26-07-2003 13:46									#1
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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.

	26-07-2003 16:00									#2
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quote: 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.

Gory.

	26-07-2003 17:19									#3
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I wonder if there's a present day equivalent for Iraq.

	26-07-2003 17:22									#4
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quote:    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.

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!"

	26-07-2003 17:24									#5
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quote: 70. "The French are not as clean as the Germans."      Perhaps not.

	26-07-2003 17:30									#6
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Why is this on a site devoted to pasta?

	26-07-2003 17:34									#7
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quote: Originally posted by FrustratedPoet quote:    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. 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!"

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."