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nick
November 19th, 2009, 12:49 PM
These are 10 reasons why the Belgians dislike "les Rostbifs", followed by 10 things they like about britain.....


>1. Ils se prennent pour le nombril du monde.

>2. Leur langue est universelle. Donc, ils se refusent à tenter de parler la nôtre s'ils se perdent chez nous (80 % ne veulent pas prendre un guide de conversation en vacances!)... mais vous regardent avec condescendance si vous parlez mal l'anglais.

>3. Ils ne font rien comme les autres (rouler à gauche, etc.)

>4.Ils font la plus mauvaise cuisine du monde...

>5. Ils boivent de la bière chaude, à désespérer le moins doué de nos brasseurs.

>6. De vrais ivrognes! Selon une étude, les Anglais ont consommé 8 boissons alcoolisées par jour durant les vacances!

>7. Leur climat est encore plus pourri que le nôtre.

>8. Leurs tabloïds ne pensent qu'à la fesse et aux scandales...

>9. Ils ont injustement éliminé les Diables Rouges de la Coupe du Monde 1990... On n'a pas oublié le goal, à la dernière seconde, de David Platt!

>10. Nous n'avons pas oublié non plus leurs hooligans, responsables de la mort de 39 personnes, au Heysel, en 1985.


Et pourtant, on les aime!

Mais plutôt que ces mesquineries, on préfère retenir tout ce que l'on aime en Angleterre.

>1. Ils ont volé à notre secours chaque fois que nous étions envahis.

>2. Ils font la meilleure musique du monde (Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc.)

>3. Londres, à Noël: magique!

>4. Ils ont (ré) inventé le foot et leur compétition est parmi les plus spectaculaires.

>5. Nous avons un coup de cœur pour leurs Bobbies, bus et cabines téléphoniques.

>6. Leur monarchie en impose, malgré les scandales.

>7. Les paysages des Highlands (Écosse) sont de toute beauté.

>8. Les jardins anglais, une merveille.

>9. Les stages de langues et à nous les petites Anglaises...!

>10. Agatha Christie est l'impératrice du polar et elle a fait d'un détective belge, Hercule Poirot, son héros!


Source here (http://www.lacapitale.be/actualite/monde/2009-11-17/dix-raisons-de-ne-pas-aimer-les-anglais-740771.shtml)

Darkness
November 19th, 2009, 01:52 PM
And if you don't speak frog... here the English...

> 1. They take to the seas of the world.
> 2. Their language is universal. So they refuse to try to speak our own if they lose at home (80% do not want to take a french phrase guidebook on holiday!)... but look at you condescendingly if you speak bad English.
> 3. They do not like others costoms (keep left, etc..)
> 4. They are the worst cooks in the world ...
> 5. They drink warm beer.
> 6. Real drunks! According to one study, the British consumed 8 drinks per day during the holidays!
> 7. Their climate is even more wet than ours.
> 8. Their tabloids think only of buttocks and scandals ...
> 9. They were unjustly eliminated the Red Devils Cup 1990 World ... We have not forgotten the goal at the last second, David Platt!
> 10. We have not forgotten their hooligans responsible for the deaths of 39 people at Heysel in 1985.
And yet we love them!

But rather than these petty, we prefer to preserve everything we love in England.
> 1. They flew to our aid whenever we were invaded.
> 2. They are the best world music (Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc..)
> 3. London, Christmas magic!
> 4. They (re) invented football and competition is among the most spectacular.
> 5. We have a heart for helping their Bobbies, buses and phone booths.
> 6. Their monarchy imposed, notwithstanding the scandals.
> 7. The landscapes of the Highlands (Scotland) are beautiful.
> 8. English gardens, a wonder.
> 9. The language courses and our small English ...!
> 10. Agatha Christie is the Empress of fleece and has a Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, his hero!

Wait did I just prove Number 2?

An exelent find Nick ! :)

nick
November 19th, 2009, 01:56 PM
Did you by any chance use an online translator, there are a few inaccuracies there...

karl
November 19th, 2009, 02:04 PM
Since when has Scotland been in England

Darkness
November 19th, 2009, 03:59 PM
Oh shoot so there, I'll get on it.

ShatteredWings
November 19th, 2009, 07:25 PM
I found that quiet amusing.

Jean Poutine
November 20th, 2009, 05:55 PM
And if you don't speak frog... here the English...

I'll frog you, punk.

And everybody hates the English.

nick
November 20th, 2009, 06:36 PM
I'll frog you, punk.

And everybody hates the English.
Of course they do, that's why that film "Team England" was so funny.

Whisper
November 22nd, 2009, 09:07 PM
I'll frog you, punk.

And everybody hates the English.

Im confused if you mean anyone who speaks english or England....

By 1922, the British Empire held sway over a population of about 458 million people, one-quarter of the world's population,[1] (http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&um=1&q=British%20empire&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw&start=0#cite_note-0) and covered more than 13,000,000 square miles (33,670,000 km2): approximately a quarter of the Earth's total land area.[2] (http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&um=1&q=British%20empire&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw&start=0#cite_note-1) As a result, its political (http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&wikititle=1&q=Common%20Law), linguistic (http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&wikititle=1&q=English%20Language) and cultural (http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&wikititle=1&q=British%20culture) legacy is widespread. At the peak of its power, it was often said that "the sun never sets on the British Empire (http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&wikititle=1&q=The%20empire%20on%20which%20the%20sun%20never%20sets)" because its span across the globe ensured that the sun was always shining on at least one of its numerous territories.


English is the superior language
hence why it won the language wars and is the international business language, the primary language in the western world

Although I do wish I knew French just because i'm Canadian and i think its important even if it is Québécois and not you know....actual French

In a interlinked society like ours you should at the very least be bilingual

Jean Poutine
November 23rd, 2009, 12:31 AM
I'm not particularly upset because English is the dominant language. Hell, I speak it. (Almost) fluently, at that. We, people of French descent, had our importance and we still have a legacy to be proud of.

Frankly I don't see what you hoped to accomplish by pointing out that English is dominant. I know.

However...

Saying the Québécois accent is not actual French is like saying Americans don't speak actual English. Joual is not Québec French and you would not learn Joual in school. There are no more differences between Québec French and Metro French than there are between British English and American English.

Heck, according to what you're saying, you don't speak actual, proper English either because you don't have an RP accent.

Whisper
November 23rd, 2009, 02:23 AM
Rudi said you and I'd get along lol

Jean Poutine
November 23rd, 2009, 12:56 PM
Don't we? :rolleyes: