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112 gripes about the French
http://pasta.e-rcps.com/gripes/
This book was originally published by the US military. It's got 112 statements that GIs often made about the French and answers to them.
Quite interesting. I wonder how many stereotypes about the French have their roots in the WW2 era.
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July 26, 2003, 07:00
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Re: 112 gripes about the French
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Originally posted by Stefu
http://pasta.e-rcps.com/gripes/
This book was originally published by the US military. It's got 112 statements that GIs often made about the French and answers to them.
Quite interesting. I wonder how many stereotypes about the French have their roots in the WW2 era.
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July 26, 2003, 08:19
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I wonder if there's a present day equivalent for Iraq.
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July 26, 2003, 08:22
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***The French as a whole are not as "hail fellow well met" as we Americans are. Neither are the British, the Swedes, the Greeks, the Mexicans.
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I love writing from this era, it dates so badly. 
I wonder how many people in the US (or indeed, any country) have EVER said "Hail fellow, well met!"
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July 26, 2003, 08:24
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July 26, 2003, 08:30
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Why is this on a site devoted to pasta?
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July 26, 2003, 08:34
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***The French as a whole are not as "hail fellow well met" as we Americans are. Neither are the British, the Swedes, the Greeks, the Mexicans.
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I love writing from this era, it dates so badly.
I wonder how many people in the US (or indeed, any country) have EVER said "Hail fellow, well met!"
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Now why would you say that? 
"The French reputation for gaiety was built on the fame of Paris as a gay city and on the French way of doing things."
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