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Lol. I take it you are English then? HAHA. You know, you shouldn’t really be making up reasons for the French, stupid. I’m quite sure they have better reasons than that. Like the fact that English people don’t have the same accent lol. It’s stupid. And the English only hate the French too because they get to have sex a lot more since the French actually have good-looking people who live there haha. Why do you think when you go to a French restaurant it takes the waiter ages to bring back your drink? Because he’s putting a little something special in there for you, since you English are always so arrogent. Every corner you turn in England has got a fat person there with bad dentistry! Plus the English are not very hygenic, exactly how often do you all change your knickers? Lol. I could go on forever, but unfortunatly I don’t want to receive RSI haha. See ya all later, English peasents! MWAH! xxx

lol thats pretty funny steph. possibly because its so true. im from ireland and all us irish cant stand the english. it would be interesting to see an english person respond to your comment lol.

“it would be interesting to see an english person respond to your comment lol.”

More interesting still to read comments from people who knew how to spell, use punctuation, present intelligent, non bigoted arguments & didn’t use “lol”.

Stop hating yourselves first, then work on your hatred for others.

Use some actual statistics and not your own opinion.

Because we eat fish and chips… YOU EAT SNAILS AND FROGS.

England don’t have good MID-WIFES would have been better. Doctors do different things, retard.

Rain is fantastic weather for growing potatoes. Why not make a scottish one? They rain more.

And we ARE the centre of the world, along with Portugal and other countries.

Read this and you’ll understand statistics are much more effective than opinion.

http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/why-we-hate-the-french-p1.php

The french hate the English because they wish they were everything the British are. Basically the centre of the world, and yet the UK has a smaller population than china, france, germany and the usa.

The french wanted the world to speak french, but they speak English. They wanted the world to be playing french bowls but they play football.

Italy has the best cuisine. France is the poor mans Italy.

normandy beach on the french coast
guess who is buried there and what they were doing and to end up as one of the 10,943 to be buried there
maybe we need new friends
enough said

The French hate the English for the same reasons as the Scots, Irish and Welsh. They are the neighbours from hell

English have bad teeth, they have mommy issues, they will eat anything just to save money, including last year’s leftovers. And the English are scruffy and generally are shallow and arrogant, and if you notice none of the got enough love as children, therefore they grow up as bitter, lost, and a lot of their mind is fairly uncreative, although they do love their encyclopedia brittanica, i think the enlish are boring bc they don’t get any sun. and you know what else too, i think all the men there are closet homosexuals. lol oh yeah aaaand London is the crappiest, most dull city i’ve EVER VISITED. PARIS WAS NICE THOUGH

English never have developed a civilistaion, they live in the gutter with no eductaion, drinking, taking drugs, stealing and abusng their children. The world would be a better place if the all ended up with the plague. No wonder they can only just function with Scots running their country!

Im English and there are two types of English in my opinion.Theres the creative interesting intelligent types[great music] that foreign people like and theres the thick,stupid,racist,angry,pea brained addicts[booze]who gives us a bad name.

‘No wonder they can only just function with Scots running their country’
Gordon Brown can’t run a country at all. He is a very weak man

I’m half-French, half-English… uh, not sure where I should stand on this. The doctor comment is funny though because the French are without a doubt the biggest hypochondriacs in the world… always at the doctor for this or that ailment. English doctors would tell you to go home and live with it on the other hand.At least in my experience :). On the other hand, the English are probably one of the more arrogant national identity, but in a better way than the yankies imo.

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Simon is 100% correct there!
There are two differents types of english people so theres no need for people to base opinions and use stereotypes because no two people are the same in any country and like other people have said here it’s mostly down to opinion and generalisations. I Personally have no problem with the French, Irish or any other “UK” country. Infact i love them a lot more than England the scum to tend to ruin this country and its already haggarded reputation. The French have amazing culture and so do most other countries =].

I know France & the people very well & we are more alike than they would like to admit. Any comment about ‘The French’ or ‘The English’ will be a generalisation & there is good & bad in both, but Christ, they are difficult to make friends with.
It’s interesting that French people believe us to be arrogant, because having travelled widely, I think we are the most insecure people on the planet. The epitome of arrogance to me is the Gallic shrug, which generally means fuck off & go home you English fucking weasel.

1 reason why we like the French:
They are so impossible to like, that it make us laugh! XD

say what you like but most hatred is caused because people are too similar. Think about it… Catholics hate the Christians because of a slight ‘tweak’ in the way the christians changed the catholic religion. and the English hate the French because the French are arrogant… just like us. although i’m sure there are more reasons, i can’t be bothered to think

Erm…Catholics hate Christians? What are Catholics then?

Quick return to your reformation history books might be in order.

Does anyone else commenting not think that to generalize a whole nation of people in such a way is somewhat ignorant? And to claim a whole people as arrogant whilst in the same message imply you have more worth is what I would define as hypocritical. Not only are many of the messages above racist they show that it is not only England that is inhabited by a large number of idiots. Maybe you should ask what reason you personally have to hate a nation of people. Do any of you think of yourselves as civilized? The article is meant to be taken as a joke, I can’t sat the same for a lot of the comments above. It’s rather sad that people on this day and age think in that way.

I heard someone say the English have no culture? lol

the french hate the english because they cant stand the fact that it was the english, scottish, welsh etc that saved their country on 2 occasions in the last 100 years. it makes them uncomfortable and bitter. and before you suggest it. I AM NOT ENGLISH.

Hi Guys or Bonjour! As far as i know french are held a bit highly in my school. Why do we learn to speak french if most of are gonna go 2 somewhere like spain , or switzerland. There are a few reasons why the french and english hate eachother.One of the reasons is because in world war II. The french had a good fleet and they amde a deal with the english and said ‘if we call for aid you can help us.’, and Vice Versa. But When the English called for aid, The French ignored us because they where fighting the germans. And the english thought they were a threate becasue if the germans destroyed the french army they might take there shhips (a problem to the english), so they got aid from the americans to hlep them bomb the french ships , and that is why the the french hate us for killing their people.

It’s a shame that the french hate us and we hate them back. But I think that the french are pritty cool they just need 2 learn a few lessons like we do , and if the english can’t befriend the french , or vice versa then i think both countrys are in danger.

If it wasnt for the English the French would be speaking German right now. It is just increadible how the French have forgotten what the sons and daughters of England sacrificed for France in the war. The french are proving themselves to be backstabbing, ungreatful, cowards who surrender in battle. The world speaks English and Great Britain has contributed to far more progress in this world than France could even hope to have. This is why the French hate the English.

And Benjaman, who do you think you are fooling, you are not Engliish, you are French because that is not the english way to spell the name benjamin. You have spelled it Benjaman. That is why your comment is so pro French. Honestly you French are so manipulative and sneeky. You are an embarrasment to your country.

Let’s face it we all know that the French are a bunch of frog eating surrender monkeys. They have an inferiority complex towards the English because we have done everything better. The French are bullies and only pick fights with weaker people, but the first they are threatened by a stronger force they surrender then plead with the big boys for help….. WW1 & WW2 ??? Then after all that they have the cheek to moan!!! I am glad I was not born French; I wouldn’t be able to look at myself… Hang on maybe I would!!!! Because if I was French I would be two faced.

I’ve spent loads of time in Berlin and have found the french really nice, and i really love gouda and edam.
The french do make nice cheese.
as for history, if it was’nt for french then the chinese would have bombed pearl harbour and that would have bought Lichenstein into world war one, so thank god the french helped us.
The next time I’m in France i’m going to see Red square and the Trevi mountain and eat some saurkraut whilst wearing my clogs!!!

I’m french and it’s true The French people Hate English People And i’ts because of you
You’re purposes are nasty .
You are everybody than dolores ombrage in Harry potter it is that the ‘ french people ‘ think about you

REMEMBER THE RAINBOW WARRIOR.
THE FRENCH ARE TWO FACED, BACK STABBING COWARDS!!

THEY CANT DEFFEND THEMSELVES!

WEAK AND LAZY!

i recently went to paris with my girlfriend BAD MISTAKE !!! what a shit hole full ofarrogant skinny faced green teeth fucking french twats!!

To be fair Paris is a nice place full of historical buildings but fuck me how horrible are the french!! one miserable race that i would never go there again they are so rude its unbelieveable .
If your english give it a miss

Je serais sûrement la première ici à parler en français, et si vous ne comprenez pas, allez donc chercher un traducteur. Vous êtes pour la plupart tellement pitoyable à vous basez sur des préjugés. Et comme dit l’autre sous-merde de Leon \o/, une “horrible misérable”, non il n’y a pas de race plus horrible qu’une autre. Et je ne comprendrais jamais comment pouvoir avoir un Q.I aussi bas. Faire des généralités, c’est tellement pathétique. Je ne déteste pas les anglais, moi-même étant française, mais à vous lire certains point m’y pousserais. Allez donc vous acheter une personnalité au lieu de calquer la votre sur l’avis des premières personnes qui critiquent les français ou les anglais, bande de pâles copies que vous êtes. Ce ne sont que des aprioris non basés et/ou justifiés qui prouvent le manque de culture des uns et des autres. Apprenez à forger vos avis par vous-même.

Traduisez vous-même. Je ne me donnerais pas la peine d’écrire en anglais.

I am mostly english and scottish and I have to
agree about the french are rude. Also to say all english people are ugly is a flat out lie. I believe Kate Beckinsale was just named sexiest woman alive. Let’s see there is Elizabeth Hurley, Kate Moss, David Beckham, Kiera knightley (who is also english and scottish) just to name a few. By the way I was born with such nice teeth I have had people ask me if I wore braces because they are just too perfect. I am also 5′6 and only 115 lbs. Definately not fat. Never have been my whole life. And for all the Irish who hate the English. The most gorgeous man who I have ever seen had a english mom and a Irish dad. He looked just like micheal flatley only better. Would the scots and Irish rather have a neighbour like the Iranians or saudi’s who are very barbaric and uncivilized to say the least and hate freedom of any kind, including equality for woman. The english stand for freedom, woman’s rights and are a country based on christian values. Be careful what you wish for.

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Eden, having read and translated your comment because I’m not an ignorant English guy who doesn’t understand a bit of French I can somewhat agree and disagree to an extent.

It was his experience so it isn’t totally ridiculous or pathetic for him to refer to is as horrible.

The French got rid of their royalty, got rid of their currency for the Euro, they are terrible with warfare and resent the fact English is a global lingua franca.
The English have kept their royalty, kept their currency, kept their identity and the French are resentful that we are not jumping on the same bandwagon because the French have made a mistake.

I live with French, German, Italians and English. Everyone has their flaws but the people that torment me mentally, physically and bully me are the French. I tire of French ideology and how you feel supreme in your culture of food and art. We had Shakespeare so smoke on that.

The only thing you have on us is that we went from supplying our own energy to converting to using French energy.

In conclusion I don’t hate France, I actually like France. I just ‘dislike’ the general French people who make me want to smash them in the face.

p.s. What kind of invention was the Renault for crying out loud?

The french hate us because they feel bitter we saved them in world war 2. Some French are the most arrogant barstards in the world. Yes England has its people that can be classed as scum, but so does every country. The French just have no bollocks whatsoever and are a bunch of cowards.

I’m Welsh and I hate the English and think the French are weird, ’nuff said.

It must be complete hell for the 250,000+ French people working in and around London if people on this site are to be believed. Imagine having to stay there surrounded by uncooth, ugly, unfriendly people who only ,”deserve to die of the plague” just so that you can have a job because you can’t get one in your own country!

I am English and I have lived in France since 1964

Yes there are differences, but different does not mean bad.
If you are adult enough you should be able to look beyond the differences

Happy New Year! Bonne Année!

Valerie

well i think the french hate the english nowadays just because they are doomed to learn english but they simply can’t ! it ’s difficcult for them to master it!

ive been to france a couple of times and ill never go back again there horrible people who hate the english because we bombed calais during the war so the germans couldnt invade england ive been reminded of it by the french when ive been there so now if a french person asks me directions in london i send them in the opposite direction

I think the true reason why the French dislike the
english is because when the english speak French,
it sounds like like they’ve been chewing not quite
dry cow chips and the French don’t like their
beautiful language mucked up.
OOOH, I can hear the reply already

SO VHAT ALREADY!!!!!

Salut, bon jour and hello, I’m english NZ Cook Islands from the pacific and In my word’s why would you start hating each other for many reasons. I find this defending, cruw, sad, shocking and surprising, come on, don’t talk rubbish like that to each others country alright!!. Why can’t you all stop being raisest and stop putting each other off this time aye. We all hate each other in this world, understand i mean where’s all that crap coming thats not good, everyone is diffrent and you all should know that. So stop comparing French and the English who is the the best and who’s not, stop teasing and be friends to each other. Don’t post anymore comment like that to this website thank you very much. I really think that the English and French are both nice people compared to your rubbish. This is really defending. Damit!!

Some of the comments above are shocking. I think the article was meant to be a joke, why are people being so nasty? I am English born but my dad’s side of the family is mainly French and I have never, ever known any hatred on either side. When I went to Paris for my 18th birthday every single French person I met was absolutely lovely and welcoming (except for one moody cow in a shop but isn’t that the case with most “customer services”?). Also, I have met a few French people in London and on nights out in my home town and they too were brilliant, where is all this racism coming from? On the other side, I detest all this English = bad teeth, arrogance, no culture, what utter bullshit. I would say go to any historic town, nature reserve or high street in England to find culture and beauty in the form of buildings, history, nature and people, just like in any country in the world, but I suspect the people making these vile comments know this already but have nothing else to hit out with. You can’t possibly judge an entire nation the way they do, unless you have the IQ of a turd? I find it laughable that our neighbours in the UK and Ireland are being racist about us, Ireland have bent over for the EU and the Scots have been running the UK for the past 12 years - and we’re now almost bankrupt. Yep, you’re soooo superior.

Im on both sides English and French, i respect them in full no lies. Full stop. End of story

I disagree the reasons you give to explain the hate beetween France and England (if there is a real hate, and not only a joke), but I will answer in French because English is not my native tongue.

Première (mauvaise) raison : Waterloo

Je ne vois pas en quoi le nom d’une défaite comme Waterloo nous choquerait ! Nous avons des siècles d’histoire commune, de victoires comme de défaites, et nos deux peuples savent s’accommoder de ces déboires depuis longtemps. D’ailleurs, le nom d’une tribune de fans de football à Liverpool ne porte-t-elle pas le nom d’une de vos défaites lors de la guerre des boers ? Vous êtes capables d’autodérision, nous aussi ! De plus, je ne pense pas que la gare d’Austerlitz choque qui que ce soit, soyons sérieux ! Bizarrement, et contrairement à ce que vous semblez penser, peu de gens en France sont fiers de l’Empire, et en tout cas pas du sang qui a coulé à cette époque.

Deuxième (bonne) raison : la royauté

C’est un peu vrai que la notion de royauté nous semble étrange dans son concept : style c’est moi et ma descendance qui dirige et qui dirigera toujours, mais bon, chacun fait comme il veut. Et puis, les anglais sans la royauté c’est un peu comme un thé sans tasse : ça ne fonctionne pas. Non, le truc qui nous semble réellement bizarre, c’est que trois pouilleux sont partis un beau matin de 1066 avec leurs épées rouillées sur des coquilles de noix, et sont revenus en disant qu’ils étaient devenus les nouveaux rois du monde et qu’il faudrait désormais compter avec eux et leur faire plein de courbettes. Ils ont pris les meilleures places de l’île, se foutent de la gueule des locaux depuis des siècles et pourtant sont toujours en place… et ça, c’est vrai, quelque part, ça me troue le cul

Troisième (mauvaise) raison : la cuisine

Alors ça, c’est des foutaises. On vous a dit un jour que la cuisine française était meilleure et vous suivez l’avis général sans remise en cause. La cuisine française est très snob et surtout hors de prix. Et l’Angleterre a fait d’énorme progrès, ce qui signifie qu’aujourd’hui on mange mieux et à moindre coût à Londres qu’à Paris. Le secret pour la cuisine (comme pour l’amour d’ailleurs) est d’apprécier ce que l’on fait et de vouloir partager, et là vous n’avez vraiment plus à rougir sur ce sujet.

Quatrième (mauvaise) raison : l’habitat de luxe

De riches anglais ont acheté des maisons ayant une histoire et les ont retapées en France ! Grand bien leur fasse ! Tant mieux, s’ils ont les moyens de le faire, où est le problème ? La France n’est pas une île, tant de peuples passent sur nos terres et si peu restent qu’on ne reconnaît un authentique Français qu’à sa qualité à dire : ‘J’aime cet endroit et j’ai envie de m’y installer’. Qu’il soit blanc, noir, vert ou jaune à petits pois, qu’il parle notre langue ou pas, on s’en fout. S’il a pensé ça, il mérite son lopin de terre par ici.

Cinquième (bonne) raison : la langue

C’est vrai que la langue anglaise gêne beaucoup de mes compatriotes, et le pire c’est que je ne vois pas pourquoi. Le Français est en grande partie une mauvaise interprétation du Latin, et l’Anglais est aussi en grande partie une mauvaise interprétation du Français. Donc je ne vois pas vraiment où se situe le problème.

Sixième et septième (mauvaises) raisons :
méridien de Greenwich et monnaie

Là, je pense qu’il s’agit plus d’une blague, donc je regroupe. Sinon les Anglais devraient en vouloir aux Amériques d’être aussi en avance de quelques heures, et personnellement je suis content de trouver un endroit où il y a autre chose que l’euro… J’adorais vos shillings et la Guinée aussi d’ailleurs, c’était vraiment très dépaysant, dommage que vous ayez renoncé.

Huitième (très mauvaise) raison : Ouch, problème épineux des filles mères

Je ne pense pas que les docteurs soient meilleurs en France qu’en Angleterre : regardez le Dr. House !!! Non, sérieusement, je passe à la question suivante parce que c’est vrai que c’est triste de voir ces filles qui ont un peu abusé de l’alcool au pub et qui se retrouvent avec un polichinelle dans le tiroir sans se rappeler la tronche de la commode. Et vraiment, les Français ne peuvent pas détester les Anglais pour ça, parce que c’est triste plutôt qu’autre chose et que nous avons tous un respect inné et profond pour nos mères, non ?

Neuvième ( ???) raison : Aéroports

Au niveau des aéroports, personnellement, je ne savais pas qu’il y en avait cinq à Londres, et je pense que mes compatriotes non plus. Donc on ne peut pas ne pas détester des gens sur des trucs qu’on ignore… faudrait que vous fassiez un peu de publicité sur ce sujet d’ailleurs, si vous avez 5 aéroports, dites-le ! Les gens du monde entier ont le droit de savoir !

Dixième (très bonne) raison : l’émigration

Alors là, bon courage… Nous on a abdiqué, on en a plein nos rues maintenant, de ces grandes gueules de Français. Mais vous, vous pouvez encore vous rebeller, faites quelque chose. Arrêtez de leur offrir gîtes et couverts, sinon ils viendront de plus en plus nombreux. Pour nous, c’est trop tard, on s’est déjà fait envahir, mais pour vous, rien n’est encore joué ! Restez vigilants !

Onzième (mauvaise) raison : les bus

Alors là, chapeau. S’il y a bien un truc qui me fait venir et revenir à Londres, c’est bien vos bus à l’impériale. Changez rien, surtout ! Monter à l’impériale et observer la ville de là haut, on se sent plus fort que Caprio dans Titanic. On peut pas vous en vouloir pour ça.

Douzième (très mauvaise) raison : l’humour

Je préfère une solide amitié avec un anglais plutôt qu’avec certains sudistes (de la France). Il vous fera certes bien moins de sourire, mais ne vous poignardera jamais dans le dos.

Treizième (mauvaise) raison : poissons et chips

Reprenez immédiatement vos traditions de tourtes (pies), elles sont excellentes et elles ne doivent surtout pas disparaître de la surface de la planète ! Gardez les pubs aussi, par pitié ! Il faudra inscrire tout ça à l’Unesco.

Quatorzième (mauvaise) raison : Sport

Généralement, les Anglais inventent les sports et les Français les exportent dans le reste du monde. On ne peut pas être ennemi là-dessus puisqu’on est complémentaires et qu’en plus on est les deux seuls peuples à savoir faire ça. Et puis, dans un sport, personne ne perd réellement quand on sait qu’il y aura toujours une revanche, c’est ce qui en fait le sel, non ? Imaginez un tournoi de rugby avec un seul match : Angleterre-Italie… A pleurer, non ?

Quinzième (mauvaise) raison : I’m the best

Heu… Je crois plutôt que ça s’applique aux Yankees ça, non ? Personnellement tous les Anglais que j’ai croisé étaient plutôt soucieux des autres et prévenants. C’était peut être valable au XIX siècle, mais aujourd’hui, je ne pense pas que ça soit le cas.

Seizième (mauvaise) raison : Ordinateurs

C’est plutôt toutes ces âneries venues de Seattle qui sont irritantes, non ? Vous n’avez jamais eu le message : ‘Nous venons de rencontrer une foutue erreur inattendue et nous sommes obligés de balancer tout votre travail à la poubelle’. Comme s’il y avait des erreurs attendues, connerie de machines !

Dix-septième (bonne) raison : Franglais

C’est vrai que ça fait ‘mode’ d’utiliser des mots anglais en France, et que ça irrite quelques académiciens tatillons par ici… Mais, désolé de vous décevoir, je crois que c’est plutôt une volonté de certains de copier les USA plutôt que les sujets de sa Majesté, donc on ne peut raisonnablement pas en vouloir aux Anglais pour ça.

Dix-huitième (très mauvaise) raison : le temps

On ne peut pas en vouloir à des gens en raison de leur climat ! C’est stupide, si on n’aime pas le temps anglais, on n’y va pas, c’est tout ! Et puis sinon votre industrie du parapluie s’effondrerait, et ça, ça serait un drame. Quelle horreur !

Dix-neuvième (bonne) raison : voitures

Le jour où je pourrais me payer une Rolls ou une Jag’, je répondrais à cette fichue bonne question.

Dernière (ridicule) raison : Haine du Français

Je ne suis pas sûr que les Anglais détestent les Françaises, ni que les Anglaises haïssent les Français… Après, je peux me tromper, bien sûr. Mais mon expérience personnelle me rend assez serein sur ce thème…

Did anyone catch any of that?
Re: Culture. The French prefer their culture pickled in aspic. They are selling the same culture now as they were back in the 1930s. Are they afraid of progress? Having said that there is room in the world for a country with a retrospective national identity.

Because they build bad cars?
Are you kidding? Some of the greatest cars ever produced have come about because of the British Automotive industry.
This article sum’s up the arrogance of the French, I’ve been to France once, and never, ever, will i go back, Ignorant people, Overpriced food and drink and Paris is a hole.

Horrible set of people them their french bitches. Ungrateful set aint they? We are the reason they even still use that secondary language they call french.

White flag waving surrender monkeys should bow to us all in gratitude of what our forefathers did for them.

Also, Charles De whatever his names airport, Nobody else care. Shittest airport in the world, horrible arrogant staff from check in to duty free.

When I think French, the first thing that comes into my head is ‘poncy coward.’

Je rajouterai une autre raison:

la presse anglaise:
je ne peux croire que des journaux qui sont soi-disant sérieux puissent publier un article tel que ” 30 reasons to hate the french”: The telegraph par exemple.
Complètement débile: en tout cas, nous sommes peut-être tout ce que les anglais détestent mais nos journaux ne se permettraient pas de critiquer DE CETTE MANIERE les anglais.
Ce n’est pas du tout professionnel et “fair play” de la part des Anglais. Mais le sont-ils vraiment, fairplay?

I’ve travelled to Ireland and England and the difference is enormous between English people and Irish people
tHe irish is really nice,open minded, honest… whereas the english is not nice: he’s really distant, seems to be really haughty, irrespectfull.When he notices you’re french, it’s worse. How can we be attracted by people who despise you and sometimes laugh at you??
I do not hate english people because fortunately I know good people from England but I think the english medias might be more respectfull and have moderated opinions towards us.

Liam, Paris is a capital so of course ,people are arrogant, people have no time to be nice…
EVERYBODY hates Paris even french people from other regions…
So please stop giving ALWAYS the same example!!
Paris!Paris!!France is not Paris….England is not London FORTUNATELY…
Ahhh do you know that lots of countries hate England??Are you sure you enjoy your own country?Or maybe you only love England…your wonderfull island?? So beautiful that a lot of english people buy houses in France…loooollll!!!

I will finish this comment by that:
FUCK OFF INTOLERANT PEOPLE!!

Unfortunately the French do hate the British. I have also recently visited Paris, such an amazing city with stunning architecture. But the people, Oh my God, they are appalling. You can almost feel the hatred coming from them as they mutter ‘anglaise’ under their breath when they discover you are English. Sorry if you are French and reading this, but you all seem to have one almighty chip on your’e shoulder regarding us British.

Another point I forgot to mention, someone French has suggested that Britain is full of ugly overweight people, well France and especially Paris is full of people looking like they are sucking lemons. They are not as well dressed and glamorous as they perceive themselves to be. They are better at keeping their weight in check, but their faces let them down.

Just a few points to clear up having lived in both England and France…
1. There isn’t anywhere near as much patriotism/nationalism in England than in lots of other countries where national identity is considered more important. (ie if it is ingrained in the state religion, or if the formation of the country itself was a political struggle) Which is fine of course. I’m just saying that you definitely have the wrong idea of the Uk if you think that most of it’s inhabitants are more than mildly patriotic.
The lingua franca thing is just because English is the ‘best’ language: FACT. I’m not saying the most poetic or the easiest to learn, but from what we can see from linguistics and more importantly by the global natural selection of language that it is the most adaptable/expressive/precise/understood form of communication in the world. Regardless of which group of people first started using it, it is what most of the world will be speaking in 100 years. But who knows in 1000 it could be as a dead as Latin.

I hate some English people, I love others. I hate some French People, I love others. Let’s get real people… where you’re born doesn’t determine who you are. All that it does do is give you cultural baggage that.
So if anyone really does hate any nation because of something similar to any one of these ridiculous points then I’d have to conclude that they don’t even want you there anyway. So throw away your passport and live in whichever country you where born in for the rest of your life because I’ll save you the time and money now by saying if unfamiliarity frightens rather than excites you then to use a well coined phrase… go back to your own fucking country.

P.s And finally…Nobody, I repeat NOBODY calls a chip a french fry in England. It is an Americanism that would only ever be used to differentiate between the style that McDonalds serve and the ones which most people there actually like and eat.

And also… anyone who thinks the original article should be passed off as a lighthearted joke then you are truly mistaken.
It’s this kind of base homour from uncultured idiots that gives rise to these innacurate stereotypes and the racism that follows.
Fuck them, we can live in the world.. they can live at home.

The reason why the English hate the French and the French hate the English is very simple.

Because we can.

I mostly support the french there.
apart from no night busses , the french not learning english so much .
french food is better than english food by far.

but as to say both english and french culture
is good and enjoyable.
no hate is needed.

the english people are fuckin uglys!!!

hahahaha. WE make bad cars. have you watched topgear. aston martin, jaguar, bently, rolls royce, TVR (well not anymore), lotus, mclaren compared to your citreon, renault and peugoet which are all boring drizzle

(Keith on 22 October 2009) soooooo true…. and sooo funny lol
The French, hahaha…, they have no culture but il be fair to them because i am a person who always supports the truth.

They are the best looking people on earth, men and women alike, they’v got killer looks, and to be fair they really do have better sex life’s than the English.

but on the other-side, the crap of the French people have no measurability. They are a REPUBLIC!!!! bhahahaha basically what that means is letting the Americans run the country and become big time American kiss arse twats as if that is normal!!! Every French owes so much money to the American government even today, coz if it wasn’t for them and us, Hitler would still be shouting “nine nine ziz car iz too noi-zy zurn is za-wuna” under the eiffle tower.

Did i mention the love they have for the Americans…. The French 90% of them are now learning American English, just to piss us off lol
If u go to Paris and speak in English ul understand that the French are just a bunch of “wannabe” Americans as they call them in America. This shows their pathetic extent of loyalty towards the European culture and pride.

and yes, they have no culture or currency or monarch or even civilized politics for that matter.
All they know is to strike even if a coffee accidentally spills down on a worker. The English on the other hand are real hard workers. All these contribute to why they hate us so much, coz their country is so venial the’ll just bend over to any big swagger coz they haven’t got the guts to fight them, and they have the audacity and the ungratefulness to pick fights with small powers.

Basically Its a love hate relationship. The French do love us a little, after all… when all them little babies were stranded with no help but to surrender to the big shots, our men and women and even children were there to take arms and save their lazy scorn sorry baby butts but they are just too proud to admit it!!

I never cease to be amazed at the English being proud of their rain. I have bad news for those who are so proud. Read this slowly!!! It rains more in Paris than it does in London. You can check this on the internet, but if you have been to Paris, you will remember that it rained most days when you were there. Another reason the French hated the English was explained by my then wife to my parents when she first met them. It seems the French bore a grudge because the English weren’t grateful enough after they were liberated by the French resistance and the USA during World War II. My parents lived through WWII and their expressions when they heard this will be forever in my mind. Incidentally, people at home in France can’t cook, but it is cheaper to go out and eat in restaurants there.
Nowadays, I don’t think the younger generation has anything against the English and fortunately historical differences are regarded as just that and are fading away.

Being Irish I can say without remorse that the English have always been, are now and will forever be, the biggest assholes the world has ever know. All of the problems in the world today can be attributed to them and their anglo asswipe American friends. So full of themslves it’s sick.

Haha the conflict between your countries is SO evident in the comments of this post its hilarious… oh and just so everybody knows, I am the center of the world and that is the end. I still do wonder why french people hate americans(my country, besides mexico) and british, after all they ddid save their hides in WW2

I am English, but i have a french name (orginally spelt with a dash on the “E” & two dots on the “I”) I learn french at school, I like french food, I think french people are very nice as long as you respect them as well as their culture and I am completly infatuated with France. BUT at the same time I love England, I was born there, I currently live there, England has some of the best T.V shows of ALL TIME, some great talent and itelligence least but not least least I am proud to call myself British.
So what really upsets me is that the people of my two favourite places (which at one piont were the same peice of earth) are argueing so violently over such pety things such how much it rains or wether they have good enough doctors! I wish one day to live in Paris but it seems so far away seeing as the English and French cannot even speak civily to each - I just damn hope one day everyone can get along so we can enjoy both of these wonderfulcountries….
I’m also Half Irish - so when you talk about hating the English your are also talking about Hating some of your own people
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Does France still make the best wine? Not if you go by the infamous Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, when an English wine merchant organised a “blind” tasting before a jury of French experts. To their horror, they rated Californian wines as winners in both the red and white wine categories. The French press first denied any tasting had happened, then claimed the results were fixed.

lmfao screw the french and ther arrogant opinions, plus y do we get so angry wen these tards slag us off, honestly ther sad.

I’m English and would like to add my comments (without lol’s, smiley faces and appalling grammar/spelling etc)
The French dislike of the English is due to their gerneral feeling of jealousy and envy toward the Engilsh.
They would prefer the world to speak French and not English.
They would prefer their radio stations not to play 50% English/American music. When was the last time anyone heard a French song on the radio over here or the USA?
They hate the idea that the English/Americans saved them from German oppression - twice!

Second rate nations all over the world hate their more successful neighbours, even though the “hated ones” have no real issues or opinions vice versa.
Canadians hate Americans for example but the average American doesn’t care either way - he just accepts them.
The French hate for the English will never die so we should all just accept it and move on.
The option is clear - if you don’t like the way the French view us don’t go there. It’s really simple.

Its nice to see everyone slagging us English off as usual including scots and welsh and i wonder why. Is it because if history has anything to go by we have punched way above are weight for centuries while most of your meaningless countries or Klingon’s as i like to call them (Scottish,welsh) have basically been ruled by us. Buts lets not forget Scots and welsh that you need us alot more then we need you.Personally i would be quite happy to give you independence that you seek as you would soon realise you have nothing of value to offer the world. You are propped up by London so i think its time you stopped biting the hand that feeds you. As for the French all i can say is what a bunch of ungrateful toads. Twice we have gone to there aid and thousands died in there fields trying to protect there freedom and there is no thanks whatsoever in fact there is such respect that they graffiti the graves of dead soldiers so any french reading this i hope your very proud.Also i think for the French to question the English personal hygiene is quite laughable really. I can honestly say and i am quite well travelled they are definitely right up there for smelly wretches. Last time i went to Paris i couldn’t look at the attractions because i was to busy looking at the floor trying to avoid the dog shit everywhere. I would like to finish with a story of my last trip there. I went with some colleagues on a battlefield tour trip. One evening we were walking back from a bar across a market square and some french men hurled abuse at us and threw bricks at us for doing absolutely nothing. We confronted them and they denied it with big smiles on there faces. We gave them a good old English beating. Cowards

As someone who has been living in France for the past 10 years, with a French husband and a French famly in law, I am surprised to read that, first because I wasn’t aware that xenophobia was so strong in Britain !
Second because, very honestly, the French don’t care enough about the English to “hate” them! Believe me or not, but the French see England and its people as a country among (many) others, and I never heard/read anything about “The English” here, but as a regular reader of the british press, I see a LOT of articles about the French. It is weird and a bit pathetic to say the least.

As a foreigner, from Asia, who travels a lot in Europe, the French are much more polite, decent, respectful and civilized than the English, but it is not very hard to outdo the English in those fields. Yes I know, there is world between the way you English see yourself and the way the rest of the world sees you, and what you are. My thought is that you have not digested 1066 and the fact that your country was the property of French dukes during centuries. Get a life and get some education. Oh and no, Britain is no longer a super power, stop living in the past : )
cheers : )

Ok couple of things the English stick up for the French world war 1 and 2 50 years the cheese eating surrender monkeys back stabbers uknow what’s funny 80% of Brits like the americans more than europeans I.e France Germany Italy
90% of the reason is because the French are stuck up faggots who have gay sex and u say we have ugly people have u seen cheryl cole so fuck u u cheese eating surrender monkeys
world war 2 D-day Britain helps the French escape along with the main forces of the brittish army and they only could just get away because of the 4000 Brits who held the Germans off
btw.
I am half English half Scottish
fuck the French

I hate you all, I sincerely want you all dead.
Both (racist) British AND (racist) French.
I am pure French, and NEVER have I been fed the urge to despise the Great Britain, you saved us twice? Were the ones who gave you the resources to save us and the world, you’d be dying without us.
Not to mention that you idiots forgotthat the surrender was a guerrila tactic, we hid the ‘Impure’s’ (this is just something the Nazis called them, I don’t believe in Im/Purity) underground Churches and schools.
I honestly love my countries wine and food, and the loving people I have philisophical conversations with.
Same goes for Britain, a chunk of the population are friendly, intelligent, and extremely welcomed into any sane persons mind.
What I can’t stand are the French and English retards that sleep in the shadows of racism, because they’re lives are nothing but pure idioticy.
I would like to say this to racist: STOP SKIPPING SCHOOL.
Goodbye.

And Charlie: Learn how to spell then go back to 3rd grade school before trying to debate history.
Kthnxbaieffingretard.

After living in both Britain and france for a number of years, i am very sure that it is the french who are always talking about the british all the time in a bad way. Britain came to france’s aid in two of the bloodiest wars in history when it did not need to. From what i have studied about hitlers love for britain, i have noticed that britain could have been an equall partner with the nazi empire and ruled the world but they chose to stick up for france. It is not right that france hates britain for saving france.

and the writer of this blog is french. just read the blog carefully

I invited a Parisian friend of mine to visit London for the first time.
He spent the whole weekend criticising the architecture, people and compared everything to Paris.

When we stopped outside Buckingham Palace, he took out his camera and pointed it at a pile of horse shit.

The photo of the horse shit is now on his fridge in Paris. He captioned it, “BUCKINGHAM PALACE, LONDON”.

To this day, I don’t understand what that was all about.

The French definately hate the British.

There is nice and arrogant people in every country. Not all english people are arrogant and think a lot of themselves at all. I dont, and im english, and i like the french, but they dont like us…. for very stupid reasons. but i suppose they dont think we like them :/ its just rumours. If i was to bump into a french person, i would treat them like any other person, everyone is just thinking of stupid, not always true reasons to hate us when they are on the internet etc…
But i like the french and other countries. I dont have a real good reason not to. I dont like arrogant people, like most of you on here :/

I like the english, i also like my country very much (i’ am french). I will obviously stick with my country. But to be fair, both french and english are both as bad as eachother. Reading up, it seems french are hating on england more then england hates them. Maybe everyone should stop being judgemental towards eachother. The things english are saying about the french arent true about every single person, so why is everything french say about england true?
WE ARE AS BAD AS EACHOTHER.
WE ARE NEIGHBOURS, WE DISLIKE EACHOTHER BUT WE CANNOT HATE EACHOTHER. This really has to stop. I respect the british, aslong as they respect me. Thank you.

Hi All,

This was a very interestingly “sad” read!
I think that it must be an English thing isn’t it:
You guys are somehow obsessed with that subject! I have been here, in UK; for 10 years now and thank fuck not everyone is that racist, it seems to me that “French is the new Black”
Some of you thinks that French are arrogant!! French hates the English?
I don’t think French are more arrogant than anyone else, maybe a just bit blunt and to the point! But you guys are very “proud” of being English aren”t you? I mean, I don’t know of any french guys sticking French flag on their T-shirts or cars…..Why don’t you try and learn a little bit about where you are going on a weekend trip, why don’t you try to speak the Linguo while being there, even though you don’t speak it perfectly, i am conviced that if you are polite, people will be helpfull!! I have had myself pretty bad experiences while being in Rome (Italy) and in Barcelona (Spain) because I was speaking English (my wife was Australian..)
French don’t “hate” English or anyone for that matter, we just have a Culture that’s a bit different than yours, We actually “respect” Brits a lot!! Our recent Politic is trying to be a lot like UK!
I am sure you’d prefere Visitors in your country to respect your values, the Royal Family and Language…
Yes we learn to speak American; so is the rest of the world!!!! They have influenced the whole world whith their culture, movies, nike shoes, Levi’s jeans and Iphones, come one for christ sake, you know it yourselves!!
Yes, you do have Tailors in the Saville Row,yeah; not too bad!!! But not every one wants to look like you work at a desk in a Bank? Think of Italian Tailoring, think of Gucci, Armani, Prada or D&G, they rule the world in that matter, don’t they? And you guys spend quite a lot of money on their”designer” clothes……..
Yes, French tend to do Strikes a lot, but isn’t it better to protest when something is not fair than just bitting your lip; accept it or at best write a complaint letter (oh yeah, that’ll teach tem!!)
Seriously guys, stop coming back to WW2, it was a commun effort!!!
(England sent Australians and Kiwis before themselves; as usual)
Look at he results of Irak right now, How many more Brits and American are going to die over there for no reason? Blair and Bush? It’s all fucked up isnt’t it?
Also, could some of you stop only just mentioning Shakespear as “THE” final say on Litteracy and as I really do hope you know others British Authors, France had a lot too, and Shakespear isn’t everything!!!
Yes Sade was French but; Maso was Italian! How about that? some of you probably need a little “kinky” S&M session by the look of things…
The Thing is get a little “education” (yes, that is a french word but by that point I might as well!!)
I know i am getting a bit obset about it because as a French man i have neve had a problem with English guys, and anyone from anywhere around our little planet!!
Can some of you just “grow” up a bit!
Thank you Good night, Much love!
Yann.

please read upset and not obset!
i am just coming back from the pub!:)

last week our group held a similar discussion on this subject and you point out something we haven’t covered yet, appreciate that.

- Kris

English on English

First problem is our history is not taught to us!
We only learn what other country’s have done in the pass so we have no understanding when someone from another country slag’s us off.

We take the European Union too seriously to a point where people are scare to say any thing in case they get sued!

We have no Society and religion is look upon as joke.

True English people are treaded as second class citizen in our system, thus we don’t really care about anything or anyone to be honest.

The working class pays for the poor and the Rich just get richer.

Just about everyone in England has Irish or Scottish background so we never understand why we get picked on from those countries.

Just got back from eurodisney, all was great apart from whilst in a que with my son on my shoulders singing and enjoying ourselves i couldnt help but notice a man looking and shaking his head at us. I asked him if there was a problem and his reply was ” i dont speak to stupid English”. Now i am not very good at an argument but i was so shocked at his comment that the only thing i could do was to quietly offer to knock the crap out of him (sorry)!! The racist self centered arrogant MAN did not say anything further. But i am still really disapointed that these people can carry on being so small.

I really don’t no why we bothered saving u French in world war 1 we should of let you all speak german we would still be ruling the world if we had. The only reason the French hate the English so much is because all through history u have tried to do the same as us but you have never been quite good enough. For example u tried to conquer amercia but we kicked your arse and made it english in it’s culture. We have shaped the world to an English way of thinking we ruled 1/4 of the world and a third of the worlds population what have the French ever done apart from be bitter that your not English we are entitled to be arrogant what’s your excuse u frog eating surrender monkeys lol

Oh and by the way Americans don’t speak American they speak English and iPhone’s and iPods were invited and designed by and English person

1066 wasn’t French dukes France wasn’t even a proper country like it is now back then they were Norman and from Normandy but they were of Scandinavian decent

The name Norman means Norsmen they were Viking invaders of France that built castles there after 100’s of years of fighting

The French hate the English for the same reasons as the Scots, Irish and Welsh. They are the neighbours from hell

vive la france on vous battra toujours

French peoples breath smell of garlic, they wear bloody onions around their necks, they wear silly beret hats and continue to sport those tacky hooped jumpers……soooo last year.
Bonjour!!! As Delboy would say.

I really don’t understand what the problem is. I am English, of Irish decent, and I have no problem with the French. Although, it seems they hate us when most haven’t visited. I am sure that a French person visiting Britain would be treated much better than a British person visiting France. I accept that many Brits refuse to speak French while in France, and for this I am ashamed. However, I see no reason for the blatant hatred and racism shown on this page from the French towards the British. It is ironic that you speak of the British arrogance whilst in in your manner of doing so are yourselves being extremely arrogant and small minded.
au revior x

Centuries of civilisation have brought us to infantile bickering. The only people who benefit from this are the new ‘royalty’ -i.e the global business elite led mainly by America & Britain (divide & rule). Very soon we will see this imperialism brought to an end by multi-polar alliances in the East.

Eurasia/Transasia(Russia,China,India etc..) will shortly eclipse the muddle wrought by centuries of European self-destruction. Perhaps a ‘multi-polar’ world will be more suited to adults than the present one. All cultures are interesting and of merit. All nationalisms are largely created in the minds of elites. We, the people, are better than that. There is nothing wrong with being proud of one’s culture. Enjoy it without comparison. Enjoy other cultures too ! why limit yourself ? There is such a thing as Russian ice-cream…The criticism of English lack of culture is just that: it has been downgraded by consumerism & is now declining; hence the rise of nationalist sentiment which always needs an enemy. Likewise the French, seeing their culture under threat from global consumerism,see in England the vision of their own possible cultural demise. We all need to realise that we are people first and convenience foods last !

See you on Mars

bloody ignorant buggers, people say us english are arrogant and ignorant, hahaha same to you, ya wine glugging buggered up garlic munching arsewipes. and you say we have bad teeth… you cheat! you bleach yours! and you say where fat… haha pathetic, all you every do is stuff your face with your terrible food like snails and frogs… and ohh bread the shape of a shit. then drive home from your horrid resturaunt called something like “le shite le retarde” on the wrong side of the road

Hi or Salut depending on if your English or French.
I’ve lived in France for 6 year’s came when i was 9.
I’m in lycée now get teased every day for being English.
They call me names like Con, Salud, Pd etc… ever since i came.
But you just live it anyhow French swear words don’t do anything to me.
So yeh i think the French don’t like us but then really don’t really like them either it’s mutel.
They don’t no what sarcasm is and they don’t really have a sense of humor(but then the English and French don’t have the same sense of humor).
OF CAUSE THIS IS MY OWN OPINON.
P.S sorry if there are mistakes not lived in england for 6 year’s and the English lessons here are rudimentary

I love the British/English. They gave us the English language which we are all using now to talk to each other. The English/British also made the Industrial revolution and it has made our lives much more easy and better. Anybody saying they hate the British is just jealous of them because they had greatest empire in all time, and made industry and many inventions. I am portugal and England/Britain is my ally and is very good!!

French hate British because the world speak British/English and Britain saved france from hitler, russians and muslims in crimean wars.. French nead to just realise tha this is British world. British won all Biggest wars, . The world speak British language not french,.

english people are better. tat why french doesnt like us (:

im english and all i can say is you get rude french people as you also get rude english people. ive been to paris and i experienced a wide range of personallity and so you should. when you live in a free country you get a mixture of personas and it makes socialising a lot more interesting.

as for national steriotypes…. i think simon said it best, in england we do have ignorant people who dislike all foreign people and there may be a bit of an aggressive negative culture in working class britain but you realy do see a a wide variety of people if you travel about. most britts are nice and wlecoming and most are open to different nationalitys and cultures. just look at the musical influence of african americans and jamaicans.

i think the animosety between brits and the french is only between the blindly patriotic and the small minded and weak. maybe some steriotypes are true but who the fuck are we to treat people bad for slight cultural differences?

Rampantredlion “they live in the gutter with no eductaion”
what world do you live in?.

No education? Oxford, Cambridge? two of the worlds best educational institutions. what University or source of academic prowress has France got to offer?. Fuck all of international significance or value.

” the country is by Scots?” huh!?. I clearly havent been paying attention. You clearly are a dumbass.

the scots,welsh,french(normans),germans,dutch have all ruled the English at one time or another in our history!!! we have no chip on our shoulder about it, its part of our history good and bad,yet so many nations seem to have a permanent chip on there shoulder about the english,often about events that happened hundreds of years ago.
hating a nation for a joke or in sport is ok, its far better than true hate that leads to war,i will say i hate the Germans in the heat of a game when we play football, yet my nan is german!!!!
England has been on the winning side of all the major wars since napoleon,which means we havent got a complex about ourselfs and we are quite easy going and dont take things to seriously.
I think the English are one of the least outwardly patriotic nations on earth,we dont celebrate our saints day,and are often not allowed to fly our flag.The english have done some terrible things in history eg ireland, but also some wonderfull things.

These Pathetic reasons are just so STUPID! go get a life people! I am english and i do not love myself! the french are so rude! COME ON! US ENGLISH, SAVED YOUR BUTTS IN THE WAR FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! just my opinion so DONT question it!

You folks have it easy. Here in Canada I work with some french immigrants who try hard with English and are respectful of our culture.
Compare them to our local product, the french Canadian. The most arrogant, loathsome, obstreperous excuse for humanity on Earth. They hid in the woods to avoid both world wars, rob the country blind with transfer payments and demand that Canada give into their every whim.
At the moment quebec’s representative party in Ottawa, the Block, is demanding five billion dollars in payola in order to vote with the minority government and prevent an election.
They’re not even ashamed of their corrupt society.

By the way,
“I think the English are one of the least outwardly patriotic nations”?
Try this stirring video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cWz9MrHskk

i live in alaska. and people here are nice except some teenagers. but we dont really have any french people here except like the teachers, and that teacher i have mrs d and she is mean to everyone. all i got to say is the french arnt as friendly as us

im a french teenager living in london. i absolutely adore it and the diversity of the cultures here.

because ive lived all of my (short) life in this capital, i learned to enjoy it and care about english people and their society. i actually think when people think about the french, they think of the “parisians”. luckily we are not all like that and actually ARE aware of the rest of the world.

however, even though i love the english, i still feel as though i have something in my dna that creates comflict. every way i look at it, we all have been raised to look down on eachover and what is in our genes will ALWAYS be in our genes.

ps: for those who havent tried, garlic snail is actually delicious. (but frogs are disgusting, stay away from them).

oh, i forgot to mention this:

it seems many english people believe we hate them because they helped us get rid of the nazis in ww2.

actually, (sorry to dissapoint here) , no french person actually gives a s**t about that and regard it as a nessesary act in a time of alliance.

again, while the english think they are superior army wise, the french actually looks down on them because a) they still have a queen that steals all their money
b) acording to us, napoleon is better than nelson in every way

its sad to admit it, but i (even though i love english people) also have this superiority complex…

What a zenophobic ill informed loat of rubbish. The reason people keep bashing the English is because popular beliefs are perpetuated by morons like this and not shown up full the rubbish that it is.

1. What do you define as English cuisine? England is multi cultural society and has such what you call “English” has actually a rich mix of influences from many parts of the globe.

2 I am not a royalist! Also, you keep using the terms English and British as if they are one and the same thing which they are not! I have family from all parts of the UK so I am not definable as English and many Scots and Weksh will take issue with you calling them English.

3 I am sure there are many French and French trained cooks in “England” that can cook “French Fries” as well as anyone if not better.

4 The reason why English has become widespread is because “Britain” was the worlds first global economic superpower and therefore English has become and important language for business maintained by the rise of the USA which is now probably the most influential English speaking nation. Not see you mention the influence of the USA once.

5 French inferiority complex? See a shrink!

6 This is a stupid comment that shows an ignorance of science and geography and has nothing to do national differences.

7 Given how poorly the Euro has performed and how certain economies have suffered for it I don’t see it as a bad thing we never adopted the Euro.

8 Crap! The UK has a lot of very good doctors many of which are not even English, British or even European born. It is a fact in all countries that the health care you get is down to what you can afford!

9 Airports? So what?? You think having more airports to and already polluted and over crowded sky is something to shout about?

10 French city? You abviously have never been to London so what qualifies you to comment about somewhere you have never been?

11 What the **** has the transport system got to do with Anglo-French relations?

12 This is true of everyone in every nation. Pointless twaddle!

13 I never eat fish and chips! Many don’t! The national dish is actually Chicken Tikka, English influenced but created by Indian chefs. Tru getting yourself properly infomed.

14 France has beaten England many times so what’s your point? Meaningless!!

15 Centre of the world? By the way, you cannot be French because you cannot spell centre correctly in the French manner as do the English.

16 Computers speaking English is due to American rather than English influence. Get your facts right.

17 Many English speak French also. English as a language is heavily influenced by French. Pointless comment!

18 Bad weather? We have beautiful summers too. Our weather acutally is very changeable as we are set between four strong weather fronts. A fact of geography and science and sweet FA to do with international relations.

19 Cars? If you were well informed (which you obviously are not) you would know that neither Jaguar or Roll Royce were British owned! Again… what the **** has that got to do with international relations?

20 It seems to me there are more perpetuators of the England versus France crap outside the UK or, indeed France as there is in.

Anyone who knowa history will also know that the France and England are two countries that have both been united and divided for many different reasons. Waterloo was a battle that involved people from ALL parts of Northern Europe with many French or French decended emigres within the ranks of an alliance united in there hate of a tyranical Corsican adventurer who’s ancestors were not French in any way.
I for one have no feelings of animosity to French people or culture and feel saddened that there wil always be an ignorant, poorly educated and ill informed element in the world that rehashes and spue out rubbish and nonsense for whatever reason.

Was this an intelligent, well thought out and informative discussion about issues between English and French people? No, just a childish and pathetic waste of Internet space

Living in Kent you tend to see lots of french and when talking to them personally you really see that they are exactly like us wanting to have a good time but it is only the shallow steriotypes which create the barrier. Also I love to go to france on day trips as there is so much to see. Try learning french and they will appreciate you a lot more.

As for the irish person commenting about the english we like the french far more than you!

@Murphy
Don’t give in to the teenage bullying.
Remember what Obama said,
“It will get better”

[…] the French react the way they do to British cuisine […]

all i have to say is ….. agincourt.

oh and i still have my fingers

the “french” are not rude. The ones who are rude are the waiters in french bars, that is a minute share of the people.

Its amazing how one simple article can result in an all out brawl, I’m english and I don’t mind the french at all

I had a baby and the only health professionals I saw were midwives and health visitors. The GP only registered my pregnancy on the system.

My baby was delivered by the head midwife and she was absolutely fantastic. As for doctors, how you can generalise and say England (home to the universities of Cambridge and Oxford, among other intellectual establishments and industrial and innovative progress) fail to produce competent doctors is beyond stupidity.

Tell you what, I visited Paris and much preferred London and Sydney, where people are more approachable and helpful. I would give French people the benefit of the doubt in the future by visiting country side and less tourisy regions.

But yes I will take your list with a pinch of salt seeing as you’ve used exaggeration in an attempt to be humourous.

1. We don’t call french fries “french fries” in Britain, we call them “chips”.
2. France don’t use the pound, so we’re equal.
3. A lot of people like the French, especially the ladies

First of all, excuse me for my French (lol), my english is not really good, but anyway… I don’t care. I am actually living in China for one year. Here I have met people from all over the world. I was talking with a English friend and we saw this website. It was kind of funny, I like France because I’m used to it. I also know that here in China I don’t have any French friends, but it s not because I don’t like french. Just them here. I don’t have any problems with english and they don’t have any problems with me. It’s not about nationality!! And I can’t believe that people can say such things. When I arrived here I was afraid to talk in english with them not because I m proud of my french, but just because i was afraid that they couldn’t understand me. One of my english friend can speak a bit of french and I really like when he is talking to me with his english accent!! I also like the british accent.
Some of you are talking about war and historical events but most of us are concerned about it because its the past. Yes most of the french are really rude, but its just cultural thing.
Bu the way I never tried frogs and not every french like it! it s like saying to a chinese that they are all eating dogs and cats!!!
Anyway, i just wanted to say that I don’t care about all of those stupid stereotypes. It s just sad that people can say such stupid things…

Hahaha, my my, quite the long list of comments here. ^^ Not all English hate the French and not all French hate the English. The clash of the frogs and rosbifs!( just fooling) >_0 Well some people here have been using quite the stereo types, sadly racism and hate exists, and so are stereo types a reality for some people, not all. I thought that the English and French held a grudge before the rise of America and WWII. They also had the foolish 100 years war, but history is grander than pounds or golds, an infinite library of our lives and all! Don’t they secretley admire each other?? Also weren’t french fries created by a lot of soldiers who only had potatoes to consume and thought they were in France, therefore naming it French fries???(not quite confident on that) Maybe it’s because Great Britain use to be the super power of the World?? French and English do consist of different cultures that not all foreigners understand. I take French in class because I refused to take spanish. Spanish seemed to be rather difficult for me through out the years so why not French I’ve thought. I learned a few things about France while learning the language. America( yanks, old term, and what-ever they’re called) use to be suckers for French products,(honestly sorry, no offense)”Le Cars” use to be quite the popular one in the U.S.A, haha. Countries all consist of different cultures, they’re even curious of other cultures also. Not every-one lives up to their nations picture! :] Those who concentrate on past history can hold grudges and all the good stuff, same goes for Australia, Korea, China, Japan, US, UK, France, and all those lots… also my parents. But I just love history, yet I don’t hold grudges, they’re too much of a hassle for me. Any hoo, ( excluding my rants and all)I agree with Angie- “It’ s just sad that people can say such stupid things…” Good miss there. Also, well done to Stephen for his brilliant arguements, couldn’t agree more. ^_^Rather amusing come backs from the others as well, I should say my thank yous to the publisher for their ridiculous nonsense that seemed to cause the uproar of this small fascinating controversy amongst the many commenters! Everyone had different experiences with other nations and etc, be aware.

Bad cuisine? compare frogs legs and snails to fish and chips, do this around the WORLD not just france and you will see who prefers what more. in WW2 the french gave up as the germans entered their country but england stuck it out till the end. them 20 reasons are just so stupid and reading them it is because the french are jealous of the english, english language is the mostly used language in the world, everyone knows a little and not french and they hate this = jealousy. England are known for their GBP and royalty, it is what makes them different. England are the most talked about country in the world along with USA, they are always in the news. English battle records exceed french. there is lots more to say but i cannot be bothered, excuse my lack of punctuation and grammar, im in a rush. before anyone says anything, these things are based on facts and they are also my point of view, i am american before anyone says anything. plus i dont think anyone hates the UK anymore and if they do then they are just stupid morons.

England do something when something happens off in the world, e.g, in the world war, France surrender as soon as the Germans entered their country but the English carried on till the end but that was the past yes?, in this Libya crisis, France have done very little compared to England. You could also compare English cars to French, Citroen always break down and problems occur and their cars are no way near as good as English cars e.g. Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar.. do i need to say more? no. If you want to hate English carry on but you look stupid, jealousy is not a good look.

Hey guys, just saying first off that I haven’t read all the comments by a longshot so if somethings already been said sorry. Also I’m Irish and I’ve seen a couple of comments having a go at Irish people such as woopie’s

“they’re the neighbours from hell.”

How?? Personally, all things considered I reckon we’ve been pretty good to the English don’t you? Also I’d say that the question is actually misleading. It should be something along the lines of -why do the English take the piss out of the French.

Although I doubt it’s entirely the same I’d say the Irish-English, French-English relationships are fairly similar. We take the piss out of England, they take the piss out of us. But plonk an English guy and an Irish guy together and chances are they’ll get on like a house on fire. Obviously there’ll be a few morons that will just be pricks but you get those in every country.

Hey Guys, I’ve seen everybody writing how much english hate French people and vice versa. but as a nuetral person I’m not french or english im african but i have been in europe since i was a kids i spent good part of my childwood in france and the 2nd half of my life in england but i would say the best place i loved the most is france(paris) why not england because is full of shittttt, in every countries the world you go you will find tramps but england is the worse for that yeah i agree with one of you comment about fat people in england yes there’s lots of fat people in england and lots of teenagers mum and because english education and culture is that fucked they dont even care that young kids go out get drunk shagg each others faces off and get pregnant and go on benefits and people who are going on about culture french people has culture they one who dont is english thats why they try to hang on to scottland, wales and N. irland so as long them countries fucks up england wont seems bad what’s fish and chips? fuck knows even egypt has better culture then english. england has one of the worse weather forecast ever, its grey all the time. english people dont know whats the difference between summer to winter because is one of the worse country in the world. yes they do have some fit women which im married to one but i dont want my kids to have english culture and i want to take them out of england and go back to france so they can learn a proper culture no binge and have kids at young age. they quicker english people open their eyes and realise that they dont want the queen the better so people can do better in their life..Q- what does the queen do really? speech in xmas new year and when new government chosen..what a waste of space and everybody pay money for the rest of them come on my english belend wake up..peace

I’m English and I know tons of French people, my best friend is French and everyone I know who is French really loves the English and our culture. Everyone I know who is English (basically everyone else) loves the French and goes on holiday there every year. I’ve been to France twenty times and that’s a lot because I’m not even fifteen yet. The reasons given are the most pathetic ones I’ve ever seen, and I’m sure they were supposed to be a joke…they definitely look like one. Throughout history, there has been a great rivalry between the two extremely close neighbours, but it’s more like a brother and sister fighting! There is a never ending argument that goes on, but underneath it’s only meant to be a bit of fun. There’s competition because the countries are so close and interactive with each other, they are two of the most powerful European countries that each share a lot of trade and tourists. French people come to England to live all the time, as do the English go to France. France is the most beautiful country, but so is England. SO all of you complaining about how ugly it is, I’ll bet you’ve never been! France and England are two modern countries, and they share perhaps the strongest relationship together. However, I know from all my French friends and knowledge of the country and its government that the people really hate Americans, because they tear into their culture, ruining it. Plus, Americans don’t make the slightest effort to speak the language and they try to rule the world with their arrogance. France and England are two amazing countires and I know for sure that the English love the French, and that two countries get along with each other much better than they do with America!

En Francais…

Je suis Anglais et je connais beaucoup de gens Francais, ma meilleure amie est Francaise et les gens Francais qui je connais adorent les Anglais et notre culture. Les gens Anglais qui je connais (Tous les autres) aiment les Francais et ils vont a France pour les vacances chaque annee. Je suis alle en France vingt fois et c’est beaucoup, car je n’ai pas quinze ans deja. Les raisons dans la liste sont les plus pathetiques que j’ai jamais vu et je sais qu’ils sont absolument faux. Par tout l’histoire il a ete une rivalite grande entre les deux pays voisins, mais c’est plus comme une petite dispute entre une soeur et un frere! Il y a de la competition puis’que les deux pays sont tres pres de l’un l’autre et ils sont actuellement si similaires… Ils sont deux des pays les plus puissants dans l’Europe. La France est une partie massive de ma vie, quand je vais la, tout le monde est gentil et sympathique, parce’que je pense que les Francais aiment nous secretement, comme nous les aimons! Je me sens tres chez moi en France, et j’adore faire du ski la! Les gens Francais viennent a Londres et tout de l’Angleterre, simplement comme les Anglais vont a France tous le temps, car les deux pays sont tres pres et ils partagent une histoire interessante ensembles. La France, c’est le pays le plus beau dans le monde, mais l’Angleterre est magnifique aussi. Je crois que les pays partagent aussi un rapport tres unique, mais peut-etre le plus fort du monde. Pourtant, je sais de mes amis Francais que le peuple de la France detestent vraiment les Americains et leur gouvernement. Ils ne font pas du tout un effort parler des autres langues, et ils sont terriblement arrogants et impolis. Comme Anglais, je sais que les deux pays de la France et de l’Angleterre sont formidables! J’espere que mon Francais est bon et que vous comprenez…est ce que c’est vrai?

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Vikki jay, I don’t care if all you irish hate us, you’re all cunts anyway.

English people are some of the most beautiful and talented in the world actually you idiots… Twiggy, Kate Moss, Keira Knightley, Vivien Leigh,Kate Winslet, Emma Watson, Adele, Cate Blanchett, Carey Mulligan, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Daniel Craig, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, millions of thousands of incredible bands or singers, Turner, Gainsborough, Tracey Emin, Vivien Westwood, Joh Galliano, Princess Diana, Kate Middleton, Colin Firth, Helena Bonham-Carter, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Orlando Bloom, Julie Andrews, Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie Smith, Romola Garai, Dominic Smith,Dominic West, Hugh Laurie, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Ralph Fiennes, Dusty Springfield, Jude Law, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Amy Winehouse, Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Laurence Olivier, Robert Pattinson (sorry), Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson, Isaac Newton, Florence Nightingale, Anthony Worral Thompson, The list goes on forever and ever!!!!!Englsih culture is loved worldwide and without us there would be no Australia (which is basically made off the descendants of our prisoners) or America…hence English…England! England is made of the most talented, incredible people in the world, more than I can say for America with its Britney Spears or Justin Timberlake…everyone in America are dumb, fat and completely fake money grabbers!!

Eva Green, the only thing good to come out of France lives in…

… London.

It’s funny how everyone seems to hate England but everyone wants to live here. Everyone hates the English but thats what we want, it makes us stronger.

The french hate the english because: 1) the english are dishonest cheats and can’t be trusted. 2) they can’t cook at all, french fries are the least of their worries. 3) England is the country of “Can’t be bothered.” Can’t be bothered to educate themselves. Can’t be bothered to listen to anyone else. Can’t be bothered to do an honest day’s work. Can’t be bothered to marry someone who isn’t their cousin. 4) They are so arrogant that they think they are the best in the world when really if it weren’t for indian immigrants they wouldn’t have an economy at all.

this is turning racist…

I take back what I said about the Irish. I was just angered by vikki jay’s comment. Sorry to all the decent Irish people out there.

Je ne m’exprime pas suffisamment bien en anglais m’exprimer dans cette belle langue. Je le ferai donc en français. Certains des commentaires sont navrants, à la limite du racisme. Pour ma part, je n’ai rien contre les anglais, bien au contraire. Je les trouve tout à fait charmants. Je suis vraiment sidérée de l’image que le peuple français peut renvoyer à nos voisins. Nous sommes arrogants, lâches et je ne sais quoi encore. Ras le bol des excuses à deux balles. C’est quoi ces histoires de 2ème guerre mondiale. Pour ma part, je n’étais pas née. Je préfère vivre dans le présent. Je suis bien contente de vivre dans un pays libre et si c’est grâce aux anglais, aux américains, aux canadiens ou je ne sais qui d’autres, merci bien mais c’est tout. J’ai des copains allemands aussi et pourtant des hommes de ma familles se sont battus contre les allemands et sont morts. Mais tout ça c’et l’histoire, c’est le passé.
Donc, j’aime beaucoup les anglais. J’adore quand ils parlent en français, ils ont un accent délicieux.
J’espère aller à Londres l’année prochaine mais je dois dire que certains commentaires anti-français font peur et si c’est pour qu’un con m’envoie à l’autre bout de la ville si je suis perdue… pffff

Wow…

Yeah to be honest I think this argument is rediculous.

There are as much bad French people as there are English, German people, and all other countries for that matter.

I still cannot believe some of the people here who claim to be french and their remarks!

This is stressed so much, but your great great great grand fathers and mothers wouldn’t have survived to bring your great grand mothers, fathers, then grandmothers and father who would deliver your mum and dad and then YOU. If it wasn’t for England.

History, no lies, read up on WW1 and 2, so very disrespectful. Not all french but the individuals here, discusting.

Normandy beach, read up. Men of WHAT nationality were there that bled the sand red and littered it with their bodies to save the FRENCH.

And another thing, neighbours, being the Welsh, Scottish and Irish. Hatred that has literally been accumilated from going way back into Medieval times, that is truely rediculous.

Not to mention, I am not English, you are not Irish, he is not Scottish and she is not Welsh ….but….. we ARE (BRITISH). I know it’s sad isn’t it, how the majority of us actually live in Harmony and aren’t ashamed to call eachothers brothers and sisters and so on.

I bet you little fucked up individuals feel lonely now, that’s to everyone here that is English, French, Irish, Welsh or Scottish. Oh wait, I meant French and BRITISH.

I bet around 90% of the people who post hateful comments about the British have never even been to our country.
I am half Welsh, part Scottish, and part English. I’m proof that most of us in the UK can get along pretty well. Some people just can’t look past the label of nationality and see the actual person on the inside. A person with feelings, values and morals, just like you.
I feel sorry for those people, what a shallow little lives they must lead.
I don’t care about nationality, we’re all equal and I would never consider myself to be better than a French person or any other person. That’s just silly.

Haters attract other haters like 2 magnets. The final result is ugly. Anger, frustration and bitterness never made somebody happy, whatever his/her citizenship. Life is too short to hate. Difference is everywhere. It is a source of improvement if you can keep on open mind.

Im British, and i dont understand why people are such complete arseholes?

Dont steryotype any nation, some other mindless fuck will come and make up another one about your nation, then you’ll get pissed off and start fucking arguing about “”blah blah dunkirk blagh etc agincourt blah blah fuck fuck blah frogs”" etc

So everyone, piss off, stop arguing the more i read the more i want to blow my fucking brains out.

typical anglo-centralism thought!!!!a great deal of rubbish and lies here.here a my reason to dispise the english!!
1.personally, I cant find out how beautiful your language is as some your people label it….dont forget english borrowed uncountable words and phrases from latin languages centries ago,even german is the authentic forefather of germanic languages. especially,it is really laughable that the yanks with their horrible accent make jokes about frenchs,and later you ask why your country is the most hated in the world…………….

2.french,precisely to say paris, is and was the only intellectual and artistic center in the world,dozes of philosophers,poets,artists came out of Paris in history.I dont know one anglo in this respect.who can name one????

3.you brits just have no taste at all,I dont blame u,cause you have lived in that isolated little island for thousands of years,only after the industrial revelution could u brits get to know what is beauty and style

4.I propose the EU should spread french or deutsch to use in business and administration.oh,yeah french is already the official language for signing the international contract due to its exactness and logical.

I’m English and I have to say, Yes… English people do have issues, but everyone else in the world has issues too, but I think maybe if you have issues with how different people are and can be, you may have underline issues with yourself. I’m not prejudice and I love foreigners questions about why English/British people are somewhat singular to the world. We do things how we do things and we’ll leave you to do things your way. A common complaint towards English people is ALCOHOLISM! It’s not just English people who love a good drink, all British do. It’s just in our culture!

Food for thought: An Alcoholic is someone you hate but drinks as much as you do.

P.S Love the Banter! xoxo

Neil, Berlin is in Germany! If I were a friend of your’s I would hope I never travel with you as you may get me lost. (Just joking, Neil).

Hahahaha this is funny.

I’m English. Let’s stop hating on the French. I’ve spent a lot of time in France and in particular Paris. The people there are so friendly, and very good looking.
Lighten up people!

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I’m crying with laughter :’) I’m English but I don’t hate the French at all.

I think it’s actually quite sad how some people could be so close minded and arrogant as to literally search for a reason to hate an entire culture. It’s actually a bit pathetic, I mean, why should you base your opinions of an entire group of people on some terrible stereo-types? I’m sure not ALL British people are like that, most actually seem quite nice. And the French seem like amazing people too, but then again that’s just me taking from the GOOD I’ve seen and not the bad. Please stop being so prejudice by focusing on stereo-types and just learn to coexsist! :3

I am not real fantastic with English but I get hold this real easy to interpret.

I’m an English francophile. Britain is my home and my backhround, so understandably I love the country. Some of my best friends from my time at university on have been French. Great people to spend time with! But, naturally, I have equally great Brit friends too. I love the culture of both countries, passionately. Both have contributed enormously to this world and if the xenophobic element on this site would like to look at the inventiveness that has arisen in both histories you would be astounded. Both countries have given tremendously to civilisation….far more than is discussed on this site. Both countries have mind-dizzying lists of artists, scientists, thinkers, inventors and more; as suggested, far more than space will allow.
Now here is the bit that worries me more than the general ignorance on display:
Why do people mention war as an indicator of superiority? Now, I recognise that such things as the stopping of Hitler was necessary, but these incidents always remain as the most shameful aspects of human behaviour.
In a war, the winner is, not only the one who may have stopped a greater evil, it is also the one who has done the most killing. Whenever people talk about how great Britain has been in war, all I can think of is that they are saying we are great murderers….I would rather hear about Shakespeare or the Beatles…not how many times we have entered another country and killed en masse….

I’d say guilty as charged in some of the points.

But the idea that we have crap doctors is laughable. Just look at the many medical advances made in the UK. And if English women really do go to France to have their babies (and, being English, I personally know of not one case of this happening) why would you care? Think of it as export income.

And we make damn good French fries. But we don’t do this often as we prefer our chips, which aren’t French and are never referred to as such. (I think you’re confusing us with the Americans).

But really, who cares. Some French people hate the English out of what seems to be a mix of inferiority and superiority (both, on the whole, misplaced).

We are both faded world powers. A Brit might argue our star once shone brighter but that really is a moot point.

Though I suppose it is painful for you to reflect that we did invent Rugby. And méthode champenoise. ; )

that’s retarded. i hate the english because a majority of them are pompous assholes who think their country is the greatest in the world. LOL, you fools still have a freaking monarchy. what is this, the middle ages?

and apart from that, the english have always been nothing more than wanton murderers and war mongers. they’ve always tried conquering foreign lands for no apparent reason. their history is defined by bloodshed. they oppressed the scots, they oppressed the french, and they oppressed early america.

it’s a good thing they’ve always been defeated and sent back to their shit country. they always did have a laughable army with retarded and incompetent soldiers. it’s hilarious how a ragtag group of outnumbered and undertrained scots managed to win their independence from england’s “superior military force”.

People hate Britain because while the rest of world was sitting on their arses the British were conquering and colonizing 1 third of the know world. So by not liking us they will think it will change things. Britiish empire influence every corner of the know world. And while every over country has been invaded in the pass centuries, Britain has not be successfully invaded in over 500 years, and what has the French ever done for England? Nothing. On the other hand Britain has saved France countless times