If you want the definitive Python French accent, you ought to look up the second half of the Harold/Flying Sheep sketch for John Cleese and Michael Palin as mad Frenchmen.
The french meeting is, in my opinion, on of the best bits of television ever. With the onions and the escargots and the wine and the moustaches and the accent. Simply epic.
When I worked in France, there was always red wine available at breakfast time. Not everybody partook of it, but it was available if you wanted to. In fairness, I should point out that the French who did chug some red wine at breakfast time, always diluted it with water.
@@Rasscasse I’m french and I’ve never ever seen wine available at breakfast. Also any person diluting its wine with water would be heavily judged as an alcoholic or as a sacrilegious prick
@@Charlie-Charlot Are you suggesting that because you haven’t seen it it doesn’t happen? This was a normal everyday thing at the farm where I helped with the Vendanges in Charente. If you wish to characterise your fellow French Countrymen as alcoholics and sacrilegious pricks, that’s your prerogative I guess. Personally I found them to be lovely people 😄
@@Rasscasse I think you misunderstood my comment. Drinking wine or any alcohol for breakfast is generally frowned upon. Diluting wine in water isn’t as much frowned upon but just something you don’t do, similar to dipping your bread in a glass of water for example. I know some winemakers and it is true that during vendanges the wine consumption is a bit different, but this doesn’t apply to the rest of the population. I’m glad you find French people lovely, the rude and pretentious stereotype only really applies to Paris, people elsewhere in the country are generally friendly and quite proud of their regions, specialities and such. I absolutely do not characterize my fellow french as alcoholics or anything, my point was that this is a common judgment that french people would and will make regarding people drinking alcohol for breakfast (generally speaking).
Being half French half Brit, when I first watched Top Gear reviewing Peugeots (307 CC and 407), I was in tiers 😂 laughing over and over. I love them mocking the French (and other countries or even British people themselve).
The French might not have the best reputation from history... But goodness above Napoleon sure knows they do make some sexy cars. The new Peugeot 508 saloon was one of those examples.
@@jimtaylor294 Anyway, here's a list of more French oddities and beauties I've known so far. - Facel Vega HK500 and Excellence - Citroen DS, CX, XM, SM, C5 X, and DS 9 - Alpine A110, A310, GTA, and A610 - Renault Avantime and Espace F1 - Matra Djet, Bagheera, and Rancho - Peugeot 504, 604, 605, and 908 RC - Charade Monza [aka Pawma XL300]
Emphasis on Post-2000. Quite a few on that list predate that point. As for those that don't; I'd have to disagree. The Espace for instance... just no. Not FIAT Multipla levels of ugliness... but still no.
@@jimtaylor294 I think the Espace F1 is one of the wildest things to come out of French motoring. Back when Renault had to celebrate two successful events in one piece, and the solution was the body look of people carrier strapped on the chassis of an F1 car.
