I also have both cultures. Imho, it is more likely that the English person doesn't know where Croatia is than the French. English people are less interested in other cultures than the French are. The only thing that is spot on in the Croatia holiday suggestion joke is that the British will go anywhere cheap for some sunshine without hesitation, whereas French people don't really have to look abroad.
The French have no need for binge eating or drinking because they have good boundaries as opposed to being consumed with ‘people pleasing’. What a fabulous talent Tatty is! Thanks for featuring her.
Tatty Macleod should be nominated for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Peace for bringing Franco-British harmony to the world. Tatty Macleod devrait être nominée pour le prix Nobel de la paix 2025 pour avoir apporté l'harmonie franco-britannique dans le monde.
The waitstaff thing is true. In Canada we had a Parisian waiter who was fired for rudeness and he appealed. His arguement was "I am not rude, I'm French." I thought it was perfect. Having married a French Canadian and lived amongst them, I learned they communicate in a more direct manner. It is not wrong, just different.
@michellebyrom6551 that's very not french to say unless this guy is fed up with cliché and using them at his advantage. And other European doesn't have this cliché. Maybe an Italian would have said " I'm not loud I'm Italian"
@@sajadganie2296 I believe that Tatty is the comedian's name. Her name may be Tara, so called Tatty as a nickname. Tatty also means 'a mess', 'worn', 'untidy'. 😁
@@sajadganie2296 noun. a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess. Antonyms: order. a person or thing that is dirty, untidy, or disordered.
@@sajadganie2296 for context, a parent rushing in the morning might see themselves in a mirror and say "Oh, I really am a mess" eg not fully prepared for the day .. or waking up in the morning with a hangover and saying the same thing - a light-hearted, self-mock in this case, perhaps
The English sometimes binge for all kinds of reasons. Firstly, ancient germanic folk were known to be big eaters with a lower variety of crops and so more, wheat, barley dependent, so more beer. It also echoes both scandinavian and celtic behaviour (heavy, episodic drinking, which in Scandinavia is partly to overcome shyness). Bingeing on food looks like historically derived starvation behaviour, i.e. eat what you can while food is available, whereas the French approach seems to reflect behaviour based around having a stable suppy of food security with no need to binge. Then there is the American cultural supply of 24/7 consumerism which focuses on pumping sugary food into the bellies of the Anglosphere who do not have the linguistic barriers of the French, who are therefore more immune to this. Then there is the big night out aspect of English and Welsh culture which is intentionally debauched in order to have more fun. Whatever the reasons, I don't see bingeing as a lazy excuse to criticise 'The Brits'. The history of culture is a complex thing.
A couple of decades ago, when I lived in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA, they hosted the Senior PGA golf tour. The late Chi-Chi Rodriquez was a then famous golfer on the tour, and a reporter asked him about the (tourist destination) city and he remarked, "it's okay. It'd better if there wasn't a burger joint on the corner of every block though..." He was trash talked on the local news for a week after the tournament left. Loved that city...
Okay, I'm American, born in NYC (ruder than France). Everyone (worth a damn) outside the British Isles loves the British. Why - because you've perfected getting on and getting along (on a tight island). We all hope you won't change (which includes endless self criticism apparently). The French (and New Yorkers), could learn from your example.
Funny how everyone became an official statistics institution. Are you a researcher and worked on French and British societies??? I have been to USA (NYC) and London many times and there were rude and awesome people. But definitely the worst experiences I got were in London people were rude cold and hypocrites. They use nice words even when they are so rude and racist. I'd rather be frontally insulted. But still I am not saying Brits are that way. I am saying I had that experience!
In the 1950 the British school children were given milk. In France at the same era school children had a glass of wine. Perhaps thats why French people generally drink in moderation.
To be polite or to be frank: the school of life did a WONDERFUL video on that question Tldr: polite Though the example doesnt fit well. The skit has about being blunt…
@@melissalamberts9588 yep it's negative in the french language but in english it seems to be positive. like it's a positive things to be a people pleaser.
@@TheBlackManMythLegend yes it's negative seen as negative here in France but being an English speaker I find it useful when I have to speak to government workers. The sickly sweet manner works like a charm.
I thought it was really fun, that the dominant characteristic of the French, a complete incapacity for self criticism and complete marginalization of other ways of doing things never came up, and yet the entire format of the show illustrated it! Bravo!
I don't think you understand the French well then. Your passive agressiveness is showing. Maybe you should talk to someone about your resentment of the French.
@user-jz3dq6fi7xyou’re joking right?! I’ve lived in France for 30 yrs. my husband is French and my kids are French. I’ve had some really appalling treatment for no other reason than I am English. Even my kids when at primary school were victims of bullying, type; ; "les anglaise pue" just because they had a French mother. And, after Brexit, there was a lot of nastiness online about British. So don’t give me that nonsense that you like your "neighbours". The French don’t even like French from other parts of France to theirs.
The whole of RU-vid does this. On the English side, half the English RU-vidrs are trying to sell to the USA, and the other half cannot tell the difference.
Unfortunately there is a trend of referring to English culture, English people and England as 'British/Britain' whereas Scotland, Wales and Ireland are allowed their own identities.
Yes thats right...better to be a passive aggressive English person that goes away feeling full or pent up rage and resentment which leads to binge drinking and overeating then actually speak your mind!! Of course there is a middle ground between condiering the feelings of others and not being a narcisssitic arse but not having the sheer courage to say what you think or feel and pretending politeness when you actually would like to kill that person sums up the utter hippocracy of many Brits. Politeness in this country is often superficial and feigned and nothing to do with true consideration of another but just wanting to appear "nice". You can speak to people plitely and still be direct or let a person know if they are not doing their job or giving bad service etc.How many times do English people eat *hite food,get terrible service,terrible pay and conditions but go away and moan about it somehwere else instead of saying something.Its a nation of passive aggressives.
Satire is an exaggeration of certain idiosyncrasies that the public already knows about. Being bi-lingual and bi-cultural means that you can look at a culture from inside of it, and then observe it from outside. If you do not have the cultural references, you won't get it. As a French-Australian, she got me laughing. A pure Frenchman might not find it funny. He will say, "yes, wee ar la eek zat, wats so funny?"
yikes not bilingual the way it is understood clear Anglo accent here .... and serious überplatitudes on "cultural differences" Guardian-reader territory here ... not adding much to the entente but hey ..... i am sure there is a public for this .... of which i am not cringemaking stuff
God that was boring. What happened to interview technique and people capable of choosing their own hair colour without overriding crowd influence? Vive la Russia/Serbia!
To be polite or to be frank: the school of life did a WONDERFUL video on that question Tldr: polite Though the example doesnt fit well. The skit has about being blunt…
