I HATE this stereotype of French being rude and...
speaking English with that phony ridiculous accent!
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what can u do, it's a 75% true stereotype...
french are rude!!!!! and alot of them talk like that too!
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The man with the posh English accent is played by Peter O'Toole, an Englishman.
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Uh, Peter O'Toole is Irish.
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I found people from France much less rude than people from Quebec. As a Canadian, going to Quebec is like visiting another country entirely. And people in Montreal were incredibly rude.
It's cause Canadians are trying to be rude and mean because no one is scared of Canada. No offense to you of course.
shareThe think Linguini not having an accent is just to accentuate how he's displaced and alienated in this new kitchen environment, sort of the outsider of the group. You're suppose to sympathize with him the way you think of a young American apprentice cook interning in France. The French accent here isn't so much significant of being French, but going of the elitist. Now you can argue that while the French elitist stereotype is false, the French elitist chef stereotype is unfortunately quite true, I've work with them.
shareIn Quebec, the language is a political (and a survival) issue. If you were entirely unable to speak a single word in French, you're the one who may be coming off as rude. It's all in the eye of the beholder.
Many people in Quebec think like this: if you went to Argentina, you'd probably try to pick up a bit of Spanish before going there. Then, why do Canadians think it is not important to use some French in Quebec? It's a matter of respect.
Many Quebecers don't like the fact that they are all expected to be bilingual by other Canadians. They're not! Many of them don't speak English (from what I remember it's 50%).
I've often heard Anglos expressing their frustration about a Quebebecers who they think is being rude, even though the guy in question just isn,t good enough in English to do any better. Anglos are too accustomed to being talked to in their language.
I've told this to many of my anglophone friends: when someone doesn't respond to you in English, he is not necessarily being rude. He may be shy or he may have trouble with the language.
About Montreal: excluding the way they drive, Montrealers are not more rude than any people living in a metropolitan area.
Actually, I think people in New York are much more rude.
I visited Paris 10 years ago with my family and everyone there was snotty, snooty, and downright rude. So, my opinion of the rude French is based on my personal experiences. During that same two weeks I visted Paris, I went to Munich and London and the people there were infinitely nicer.
Soooooo you judge an entire nation by a 2 weeks experience ?
I'v been surfing on the net for years and I must complain that every American users I met so far tend to be self righteous jerkasses .So given my experience I conclude that all Americans are self righteous jerkasses ...***rolls eyes***
If I visit New York and have bad experience with rude New Yorkers should I conclude all Americans are rude ?
You say French people are rude but how was your own behavior ?
Rudeness and behavior has a different definition/values depending on the country you know ...It's considered an offensive gesture to salute with your palm aimed at your interlocutor in Greece , It's considered an obscene offensive gesture giving a thumb up in Irak ,laughing out loud in Japan is rude etc etc
So what do you consider French rudeness ?
Not speaking English ?
Not licking your shoes because "If not for the Americans youse cheese eater surrender Froggies would be speaking German "
Tell me your definition of rudeness please
I've travelled around in Europe for 2 years. The Parisians are elitist assbuckets. The moment they detect you're a foreigner they will find a way to slight, cheat or prank you. Nevertheless, I still stubbornly love Paris and the Parisians. It's that kind of relationship.
shareYou should fart in their general direction.
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I always thought they didn't give Linguini an accent because he was raised in US or Canada or something, but hey, that's just me and my head. xD
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I am French, Parisian to be exact: we ARE rude. And arrogant and not friendly or welcoming. As to the phony accent, now that I live in Ireland and meet French people here who don't know I'm French I can tell you this: it's put on especially because the rest of the world somehow seem to think it's sexy or romantic or whatever. I do agree though. A real thick French accent is the ugliest thing ever.
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My boss is from France. He immigrated to America some years ago. And I can say, working for a year with him, that the "stereotype" is very, very accurate. Accent and all.
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But they ARE rude! Go to France and see it for yourself, chum!
shareFrench people are rude and arrogant and I find it humorous so get over it.
shareThe fact that they get so hung up on the use of their native language does not translate to 80%+ of the rest of the world. When in China people did not expect me to randomly know Mandarin. Either we were going to be able to communicate somehow or not. There is never the heavy air of disdain that you feel when trying to communicate with many French people.
I have also met a lot of very warm and welcoming people in France, but very few in Paris. Look, people are claiming NYC is rude, etc. All major cities are going to have rudeness, it has to do with the population tensions and the speed of life there. I will say that this feeling is most magnified for me, as a non French speaking American when in Paris but I notice it in many places.
You just want to grab the offender and say "you know I'm not nearly as stupid as you think I am."
The French cannot seem to process that Americans are not raised alongside as many diverse cultures as Europeans (we border 2 countries) and therefore we do not have the same opportunity to learn foreign languages.
Yes if we were inundated by French media, like much of the world is to American media, we too would learn how to speak French fluently. It's pretty effing simple, so lose the attitude.
Doesn't most stereotypes contain some gain of truth?
They have become stereotypical for one reason, either because some people think they act like that or because most of the particular groups acts like that.
Stereotypes can bee seen as an exaggerated version of the truth.
^ that is true but in saying that its a version of the truth then that means there are other truths which in film is hardly ever explored. Although I have heard from people who have been to Paris that the people there are quite rude.
sharePhony? I work with lots of French people and they sound JUST like the accents in this movie! We take off their accents mercilessly when they speak our mother tongue (I'm English, not American) - but not to their faces. I guess us Brits are just too arrogant - like our cousins the French... and the Germans for that matter, but when I was born the sun never set on the British Empire so I guess it's ingrained. The French have served us admirably as our common enemy for a thousand years or so; it's quite chummy to insult each other. Love their country!
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