currently big discussions in NZ about the translation of signage in Te Reo Māori that many see as useless. I would love to showcase how it can done, why it needs to be done. Don't hesitate to reach if needed - the school I work with is Northcross Intermediate in Auckland. Merci à toute votre équipe.
As a Canadian, I thought a few stereotypes were missing. 1. French excellence in mathematics. Please see Fermat,Laplace, Lagrange. 2. French focus on culture. 3. French intellectuals focused on philosophy and politics. 4. French having poor skills in selecting real estate - when you have to survive multiple invasions from UK, Germany and a Brexit, you need to question if it's time to sell and move. Please have more episodes of this program.
Somehow this highly produced RU-vid video drifted into my youtube feed. Other than the occasional French speech apparently for western English-speaking peeps, it was hard to tell the difference between this piece and any other super fluff(?) piece on broadcast news outlets here in the US. BTW: If the peeps in the US harbor stereotypes about the French and other nationalities we certainly have preconceived notions of the Germans too maybe as many as the French. The most informative part of the presentation was Lindsey(?) journalist answering questions, she communicated a better explanation of how this stereotyping works with nations., That Q&A seemed like the best part of this, yeah, highly produced, (over-produced?) presentation video.
Hand over Heart True Story: I was in Loches in June, 2017. On the Sunday of the French Open men’s final, I found myself in a café enjoying the match with a croque monsieur and a cold 1664. It doesn’t get any more French than that, right? It’s worth noting that at the time I was the only customer, and I was facing the back wall on which the television was mounted. Shortly after lunch arrived on my table, another customer happened in and sat two tables away, and he too was engrossed in the match. After a spectacularly played point, for the first time ever, I heard it… the classic “hon hon HON!” sound. I couldn’t help but have this quintessential sound of satisfaction/approval/amusement catch my attention. I passed it off as a one-time thing and went back to my croque until it happened several more times and it was then I wondered if the guy was doing it because the waiter told him an American was in their midst and perhaps he was just having a bit of fun at my disposal. I didn’t flinch, and he continued throughout the match. I left afterward convinced that “hon hon HON!” was no longer a stereotype but indeed a fact.
If there was one good thing that came out of the EU, it was a greater understanding of French people by English people. French people are no longer viewed as "those annoying neighbours next door." But rather as dear friends whose reasons for doing things in a particular way are more easily understood.
I so wish France would tear down the barricades under the Eiffel Tower and find other security measures. It doesn't look right, coming from someone who went there when it was still wall-free!
Yeah! Been there many times before but last time I went seeing this I was like yeah right not going to waste my time going through the lines just to go under 😂
Jeremiah 5:23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. 25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? Daniel 12:10 “Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.” King James Version (KJV)
Stereotyes always have some underlying truth in them. I'm referrin to the French style that is so famous for being refined. It is true that you will find a lot of rather snobbish places and an invitation into someone's home can take hours of being mainly related to eating excellent food. Nevertheless, I've also seen the other side of France: rather dirty or gloomy village bars, with shabby toilets ( where you need three hands to wash your hands as one is to push a lever that you need to keep pressing, otherwise the water stops ), old water bottles that are full of cristals and rests of lime. ( in the southern part ). The villages throughout the country are quite often run down and almost abandoned. I'm not running the country down, I'm actually more fond of this kind of experience than being in Nice or Monaco. I mainly want to point out that this France also exists.
What are you talking about. Flo is French, she might have an American accent- maybe she lived partially in the USA, but did you check her last name Villeminot ? Can’t get more French than that. She’s lovely
I`ve lived and worked in France for over 20 years now and find that France is a very beautiful and interesting country, the only problem here is that there are too many French people lining here!
