What Americans Say About French are True? (French stereotypes from Americans)
2024 ж. 27 Сәу.
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French People are known for many things
How much will they agree?
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Le mec a défendu notre pain et fromage avec honneur ce chad
chad? Lol c'est l'opposé d'un chad
@@human7491 bah explique alors
Mdr mais pour le fromage il a raconté n'importe quoi. Je serais italien je peterais un câble
@@Fralche Malheureusement tu ne l'es pas. De toute façon il n'aurait pas dit que le fromage italien est meilleur que celui français car il est français donc il va soutenir son pays.
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As an American, I never really held any stereotypes of French people until I made British friends. The Brits talk down about the French CONSTANTLY!
Yeah bc of football
Well that's from over 1000 years of wars and fighting between the two countries.
Because they are jealous !
I thought it was anybody that wasn't British, especially Americans?🤔
@@siorac69 Jealous? Jealous of what?
I was in a bar in SF talking to girl , she was a lawyer (so highly educated) and when I said I was French, from the countryside, she asked me : “hoo, isn’t it too hard to live in those little castles without hot water…” seriously she thought we didn’t evolve since medieval times…
Ah ouais c'est chaud quand même x)
Y'a longtemps déjà mais ça n'a pas du changer, la fille m'a dit France ??!! So great !!! Et moi : quelle taille fait la France d'après toi ? Same as US ! Elle pensait, on était en Oregon et j'ai dit same as Oregon Elle avait l'air très déçue 😢 😂 Les Americains sont nuls en géo hors usa et Mexico / canada 😮😮😮
yeah... highly educated as i can see 😂 😂
she graduated from MacDonald county university @@sasha-andreathion2319
Histoire similaire : En 2013, un pote à moi est allé étudier aux États-Unis, sa voisine de palier lui a demandé comment faisait les gens en France pour communiquer sans téléphone. La meuf était en fac de médecine ou pharmacie, donc en principe "éduquée". Elle devait penser qu'on vivait tous dans des vieux bâtiments sans électricité...
That stereotype of "Americans are smarter than the French" sounds like something the British started when they didn't score high enough on their exam and couldn't claim a win against the French!🤣🤣
We French and the Europeans are atually intellectual. Cooky Americans. They think they're smarter than us
We don't play their game/rivalry. We Britons just want our island sail far away from France and Belgium. Wasted a lot of good British blood in two pointless wars. Hell even a Tommy saved Adolf life 1918.
@@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022 Yeah, I didn't mean any disrespect, I just like the banter 😉👍😂😁
@@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022 lol I am from southern france and my boyfriend was british. It only you that want leave
@@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022 Sounds like our US southern border 🤔
The sad thing is that people visit Paris and then form an opponion about the entire country based on that just one city not knowing that Paris doesn't equal to France. I've lived in France for the past 4 years (in the south and south west) and the only people who I can consider rude were occasional Parisians that I met here and there who BTW are considered to be rude and condesending towards the other departments as well (as stated in the video).
Well, there's indeed much more about France and the French than just Paris. And Paris is a large city, with the advantages but also the drawbacks of all big cities worldwide (population, noise, traffic, higher criminality, big city stress...) that reflect on their population. That's why we in the provinces don't always "understand" the Parisians, and vice versa.
That’s also that they form an opinion of the whole France based of that one bad moment they experienced .
As someone from the Paris region, I feel like people from the rest of France are often the ones condescending to Parisians. It's like how teens that consider themselves nerds who are mean to preppier kids because they watched too much 80's movies. They feel like they can only be the underdogs but end up being the bullies.
@@PakewlI'm gonna be honnest, I experienced parisian life, worked there, was a tourist also, but I'm from the south, and I didn't like it at all. Sorry to say it but this city is dirty, the mix of dirt pollution and pollen killed my throat while I grow up in the countryside. Most of parisian I've encountered are harsh, not polite, never have time. Their driving is awful, and worst thing is when they're in vacation in the south. We remark a parisian in the south by the way of driving before seing the immatriculation. Dangerous af. Once they left at the end of the summer the beaches are left in a disgusting awfull state. Our beaches are never like that the rest of the time. They're not polite with the local. And they come here for a week, and complain that "oh cicada are too noisy can't you exterminate them ?" (Real story) "oh the farm next to the town smell terrible, can they shut down ? We can't enjoy our vacation" like wtf ? Don't come here if you don't like that. Not saying all parisian are like this but majority of the one moving around are like that, and that's why rest of France don't like you guys
@@Kalypsoo I really feel like there's a huge negativity bias there. The driving thing I experience the other way around. I don't drive, but when I go to the south of France with other people from around Paris, they complain a lot about how people drive their. Once again, negativity bias, making connection where there's none. Judging by the people I know from around France, they're honestly about the same rudeness wise (when people aren't giving parisians shit for being from Paris). The pattern I've noticed is related to incomes more than region. Wealthiest people are usually the rudest. Mind you I don't know that many people who are "true" parisians and I mostly know people from Paris' "banlieue", where we are not as well off, so there's that. Sorry you didn't like the city itself though, it's alright, it has its flaws.
Ils ont écris les prénoms n'importe comment dans les sous-titres, j'suis morte hahaha
Lucien lol
Briget est mon préféré
ils auraient pu faire un effort quand même
Anaise
Mais oui ptdrrr anaise et BRIGET 💀
I like how the stereotypes of the French being cowardly and the French Resistance being extremely brave can exist simultaneously.
They're refering when we surrendered back in WW2 and this damn White flag 🏳️. (It was the Regim of Vichy who gave up towards the Nazis. Not our French General Charles de Gaulle who fled in UK and calling for help to US. That's really happened For the record, we have the most military victories in History 🇫🇷 : 1115 🇬🇧 : 1105 🇺🇸 : 833 🇷🇺 : 491 🇩🇪 : 425 🇪🇦 : 387 🇵🇱 : 344 Roman Empire : 259 🇨🇳 : 244 🇹🇷 : 210
this stereotype is so weird cuz it shows they don't know history. France was betrayed by marshall Petain who used to be a war hero, he sold the country to the germans. He surrendered and gave the jews to the nazis, but the pople never stopped fighting
schrodinger cat was french^^
@@aimdeka7023 Possibly French.
Just take the Revolutionary wars where France managed to beat off all of the 7 strongest countries in the world being outnumbered by 1 to 5 with malnourished and untrained soldiers and got all of them to sign a peace treaty while doubling it's territorial size against all odds.
You know they really are French when the one who doesn't live in Paris say the negative stereotypes come from Parisians :D Paris VS Province (the rest of the country) is a very real thing
This really is classic case of self-hate (typical modern French), as a majority of parisians are from the country and aspire to come back eventually. In 20 years in Paris I can say I met very few condescending people, and in the Midi where I come from sometimes people kind of project their own insecurities about what they fear the parisians might think of them. I guess the same might be said of stereotypes from both sides of the pond. To the foreigners reading this, Frenchmen are simple people, understand that what you see in luxury commercials isn't real.
@@Tusk-ruk THIS
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Complex Inferiority for the most part. They all dream to move to Paris and lose their rural accent 😂😅
@@Jay-Zloin Now you're fueling the fire. 😉 In all honesty Paris has lost all allure for many, and for good reason, the first among many being that access to culture and entertainment is ubiquitous nowadays. 19th century Paris was a global, living cultural Maelstrom. Today it's a museum, and a bloated one.
We can see the french love for debate when they get up to speak 😅
We love debating. Nous aimons débattre sur un sujet
Yeah! We even have organized debates at school!
They are really good at it too
And we are really good at it
@@HwasaHottieXSolarMoon bhahahah if only you knew
Ils sortent vraiment de nulle part tous ces stéréotypes... surtout que des préjugés sur les Français y'en a pléthore franchement ! Du style : "Les français ne mangent que du pain tout le temps" est beaucoup plus logique que "Le Danemark fait du meilleur pain que la France" (mais, vraiment, qui connait le pain du Danemark... ?)
Personne 😭
Sûrement un gars du Danemark qui a inventé ça mdr
y'en --> NON y en --> OUI
@@human7491 Non plus. "y'en" = non ; "il y en" = oui. Mais c'est ce qu'on appelle un effet de style pour imiter à l'écrit un langage oral familier... donc les remarques vous pouvez vous les garder.
Mdrr typiquement français
Rudeness: Every French person I've ever met or interacted with has been friendly, even warm. They are direct but not German direct, but they are like Americans in that they keep the deep stuff close to the chest and are open with the surface stuff. Easy? No. Culturally, the French are very open when it comes to sex and intimacy, but again... surface vs. deep. Bread: The French have the baguette and the pain de mie, as well as other boules. The Danish have rugbrød. Sorry, Denmark. :) The cleaning part: Americans shower more than the French, but the French take baths more. Americans are less thorough (SOMETIMES) when they shower (eww), but the French are more thorough but maybe less often? It's a draw. **lol** We Americans are not stupid per se, but we can be very provincial/insular when it comes to anything outside the US. That needs to change.
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Ignorant and uncultured would be the correct words. The education system in the US doesn't put much importance in Geography and World History, so it's no wonder many of them don't know where countries are located on a map or what their capitals are.
Im french and when it comes to shower we don't waste, especially for some people in those times. Also we take more showers than baths, it's to much water.
Thank you for claryfîng everything.
@@lionardl1604 but why only one person stand up? if it false. they all will be standing up.... my race took a bath at minimum 2x everyday. most of us took bath 3x
As a French person, I grew up taking baths everyday at 19 (7PM) and I'm still doing that today! I don't see how it's dirty: you don't get dirty overnight, but you do during the day. Taking a bath in the morning means you go to bed with all the day's dirt and that's disgusting to me. Also, I'm an au pair in the US currently and the kids don't take baths/showers everyday, for the youngest one, it's once a week even. But they change pajama every day when I don't so I guess I'm the dirty one!
Pareil je pense que c'est plus logique de se doucher le soir. Tu te nettoie de tout ce qui t'a salis pendant la journée, et ensuite quand tu bouge pas chez toi ben tu te salis pas. Alors que se coucher en étant sale pour finalement se laver le matin, c'est un peu absurde.
@@bloodust7356 on est bien d'accord ! Et la majorité des gens fait ça en plus ! Et puis, on va pas se mentir, le matin, j'ai trop la flemme, alors que le soir, ça fait trop du bien !
Ça m'arrive de prendre des douches le matin en plus de mes douches le soir mais je comprends pas ce truc d'en prendre que le matin. T'as la saleté et ta transpiration de toute la journée dans ton lit. Perso je déteste la sensation d'être sale quand je vais dormir
No digo que sea cierto pero existe el estereotipo (racista) que los europeos no se bañan todos los días porque el agua es cara y por eso huelen mal. A demás que los desodorantes no contienen aluminio por lo que sudan más etc.
@@Taetae-ye8zb qué? Pero somos ricos lol! Es verdad que tratamos de hacer economías, particularmente con recursos preciosos, pero a nosotros nos gusta estar limpios! Tomamos duchas, no baños porque usan más agua y son mas largos, pero duchamos! Sé que es un estereotipo muy común, en particular para franceses: se dice que ponemos perfumes porque aprestamos, pero no todas las personas hacen eso.
LOL! Of course we all know internet stereotypes are wrong, but it’s fun to hear them discussed by the group and also see all the French together
so it's true french is lazy to take a bath
@@boboboy8189 💀 bro i think you dont want to learn stupid stereotypes of your country
@@boboboy8189 Nah, it's because it's a waste of water and not much cleaner. Better take a shower while scrupulously rubbing every cm² of skin than letting yourself soak like a vegetable in an old soup lol
I love my french compatriote, they fight stereotype about french with stereotype about american. Such a French thing to do 😂😂😂
"Americans are smarter than french people" i've heard this stereotype before , i thought would the other way around usually
That was because of a war. It's pretty stupid to create a stereotype based on pretty much no reason. The other way around could be because of the idea that just "nerds" know stuff because it's "uncool" to study, or some other bs.
We French and the Europeans are atually intellectual. Cooky Americans. They think they're smarter than us They can't even list their own President of the United States from the 21st century
Yeah..Ikr...Also,as a Dane and I can approve that our breads ((on average)) AREN'T (again,we CAN'T generalize here, so it's only measured in averages) better (and,tastier) and lesser worldwide popular than the French ones.But, ours are sure a lot healthier and slightly more diversed(not talking about white breads here).....Yeah....I've been from Paris,Lyon,Nice to Corsica/Corse(Ajaccio).And,from Aarhus,Odense, Copenhagen/København to Roenne/Rønne,so yep,I can approve that FOR SURE in term of white breads ((on average)) and just let alone all kinds of breads in general ((on average)...Gotta love our Frenchy allies and people.Indeed.Vive la France😅😅🙃😏👍👌🤙
@@emilatik8581 lmao the amount of precautions you took to make that statement shows perfectly how much famous it is that French people are easily triggered when you say something bad about their bread, it is hilarious 😂 And you did great not to. **dead cold French mafioso stare**
Danes and frenches are fans of each other they love between them, i can understand both opinions for the health, vegetarian breads danes bread can win, but for the pleasure and happiness, frenches breads are populars and winners in white bread style. 🍻🍻🍻🍻
The stereotype about soccer almost made me choke like wtf? And it's called football please. I like the first girl from the right she had such good arguments and clapbacks as she should
Aux Etats Unis c'est "soccer" parce que pour eux le football c'est ce que nous on appel le "football américain" qui est en fait du rugby avec des protections (les casques, les épaulières, etc)
About the French being “easy”, in Quebec, we had a comedy group which wrote a sketch about French girls that went like this: “ J’suis comme le camembert, j’m’étends moins bien qu’j’en ai l’air” (I’m like camembert, I don’t spread as easily as I look”)
😅
Excellent ! Je ne connaissais pas ! Je suis d'accord avec ces paroles, surtout en été, quand les jupes et les robes sont courtes 😁
@@RoseJ763 I’m French and I think that’s hilarious! It’s just humor!
les allumeuses en France on connait lool
Belle 😂
As an American I can emphatically say that a majority of the country is America-centric. Some people barely know other continents let alone basic geography 😂
That's true but we also tend to be far less rude and unfriendly than the people who are constantly bragging about how good their European geography skills are.
And being smart isn't knowing the countries. It's being useful in your own country.
I have yet to meet a rude French person but when I was in France the two super rude people I ran into were both German.
It's kinda ok to not be good at geography but then, don't talk about how the world should be and say you're the best country because you basically know nothing about the world. Not all american I know but a lot of them. In that I think it's not a smart way of thinking. If you don't know about something, do proper researches before talking like you know. Don't talk about moral in the world, and cultures and history, and politics if you don't know how it is outside of your country. That is stupid, and something very common in the US
@@Ivan-fm4eh That is not true tho. You're decently polite, but it doesn't even feel genuine.
Tips for Americans visiting France: before convincing yourself we are any rude, please try greeting people, shopkeepers, waiters, staffs etc. anywhere you go before asking anything. Sometimes it's just a matter of culture differences, politeness in France is very important and greeting first is a must-do unless you want to get bombastic side eyes 🥲 bidding farewell is also expected. And not being loud in public space, especially indoors and in public transportations. Not saying no French is rude, but the stereotype is stretched af
et saluer minimum en Français, si non ca passe pas trop
@@mirage2585 Mdr j'ai hésité a le préciser
Just saying "bonjour" makes the difference, try it one day, you'll see that french can be polite
And in France the costumer is not king, kings are not welcome in France so please be respectful to the staff and they'll help you
Je te jure. Ils abuse grave avec leurs stereotypes. Endirait ils sont jamais sortie dehors.
"We have Mbappe and did you watch the last WC, thank you bye. " Merci d'avoir mis les termes !!
I agree that it's the Parisians that can be rude or not nice at times and not the French people in general. When you say France everyone just thinks of Paris but Paris is NOT France people need to understand that. I'm a foreigner living in the south of France for the past 4 years and the people have been nothing but nice I absolutely love it here!
You really ought to stop criticising Paris because that's another cliché too. This is one of the most densely populated city in the world and the most visited place but people who live here also work so that's why everyone has to share the public space. And yet, "Parisians" (which means nothing nowadays since they are a few to be real born Parisians, most come from the rest of France) are very welcoming, helpful, professional and deferential. I'm not originally from there. The harshest comments about Parisians I was told were coming from people who had been once or twice to Paris in their lifetime. There is kind of jealousy between the capital, the big cities and the rest of the country (you have probably felt it since you live in France). It's been now eleven years in Paris and I've had all the time needed to experience the fact that all those clichés are basically very gratuitous. Ps : funny but meaningful fact. ALL the so-called arrogant "Parisians" I may have met are people who actually left their French countryside to come to the capital for jobs.
@@Vetrarbreytin I'm not criticizing the parisians, my point was that when you say "France" or "French people" almost everyone ONLY thinks of Paris and Parisians and my view towards Paris is neither bad nor negative I see it as a busy capital like any other capital city. It's like only going to New York and forming an opinion about the whole country just based on that one city
@@marziakht548 lmao 'I'm not criticizing the parisians', reread your first sentence
Les provinciaux critiquent les parisiens car ils sont jaloux de la capitale ou de la connaissent pas, certains n'y sont même jamais allé. Ils voient des parisiens ( franciliens) en vacances chez eux, et déjà, ils sont mal accueillis à peine sortis de voiture. Je suis originaire de la Drôme, ma voiture est immatriculée 78.... et purée, comme on est mal reçus juste parce qu'on a un 78. Je leur dit "les gars on se calme, ici c'est ma terre natale, mais je suis fier d'être francilien, alors arrêtez vos clichés". J'ai déménagé dans toute la France, j'ai vécu dans le Sud ( Perpignan), dans la Drôme ( 22 ans) et en Lorraine.... j'ai fait des séjours longs dans plusieurs coins de France. Et des "cons", il y en a PARTOUT !!! Sauf que l'Île de France brasse un nombre de gens hallucinant: population locale, touristes.... et 3/4 des franciliens viennent de base de province.... Les meilleurs moments de ma vie ont été ma vie d'étudiant à Paris et mes 10 ans à vivre intra-muros. Aujourd'hui je suis à Versailles, et oui, je le dis, sans air hautain. L'Île de France est à un niveau supérieur dans beaucoup de domaines par rapport au reste du territoire. On voit + de cons car on est plus nombreux.... mais allez à Lyon, Bordeaux, en Lorraine, à Perpignan.... pfiou...... 😮
@@KaraganOlympus The fact that Parisians (and you) call everyone else "les provinciaux" shows how Parisians see themselves differently from everyone else.
Hi guys! It’s Megan~! Thank you everyone for the Love and nice comments ♥️ Always keep in mind that it is entertainment, Italian cheeses are amazing, same goes for Danish breads! ☺️
Lol t'es déjà allée au Danemark ? Have you ever been to Denmark. They sell frozen bread in supermarkets with French flags over their wrappings that they call franskbrød. Tout est dit.
Hi, just letting you know that not all Americans are stupid. Usually just the ones that go to liberal colleges.
Im half danish and half french, even though danish bread is nice with some other things, there isnt any bread in the whole world that is better than a french baguette
lmao so many people can make better bread than your all sugar and yeast commercial stick. Il faut différencier les stéréotypes et la réalité
Merci d'avoir dis les mots JUSTES sur Mbappe, la coupe du Monde et la place de la France au sommet du foot
I've been to Paris and the people were kind to me. If i could move there i definitely would. Maybe because looked like a local. I'm from Chicago btw
Glad to read that ! Paris is my place and people are nice indeed. Enough with stereotypes !
I guess we can say something about the french : respect us and we will respect you. In some american shops the clients are treated like kings and they don't care for the employes, so if they expect the same thing in France of course they'll be insulted ^^
I have never heard of any of these stereotypes except the rude one. But I knew it to be just that, a stereotype. Just like American stereotypes, not all are the same. We have people from all walks of life, dumb and smart.
Yah I've never heard a lot of them either, most of them I've heard people say the opposite.
I have heard the unfriendly stereotype as well. When they brought up Paris specifically it made more sense. Big cities are bustling and residents don't always have the time to engage with tourists so attitudes may seem less friendly in larger cities like Paris, London, New York or L.A.
You are a wise person, and thank you for that
It's just weird that the measure of how intelligent someone is is apparently if they know the capital cities of European countries 🙄
Fun fact france historically has won the most battles
Yes, but their surrenders are legendary🏳 They are ready to surrender even now(to Putin).
Correct. We have the most military victories in History which means we fought most wars than any countries despite the defeats and that damn surrender jokes from WW2 June 1940 that people mock us All thanks to our French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte who banged around Europe throughout his Conquest
That is seriously noting to be proud off, and just shows what a war hungry nation France was.
RUSSIA WON THE MOST BATTLES
@@cpj93070 non, ca montre juste qu'on est les plus fort à la baston
So the black Parisian girl mentioned so ething about kids baths. I am also black and can be considered Parisian and my mother is Algerian who also lived in the Paris area all her life. I'm also now a parent. I think this is because it's about little kids get dirty all day doing their activities so you are more focused with them being to bed clean. Then in the morning you just have to wash the face because everything is time consuming when the child is not yet entirely independent in the shower. I remember when I was small and my mom had to supervise my shower tine we'd do it in the evenings, usually communally with my siblings. But once I started doing most stuff for myself quick and then help my mom with my youngest sister she started telling me to shower in the morning, first under supervision, like how to set the non slip mat, use the shower cap on no shampoo days and such and then I was I think around 6 years old and already well into primary school (i skipped most of the last grade of kindergarten) Today with my baby of 20months were only just moving to a three times a week bath because of the heat from a twice a week we've had since they were born. It's really time consuming because they always want to play in the water. Because of ADHD I am bot patient enough so Daddy is giving them the bath but I'll do it sometimes to have fun because I'll wear my swimsuit and splash with them. I expect to do pretty much like my mom, even if we don't want any more children: supervise bath and then showers, maybe in my swimsuit, shower with them, but mostly on evenings until they start primary school. I wouldn't call that dirty really but it's also very specific to child rearing and it seems to fit children activities better.
Fully agree with my French friends in this video 💙
i love the chemistry between the participants, it's obvs how charismatic and open minded they are
I have been to France many times over the years, and never had a problem with attitude including in Paris until last year. I wouldn't even refer to it as rudeness, but stupidity; so this year I am in Marseille, and things are back to normal, a much better environment.
Good Luck 😂
alors ça se passe comment ? x)
@@shuwap il est mort💀
I'm Italian and I think that it's impossible not to love France, they have the second good food in the world, the second beautiful women in the world, they live in the second beautiful country in the world!!! Everybody ought to love France!!!
Very true! Thanks for aknowledging that the first one is Brittany, then France then Italy
Only Italy rivals France
@@amaurylannes Étant français, nous avons une plus grande rivalité avec les anglais et non avec les italiens
@@stephanedumas8329 sur les aspects cités par le premier com, c'est plus avec l'Italie. Dans cette compétition l'Angleterre n'aura jamais sa place, ce serait comme se moquer d'un handicapé xD
@@temalagova2663 J'ai toujours remarqué et encore plus avec les réseaux sociaux que les italiens sont toujours en rivalité avec la France alors que nous français généralement on s'en moque un peu de l'Italie
This is why Google is american, every stereotype is false x)
You probably believe all Americans are stupid
French people are not rude A French are really nice people kind And friendly Bonjour
I can attest for the fact that some Americans think Europe is a country. Once I was with some friends and I talked about how I went to two countries at the time being France and England and TWO of them argued with me that it was the same country -_- and these were college aged friends
Is there any englishmen assisting me, a french, to go in war ? Against the Americans.
Made up story
@@emmanuelasu9246 Not necesserely, I know some American think Spain don't exist
@@ZE.brigitte Are these Americans that you know...actors in a tiktok video?
@@ZE.brigitte FUnny because i am in america and i havent seen them. I have friends from Spain here in America. They too have never encoutered anyone who thought Spain dosent exist. You guys are just making up stuff as you go to make yourselves feel better. Hmm...I wonder why.... (I actually know why👀)
Frenchie here. My opinion on the stereotypes debated in the vid : Cheese : French cheese is superior worldwide. If you ask anyone from anywhere what is the country of cheese, it's France, because it actually is. Famous French cheeses include, but are not limited to : Camembert, Roquefort (and other Blue cheeses), Reblochon, Morbier (the blue line inside is ash, opposite of other Blues where it's fungi _Penicilium notatum_ ), Beaufort, Cantal... Rudeness : Parisians are rude, go in the countryside and many more people are welcoming. And don't forget that France isn't just Paris ^^ Being easy : Agreed with the vid, we are more open to talk about "private" things, but not in a private way or really depicting these private things. I can talk easily about it, but won't go into details. This we keep to ourselves. Bread : Denmark has bread? Jokes aside, everyone and their mother knows the Baguette. Quick trivia for non-frenchies : The word "Pain" describes both the bread and it's shape. A Baguette has it's distinctive shape. A Pain is another shape (kinda like a fat baguette), a Boule is round (hence the name), a Bâtard is midway through a Boule and a Pain (yes I know that word is an insult nowadays, but it was used to describe dogs bred from two different breeds looking half like one, half like the other, just like the bread variant). Laziness : That's funny, in France we say Spaniards are lazy xD. As said, it's not about how many hours you spend at work, it's the work done at the end of the day that counts. Our work ethic is good. Cleanliness : This stereotype might come from the fact we clean ourselves at the end of the day. We're sweaty from today, hop in the shower and sleep clean. Makes sense as we won't be dirty when tomorrow comes. Intelligence : Tbh I don't really know. I don't think one is dumber than the other. However, there are 5 times more Americans than French, so that means 5 times more dumbasses, plus the fact many more vids happen in the USA, rather than France. Not to forget Americans are extremely self-centered, and many only care about their country. I'd say it's more a lack of knowledge than intelligence. Soccer : what... Seriously, how can someone say that? Reasons above maybe. Two World Cups (1998, 2018) aren't enough? Romance : We don't overexaggerate, we ARE romantic. That's the way we are. Overexaggerating implies we are doing more than we would've done usually, whereas we usually do that much, because that's the way we are. Going at Ronald's isn't romantic. Bonus fact about snails and frogs : Yes, we eat both. Yes, I've eaten both. Snails are mid. They are served in molten butter and parsley. It's good because of the molten butter and parsley, not the snail itself. The species eaten is _Helix aspersa aspersa_ , commonly called Petit-Gris. As for frogs, it's different because they do taste good themselves. The texture is close to poultry, hence why it's said to taste like chicken, but I don't think it's the case. They can be fried (might explain the chicken link) or sautéed with garlic and parsley. All of the frogs eaten come from farms, as the frog wildlife is protected in France. Most commonly eaten species are _Rana temporaria_ (Reddish frog) and _Pelophylax ridibundus_ (Laughing frog) To sum up : These are stereotypes, not actual facts. Not saying we don't have faults though ^^
Don't debunk stereotypes by using another stereotype ^^
@eddie_castorin1235. Vous parlez bien anglais en tous cas.
Actually, both France and Italy have cheese with maggots in it. Or maybe I should say none of them have? The point is that the two neighboring islands of Corsica and Sardinia both have a traditional type of cheese that is fermented by letting flies lay their eggs in it. In Corsican, it's Casgiu Merzu and in Sardinian it's Casu Martzu. Sincerely, a Danish guy who also likes French bread. ps. our word for white bread is literally "French bread", so I don't think the comparison is that fair. I would not eat the same stuff with white bread that I would eat with rye bread. Imagine eating smoked eel or pickled herring on white bread... the juices would just destroy the texture of the bread and with no acidity to balance the fatty/sweet flavour of the fish....nope, not for me. Sourdough might work though 🤔
Yeah but do they have dick cheese
Love ❤️❤️🇩🇰🇫🇷
La France gagne en tout, meilleur fromage, meilleur pain, meilleur look, etc
I love us french: - Can't stand the idea to be put equal to the italians when it comes to cheese. - Do not accept to be called easy... only because it sounds negative. - Throw the parisians under the bus when accused of rudeness. - and the "americans are smarter than french" is just cheap, and a bit dirty on americans. Overall, a huge ball of inflammed pride
we were only telling the truth
- Italian cheese are good for cooking, but I don't know a single italian cheese I would eat alone with some bread - French are not easy, they are selective, we are just not stuck 200years ago dictated by religion - well, peaple in big cities are usually more rude than rural people, whatever the country, and Paris is the biggest city in France, sooo... - being american doesn't make you dumb, but general knowledge is missing for those who don't seek it there. I would say we have more culture in France, but it's getting pretty bad too these days...
And overall, you are just a huge ball of inflammed pride who is dirty on french
When in doubt, always blame it on the parisians ahaha
J'ai passé plusieurs mois au Danemark... Et j'ai gouter leurs pains... C'était mon premier voyage, et j'ai énormément regretter mon petit village de bourgogne et ma boulangerie. C'était un pain nourrissant, mais dur, dense, désagréable et avec un gout pointu sur la fin... Je ne saurais pas dire si il est moins bon que le pain Français parce que je suis biaisée ( forcément, mon bon pain, c'est mon mien de chez moi ! ) Mais le pain Danois existe, il est différent, et je pense que pour répondre à cette question, il faudrait faire gouter les deux pains à un éventail de gens d'horizons différentes et faire des statistiques X'D Je pense que c'est pareil pour le fromage Italien. Probablement que chez les Italiens aussi, il y a moult fromages différents avec des gouts fins, que le commun des Français ne connais probablement pas. Ps: J'ai pas réussi à aller au bout de ma tranche de pain Danois, et j'ai pas aimé grand chose de mon voyage à vrai dire... Je ne suis même pas spécialement difficile dans mon propre pays, mais wahou ! quand on a toujours grandit dans " le pays de la gastronomie" et qu'on va ailleurs, on comprend enfin ce que ça veut dire. Et la France nous manque.
I'm American but I have to call B.S. on France not being good at soccer. They have been one of the best soccer teams in the world for a long time. They've won recent World Cups and Euro Cups and have one of the best players in the world on their team.
Amazingly, French tend to perform very well in the most known collective sports : soccer => world champion 1998, 2018 basketball => European champion 2013, 2nd in world championships in 2000 and 2020 volley => olympic champion in 2020, European champion in 2015 Rugby => 2nd in World championship in 1987, 1999, 2011. 10 "Grand Chelem" in the 6 nations, current 2nd in world rankings (tho they did underperform for some time, they are back on track) Handball => most titled nation in the discipline with 6 titles of world champion and 3 Olympic titles
@ThunderPants13. Thank you and give a kiss to your dog.💚
actual real stereotypes, We are very snobbish about food, it almost always make us cringe when someone is saying that other countries cook better (even just a little). It took me 2 years of living in England to accept that I was never going to have the best quality meat and that beans on toast are considered a delicacy. We are on average really proud people and quite hard workers, we also don't tend to obey our government blindly, you'll rarely see a French flag floating on someone's house but we are all proud to be French (now waiting for the responses saying "I'm not")
Entre l'angleterre et la france c'est le grand écart ahaha, les pauvres anglais doivent leur mauvaise cuisine à la révolution anglaise (autour de 1648), le développement de la pré-industrie a été si intense et concentré dans le temps qu'il a détruit et/ou transformer une large part du patrimoine paysan de façon très violente, ceci pour la bonne adéquation des terres et des pratiques avec les besoins du capitalisme naissant. La France a aussi connu ce développement mais sur un temps beaucoup plus long et dans un registre relativement moins intensif. Cette différence de temporalité elle même s'explique par l'histoire du peuplement et des diverses invasions qu'ont connus ces pays, c'est très intéressant mais un peu long à détailler ici !
Pareil au Canada j'ai mis du temps à m'habituer à la qualité moyenne de la nourriture (même nos RU son meilleurs )
As an italian I like to think both French and Italian cheeses are great…but the comment from the French guy saying that Italy originated from France, what does that even mean? None of the two originated from the other, if anything the French language originated from latin that was born in Rome😂 Btw I enjoy these types of videos, keep them coming😊
He's wrong. Allow me to clarify our origin. As French. Notre langue française is Indeed a Romance Language originated from Latin (we fell into to the Roman Empire 2000 years we were once called Gaulish people and our Motherland were called Gallia)🟥🦅 However we did have some Germanic influences through Frankish Empire of Emperor Charlemagne when he came along (West of Frankia and East of Frankia) France and Germany these days 🇲🇫🇩🇪 In the Renaissance era, France and Italy had a good relationship 🇲🇫🇮🇹 ➡️ King Henry IV of France
Yes, the guy’s statement was not backed by evidence so I did not understand it but glad I was not the only one feeling like that😅
Yeah dude was just fooling around, not to be taken seriously
I think he was talking about Italian unification with Napoleon III help. Also the fact that the savoy family merged from burgundy, a major state mostly in France now, as well as Savoy. But we know that we have latin origins, the germanic tribes came after the roman empire collapse. Since we know practically nothing about gaulish culture, we learn about Greek and Roman empires for a whole year at school :)
I'm French and my wife is Italian. We also have those heated debates but in the end we realize we have so much in common: art, fashion, food, language, way of thinking... Italian and French people argue a lot like siblings would do.
As a half French half Portuguese autodidact ( a self-taught person ) My feeling about all of this, is that everybody is making stereotypes about everybody, people generalize just because of a bumb minority of other people who acted in a bad way at some point in life or just because some people hold a grudge about a specific country or just by pure dislike, but it's okay people are free to think the way they want, no grudge.
the cheese, bread and football part broke my heart
The one about football is just to irritate us😭. Our team is one of the strongest today
No is not , Argentina dominated you
@@Andrearuch97 no
@@clara_lgrs1827 yes cope harder
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@@Andrearuch97 dont judge a country bc they lost a final, we're in top 3. Stop talk about argentina
I noticed that a lot of European countries had a problem with the French people while the French are just "egocentric" and don't care about other countries and don't compete with them because they know they are "better" and I don't find that negative for me everyone should think that about their country
I've rarely seen French people putting down other countries because they don't care and for them their country is the best while the others are a bit insecure about it so they try to put down France (it's an American pov sorry if I'm wrong )
Nothing wrong with being a bit egocentric, but there's that, and thinking you're the center of the universe. It's this kind of arrogance why the French tend to be disliked elsewhere in Europe. The girl that didn't watch any game of the French national team other than the final at the last world cup, for example. That's not confidence, that's just blatant arrogance.
@@bestofthevoice7286well we just don't really think of them and we don't care what they think of us. Not in a bad way, except sometimes for english and americans because of theirs stupid tabloids. But we like our neighbors! That's a sad fun fact but most french people are very surprised when we discover (on the internet) that spanish and Italian people hate us. We think of them as latin brothers, so we don't really get it. We're envious about all the Renaissance things and baroque movements in Italy while having ourselves our proper Renaissance period. We also romanticize them a lot! I can't really tell for spanish people, they're so faaar from the alps, where I live... But they're really good for feasts and they have an interesting dancing culture : flamenco, salsa... But they also had very rough times, way worse than for italy and france back in the 19th/20th centuries.
@@romaingillet2526 That's what us Brits think about you Europeans when we left the EU, we seriously couldn't give a fig about what you guys think.
@@cpj93070 well most french people think that was a shame. We don't control our governments so we weren't really ok with those embargoes toward Britain. Every week now, we hear about your groceries problems and fishing areas, you guys are worrying us a bit... We were thinking you could join the AELE like 🇨🇭🇧🇻🇮🇸🇱🇮...
They all get along very well, so cool!
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Poor Flavien. French guys are cute too!
Flavien is totally a cutie 😻
@@madworld. Yes, he's h0t
That's gay guys stop@@madworld.
There's been french bashing going on from the Anglo Saxons for ever, mainly because we do not constantly follow their paths. So we are arrogant etc... A mastered way to project their own defaults to the French!
et ils ont brulé jeanne d'arc, impardonnable!!!🤣😂
You can clearly see the hatred against parisiens even in France. The whole country doesn't like us😭
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You did this to yourselves lol
@Amaury Lannes no most people who judge us have never been in Paris. So they base themselves on stereotypes. I know because a lot of my friends that come from the south of France don't like Paris but that's their first time here.
@@clara_lgrs1827 There you go, that's exactly why people don't like you, you can never be humble and just accept something lol Or try to understand their side.
@Frozenbizkit why do you mean. You think tourists and others try to understand us? I know people can be rude and disrespectful but people shouldn't generalize.
let's be fair no way americans people more smart than franch
2:34 she's talking about Casu Martzu, that's from Sardegna, Italy. They have some in Corsica but only very old and/or traditional people eat it.
I really enjoy this channel and the videos. :) Here are some observations on this one. In regards to geography, I think a lot of it has to do with proximity and size. The US is the 4th largest country in the world. France is smaller than 2 of the 50 united states (Texas and Alaska). Most people from the US wouldn't expect people from France to know all of the states, provinces, or territories that make up North America. I could not name every country in Europe - I tried and missed some south Slavic ones that I knew but couldn't recall on the spot. Plus I didn't know that Andora or San Marino were countries and I had never heard of Holy See until today. Personally, I don't know anyone in the US that thinks the world is flat haha. Everyone I know had a world globe in their home growing up and did solar system projects in elementary school. There are bizarre conspiracy theorists here but they are a small percentage. "Thanksgiving" is a traditional harvest feast and many countries all over the world have similar celebrations. It is quite literally a tradition of "giving thanks" for a bountiful harvest/food and is celebrated by gathering for a feast with family and friends. It is also a holiday that is significant for charitable giving by donating food, services, money, clothing, etc. to those in need. Italian food is very popular in the United States so a lot of these cheeses are common in restaurants, delis and grocery stores: Parmesan, Mozzarella, Provolone, Ricotta, Romano, Asiago, Mascarpone, Fontina, Gorgonzola. French restaurants and cheeses are a lot less popular in most of the US.
julie b I don't know how the two french in this video can be so ignorant. Just doing a little Internet research and you find that Italy has thousends kind of cheese. And, if you don't know something, why speaking about something you ignore?
this sin't the right logic, a state isn't a country, for example you don't know the russian states ? But it's the latgest country in the world.
Ok, NAME ALL THE REGIONS ON FRANCE MISS
Why is European geography the measure of intelligence?! You memorize it by rote and regurgitate it. And of course French people know geography, they along with the British colonized half of the world.
You guys know more about Italian cheese because our cheeses in France are mostly with raw milk and you are not allowed to drink/eat non pasteurised cheeses/and other dairy.
For the football/soccer it's a bit more complex La Ligue 1 if you compared it with The Premier League, the Bundesliga, La Liga and the Serie A, then yes it's a bit true If you check the national team there is no debate, we are in the top 3
Why did she choose stereotypes... that aren't actually stereotypes about France? 🤔 Except the _"rude one"_ and the _"lazy one"_ , all of them aren't stereotypes. How can some people say we're bad at football??? We won 2 world cups and we made it to the finals twice the last 20 years!!! There are so many stereotypes about French people she could've chosen: _ we don't wash ourselves often (generally speaking: we stink) _ we're arrogant _ we smoke a lot etc. PS: the _"we work less but we're more effective"_ used to be true but it's not true anymore. It's been debunked a long time ago.
Shout out to my fellow french people ! Thank you for defending our honor 😂
Les anglo-saxons ont vraiment un problème avec nous 😂
@@Lostouille Les anglos-saxons ont un problème avec tout le monde to be fair
What would you say if I said America is better
That would be just your opinion.
@@Lostouille but what if it is better😏
OMG she quote corsica x) yeah we exist ! Thank you x)
When US soldier came in France in WW2, they found houses with no toilets, and no bathroom. It was really old houses, with toilets out in a little cabinet in the garden, and no shower. That plus old stories about french kingdom's inventing perfumes to cover smells, becaus at this time, water was susected to carry diseases (which was not totally wrong)... And a legend of "dirty french people " began. But at this time, remember that US people in some countryside.. were not so.. clean...
Red card on Megan's comment penalty for Argentina 😂😂😂
She was so true we were robbed x
Everybody knows the baguette but we have a lot of breads in France : different types of flour, salty or sweety breads, regional breads (about 20) and even different types of baguette. For example, the Danish rye bread with cereals, we have our own.
11:41 Megan : "we just know how to love". Française avec des origines italiennes, tu m'étonnes ! 🥰 (comment ça encore un stéréotype ?) Ça et puis les vers dans le fromage, les meilleures punchlines malheureusement underrated de la vidéo.
Best team ever!
yes was really fun :)
They messed up bad their names in the subtitles. 👁👁 Megan ? Mégane Anaise???? Anaïs Lucien???♂️ Wtf 😅 Lucie Flavien Brigitte
9:15 - Someone has been watching Fleccas Talks' videos... 😉
an american should do this with Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish people cause Americans are sooooo bad at countries mistaking Norway to be in Sweden, there are some that takes offense to such. either way without Scandinavian inventions USA would be ALOT diffrent
What would that be?
@@timothyreel716 some inventions may fall apart I guess cause of lack of resources of something I guess
@@timothyreel716 Bluetooth is one. But I don't understand the European obsession with crapping all over the US and Americans. In turn, we're either indifferent or positive on Europe.
@@Ivan-fm4eh Yeah, I appreciate unbiased opinion
The second girl, her name is Lucie, not Lucien (in my opinion)
that’s correct
"stay in the office until 1 AM, 3-4 AM" "we do have work-life balance" What the hell ? where has she been working ? that's insane.
CLEAN OR DIRTY: The cleanliness is usually related to the fact that at a certain era of french history, royalty were actually very dirty (yes Versailles smelled like pee and popoo sorry), they didn't wash that much and used a lot of perfume to hide smells, while the common people, working on field etc actually cleaned themselves everydays. I guess this image stick to your skin. Also nowadays, i think it's kinda true that American (at least some of them) are cleaner than french people since american culture is waaaaay more hygenistic from house, to food and body care at a point that french would consider excessive. For example, a lot of europeans, french included won't take a shower every day in winter because they don't sweat, don't go out that much and/or wish to reduce water intake and soap or shampoo application (which if excessive, is actually bad for the skin and promote oil secretions). And even if we don't take a full shower, we still daily clean some specific parts (face, armits, genitals, feet). CHEESE AND BREAD: i mean the main argument to oppose to italians and danish would be the diversity that you can find in France for these two products. If you don't find your favorite cheese or bread somewhere in France, please keep looking. I love mozzarella, parmegiano, pecorino, scamorza though. BEING EASY: that would first need a definition. For example, i think that there are studies on which country starts having sex at early age and we are behind a lot af european countries. It is also related to the cliché/fantasm of libertinage, marquis de Sade, etc that again, stick to our skin. As they said, talking about sexuality may not be as taboo as in other places which does not mean we act as much as we talk. Also i agree with the open-minded statement. Casual sex is fine, having sex at first meeting also, at least you won't be judged so much on that i guess. The most important is being ok with it and honest with what you except of the relationship. Finally this might be from a tourist perspective because France is very multicultural and not everyone share these opinions. RUDENESS: i guess that yes can be... and sorry for that. Even french travelling spread a very bad image of France. I remember that when I was in Panama for a trainee, i met that french dude that was crossing latin America for 3 years. He loved to talk shit about people in front of them in french. And didn't manage in 3 years to speak a correct spanish. Huge red flag, these are not the good french. We are also known to steal (in Australia for exemple) and to complain about everything (which is definitely true). Finally in Paris, event as a french from countrisude you will find people rude. ^^"
The bit on intelligence is actually really reflective of our respective societies and can resume the video by much. Americans are not more dumb, but diverse - it is a BIG country (about 18 times the size of France) and has a decentralized education system. What does it mean? It means that many Americans can be really isolated from the rest of their State, Country, or the World, and every state, county, or town can decide for its own education, so it makes already for a lot of culture, traditions and diversity - plus the education you're getting in one city or state can be wildly different for the next - So you could as well be really well educated on many subjects or have as much knowledge as a seashell in certain domains. It is also diverse in the form the education takes - You can go into a shitty college that no one know really or litterally go to the greatest College in the world : Harvard. That is mainly why America is the home to IQ temperature people but also world known geniuses, and this is also seen in the streets of America. You can at one time talk to someonethat doesn't know that Europe is a continent, not a country, and seconds after talk to a dude who makes advanced robotics with a 150lbs brain that would make Einstein jealous. It explains for many troubles in the country as the disparity between people creates turmoil, may it be socially, culturally (even more in America where cultural identity is a real matter) or politically. It creates more rifts between people but centralizing the education would be a really big challenge for America, and may even not work. France is a lot more dense and concentrated. Our education system is the same everywhere, so the majority of people got the same knowledge making for an easier and more unified society in some cases (we are often in protest but it's mostly the government, there is not that much moral or public debates as there can be in America) but also make for a lot of differences thereafter in the work system mostly. To resume it for American people : Education in France is the most often two ways - You get diplomas and degrees, but you can't find work as a novice because 95% of companies are looking for people with past experience, so you need to work small jobs or go to make different studies or go to training to take a totally different job. If you haven't got any diplomas and degrees and work early, you can either rot in the unemployment hell for ages or get enough experience to be easily recruited in low-wage jobs, but if you want to get to a better minimum wage, you better go to training or studying, which is often not compatible with working since unemployment in France is a real issue. Other than that, we get most often a good general education until 15-16 years old until we must make a choice. There is domains where you can get easily recruited with a good degree but there's really just a few, or heavily specialized jobs. Nowadays profesionnals training are the best course of action in most of the cases because you get education, experience and most of the time a job after this since the company that payed for this training invested in you as a worker. Now, mind me, may it be France or America, or even Kenya or Korea for that matter - there is about the same percentage of dumbfucks everywhere naturally, so just get educated, may it be for work, future, but also for yourself. Every knowledge makes your spirit a sharper weapon. (A bit about geography : American people are already in a country itself formed of litterally multiple countries, litt. 50 states, that are often REALLY big, so knowing the geography of their country is already a big challenge in itself.)
C'est quoi ces clichés qui n'existent pas. -Nous sommes bien meilleur que les italiens en fromage. -Plus cultivés que les américains. -Excellent au foot. -Il y a du pain au Danemark? What are these clichés that don't exist? -We are much better than the Italians in cheese. - More educated than Americans. -Excellent at football. -Is there even bread in Danemark? Just obvious things guys.
Tu leur a même donné la traduction 😂 par contre les autres clichés pourquoi pas mais le foot… qui a pu dire ça ?
I'm French, and hearing all these French people argue in English about clichés that nobody cares about, it's really annoying! And that is not a stereotype. In reality, we don't need to justify ourselves, and especially not in English (it seems that foreigners find the French accent in English charming, but for French ears, speaking English with a French accent is just unbearable...)
En effet, je me débrouille pas mal en anglais "basique", mais dès que je commence à parler anglais j'ai l'impression de passer pour un "cassos" à cause de mon accent. Et ce malgré mon interlocuteur qui me rassure et me dit que je me débrouille très bien que je suis parfaitement. compréhensible
@@Darzgul_YT Le "charme de l'accent français", c'est incompréhensible, c'est tellement laid l'anglais avec l'accent français.
@@mfcq4987 Et pourtant, ils trouvent ça "cute" xD
2:35 that exist, but it's just in corsica, and even in corsica, I think they almost never eat it
People from Paris are stressed. « Boulot , dodo, métro ».
Italians in the comments, don't get mad about the cheeses, the two girls obviously don't know Italian cheeses and the guy in the middle is joking around 😁 Love from France
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Yeah Im not Italian but even I know they have more than the 2 cheeses they named. I love cheese in general both from France & Italy among other places and the rich history surrounding them.
I think the French guy claims that France has created Italy and by consequence the Roman Empire, too.Surely he's never opened a history book in his life.I know another French woman who said mostly the same about Italy and according to her ""France civilized the Roman Empire"" .Maybe in France school education doesn't work at all
@@emanuelamattioli6743 Me: hey dear Italian neighbours, the guy in the middle is joking around 😁 Italians in comments: 🤬🤬 French schools are bad, you know nothing about history, you fools
@@michelsardou3133 🤭🤭🤭🏁🏁🏁🏁
OK so : French are not friendly to foreigners that don't try to speak French... Basically if you come to France and you never say a word in French you are a tourist you deserve to remain in the tourist areas ; but if you try to speak, like just put in the effort not necessarily succeed in it then you are deemed worthy as you sincerely tried to do more than see the Tour Eiffel and eat a baguette. For the bread us French people make so much more bread than simply the baguette : the baguette is perfect to accompany your whole meal, you can soak it in the sauce after you eat your entry, your main dish or your dessert, you can eat it as a support for your cheese. But we don't exclusively eat baguette for example the tourte which is the huge round brown bread is perfect to accompany very fat entry like pâté, rillettes, saucisson, we have some black bread like the bûcheron which is a very dense black bread with cereals on top that you eat when you can't buy a meal you just buy this bread take a fistful and you've eaten for an entire meal and can stay on the job.
8:25 Flavian jump is too cute
Did they really bleep "sex" to replace it with "love"
There is no better weapon against stereotypes than talking to people. Clichés, for most of them ( cliché is a french word, by the way 😝 ). Cheers from France, be safe and have fun 😘
I’m not even French and I Screamed when I heard « France is not good at soccer » lmao France almost won 2 world cups in a row
Lucie is adorable
My reaction as a (Flemish) Belgian. 1. False: French is more popular and when you say cheese you think of 2 countries. The Netherlands and France, but while the Netherlands have an insane amount of cheese, it's all the same. For Wine the Italians and French are on par. 2. True: but I would rather call it chauvinistic arrogance instead of rudeness. 3. No idea: but now the guy knows who is the easy girl in the room ;) 4. No idea: never heard that stereotype as an European. Denmark is a grey mouse in Europe nobody knows a thing about except Lego. But let's be honest besides baguettes and croissants French hasn't much to offer. I think they had to change it by Germany, Germany is known for the wide range of real bread. 5. True: While in Belgium they increased the pension age from 65 to 67 without fuzz, in France they protest and strike for months to almost a year because they increased to pension age from 62 to 64. While I like the French in general this costed them a lot of respect from me. Anyway in Belgium we have the expression "living like a god in France." 6. No idea: but I wanna be dirty with that blond girl ;) To that black girl, dermatologists say that 2 to 3 showers a week is enough, you don't need to shower every morning. Ok maybe in summer when the temperatures are pretty high you should. 7. False: definitely untrue. We in Europe see Americans as dumb with a failing school system. Like the blond girl gave as example geography knowledge is pathetic. If an American believes nonsense like creationism and flat earth then I stop conversating. Some stupid people are just beyond help. 8. False: they won the world cup a few years ago and it's called football not soccer. 9. True : but the Italians are worse in that. Well that makes 3 False, 3 True and 3 No idea.
As a Belgian u were quite ignorant about bread in France....typical stereotypes: croissants and baguette 😒 la vienoiserie in France is unlimited with its variety and each department or region or even cities have their own bread receipts......maybe try to visit France and eat other things instead of croissants and la baguette du petit coin. Germany doesn't have France history and actual receipts from the early centuries so u may like Germany bread and its okay but do not take away french diverse regional bread...please.❤
@@skdoremi6666 as a kid I went each year to France on holiday and each time we went to the bakery we mostly saw baguettes. That said, they had different types of baguettes and some were pretty good, especially with Tomme de Savoie or Brie. Or with smoked ham.
Sorry but again you know nothing about France's retirement system... 64 is the MINIMUM age and very few people will be able to leave that early. Retirement age with full pension in France is 67. Stop eating misinformation.
@@olivier.m9415 if very few people can retire at that age what is the fuzz about then !? The French get a vey bad immage with all these strikes and marches. I've to work to 67 anyway.
@@raodvanlaontotaoke4993 it's the principle. Plus, the people who are able to retire earlier (64) are often the poorest working classes who started working earlier (less studies). Oh and it's also because it was passed in an antidemocratic way (legally but not legitimately).
Still not convinced they are not easy
come like an ox try to catch some you will quickly be disappointed;)
That one girl asking about Thanksgiving in France is so beyond me
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i prefer lucien
why parisians are more proud of being from paris than being frensh
Id like to know that as well.. I wouldn't go over seas and be like I'm from Chicago when they asked what country I was from.. BTW I'm not from Chicago lol
They edited the footage. I sense that there's no sense saying I'm from France 6 times. Rather say which region from each Then also because some consider Paris is not France, so at least he is consistent.
because Paris is (was) the center of the world :p
Damn, so many pissed off baguettes😅. Another "stereotype" that's actually true - the French will talk in French even if they know English and the other person donesn't. Also, the Germans aren't funny. The Italians are loud.
Based French
je suis bien d'accord avec toi :p
GIGA CHAD THERE
I wouldn't want to face Lucie when she's angry ! ;)
I've met a French person before and hes very friendly to me I think to me I think French people are very friendly to the Americans very friendly cause I've met one Trust me they're not rude I won't trust the Italians
after that depends on the circumstances of the meeting and the way of approaching French: p but a little "bonjour or excusez moi" before asking something always helps: p
@@athrunzala6770 yeah , this Time you are right . That is random , you can meet Friendly peoples like Bad peoples in France , like in every countries
There are over 400 types of cheese in Italy...lol I mean, as an Italian I still prefer French cheese in general, but saying that we only got mozzarella and parmigiano is just like saying France only got camembert and roquefort
correct. And gorgonzola is terrific too
@@OptLab i don't like blue cheeses but fair enough
Our French cheese mure more diverse and we have lot of them. The Italian ones look the same. No offense
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 that's funny because as an Italian, although I really love French cheese, I have always thought that your cheeses kind of tasted pretty similar ... Parmigiano, mozzarella di bufala, gorgonzola, pecorino romano, fontina and tomino are completely different in taste, just for giving you some examples
@@xjmmjbnqfstjdijoj2044 I love both. French and Italian cheese are really good. The main differences between ours is the texture.
I like how french (and europeans) are good in english. International language 🇨🇵
Very fun 😂
Lucie is such a freaking queen.
i take this as a compliment
I would like to know whose wine is better french or italian or spanish
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@@Englishman-_-Mongolia2022 Swampy and rainy island inhabitants don't really have a say on the matter lmao 😂😂
@@AixlaachenPax1801 at least my island has no natural disasters, wild animals. AND the rain makes British soil very fertile. Britain will always influence the world regardless of the jealous deniers
@@AixlaachenPax1801 the rain we receive makes British soil so fertile. And millions of people want live here Cope with your envy lad
the american seems so nice and gentle... Don't worry, no one blame you.
Je découvre cette vidéo super tard mais bordel mais personne ne parle du fait que Brigitte argumente et défend super bien et très intelligemment les Français
Après, elle a l'experience des USA dont certains stereotypes proviennent. Je suis au Canada de mon coté et cela permet de voir autrement notre pays aux yeux des anglophones et autres cultures.
Regarding the Thanksgiving thing, it's not specific to Americans, I've worked in Thailand for many years, and a lot of French people have asked me if they (Thai people) celebrated the end of WW2 as well. When people live inside their cultural bubble, there are just some things they may take as universal truths which just aren't. Everyone does that. Maybe Americans are more centered on themselves than other people, but this particular example doesn't prove it.
well, Thailand participated in WW2, so it's not impossible they celebrate it, even if it's just to honor the dead. Thanksgiving is about amerindians helping the colons to survive the winter (before the stole their land an genocide them), so there's no reason to celebrate thanksgiving outside north america
WW2 is not a dumb question. It's called WORLD war 2 for a reason. Thanksgiving tho is purely american.
One thing i heard about North America is they don't take shower for a week, they are rude because they think they're rich, they are mocky. That's all ..
what lol? Well being a American reflects on everyone across the world :P
I'm french and my favorite cheese is... Gorgonzola !!! :D
"France is frank, strangers are strange".
The statement about "Danish bread" and "smart Americans" made all the French to stand up but not about the Italian cheese😂😂😋☝️🇮🇹🧀🏅
What?😂
Italian cheese are softer and taste even better than our French cheese Ours stink 🇨🇵😆
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 it have caractère and taste I guess lol
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 This is blasphemy what you said there, i demand the guillotine
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 il est tres bien le notre arrete ton char