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pour moi les anglais sont vraiment le bien venus ,ils amènent un peu plus de vie dans nos régions agricoles
Frenchman here. Travelled a lot and worked / lived in some countries like the USA, the UK, Canada, Italia, the Netherlands, Germany, mainland China, Taiwan and some others. Everywhere it is the same: If you learn the language and are open then you are in for treats (discover a new culture, meet fantastic people). Yes sometimes (not often) you meet stupid or racist people but the vast majority are worth knowing.
Failures: I tried hard to learn Chinese and failed because of lack of time, a proper teacher (not a machine) and the immense need caused by a total immersion in China (not English speaking).
La france et l angleterre, c est un peu l amour vache! On s aime,on se deteste, mais on sait vivre ensemble! 😉
French people don’t know much about bbritish culture, only the stereotypes but every nation is self absorbed I guess. I think it’s great that people are moving back to the countryside and bring new life and energy. No one is mad at the brits for that.
Why is Ireland highlighted as green along with britain, when the video is about british?
😍 Good job, guys! Thanks for this. I really like to watch older people on the YT.
Frenchs dont want you there…
I really liked the video, the British and other English speakers should teach English to learn French and integrate into French society.
France offers good languages such as Norman, Picardy, Arpitan, Occitan, Catalan. Anglophones, learning these other languages, integrate very well into French society.
For example in England, in the United Kingdom they speak Norman and Anglo Norman, these languages are French and very much stuck to standard Parisian French, there are no excuses for not learning anything and it is a lack of courage and will, especially living in France for 25, 30 years.
The video is very bashful, polite and cute, showing the affection and love between the British and the French.
Kisses from the heart, collaborate with Easy French and Easy Catalan, Catalan is also spoken in France in the southwest region along with Occitan.
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They are the worst of the worst. These are the selfish remain voters who just want second homes in europe for selfish needs.
Traitors😂
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I wanted to share a personal reflection regarding population movements between the United Kingdom and France, particularly in the context of Brexit.
Interestingly, many Britons supported Brexit to fight immigration and regain sovereignty. However, today we are seeing an increasing number of British citizens coming to settle in France. The problem is that most of them don't seem to be making much of an effort to fully integrate. The language barrier is a glaring example: they do not master French and do not always seem to try to learn it, as if France could be perceived as an extension of Britain.
to encourage linguistic and cultural integration. This could undoubtedly facilitate cohabitation and strengthen mutual respect between communities.
Thank you for reading, and I remain open to your thoughts on this subject.
Thanks for episode. I am polish who live in Glasgow but One day I will move to France for culture and language reason. And weather of course, priceless;)
Mostly retired, so most likely mixing with other retirees, who are also English speakers.
Well it seems the very least you can do when you decide to live in a foreign country is to learn the language, at least a bit! That man who is here since 25 years is the perfect example of colonialist mentality… yuck …
Brit emigrants coming to take advantages of EUROPE are not welcome at all.
English, lived in France, 30+ years. You have to learn the basics of French conversation. If you Try, they will welcome you.
Doesn't matter what country you emigrate to but if you live 10+ years in another country without any basic fluency is really stupid
Bread upside down brings bad luck is a superstition stemming from the time executioners were first publicly used. Masked for executions, they took their meals with other soldiers. Except that their bread was turned upside down.
In some ways , they speak French , because about half of the English language come from the French
I am French and I lived for a few years in Montignac, Dordogne in the South-West of France. I have never seen so many English people. I made a few friends, but it's difficult to mix with English expatriates as they live among themselves. They thus form a diaspora which does not mix too much with the French population. And that’s a shame.
I knew some who had been there for 17 years and who barely knew how to say 2 sentences. Like this gentleman who cannot go out without his wife even though he has been there for 22 years.
Many have had to renovate houses by bringing in craftsmen from England. Suffice to say that this does not facilitate integration in the region. I knew French craftsmen who, when they were called to repair installations that they had not done, sent them away. Rightly so.
I understand that you can be homesick or that the French language is hard to understand, but there are limits.
Dordogne, Lot, Gers, Lot & Garonne… are French departments loved by our English friends.
There must also be hints of former English occupation during the pre-Hundred Years War period. This is also why this part of France attracts them.
What makes me laugh the most is when foreigners (Americans or Anglo-Saxons) complain that the French don't know how to speak English.
Firstly because it is false (at least 50% of them speak it) but above all because those who complain about it do not speak a single word of a foreign language.
Wine is cheaper.
How many of these folk voted for Brexit? The bloke who won’t or can’t speak French almost certainly did.
I moved to France, learnt the language, used my diploma to find work, my job is executive level in sales, I have never been unemployed, my children are born here, my friends are French. I was refused an interview by the BBC before Brexit as I didn't represent the brit expats that have retired in France! Taxes are high but public services are very good. I don't feel stressed here at all and that includes my business life. Good luck
Even with the English-speaking, the lady in purple really "mimics" a French way! This video is really interesting! Same for the guy who's smoking, I'm quite impressed: I can SEE they're a bit French, and if they don't talk for sure I would be convinced at 100%
WARNING ⚠: for property and politeness, unfortunately, as a cliché I would say "it depends" 😂
Very interesting. As a French person soon to go back to France after many years in the UK (& having decided to create a French learning channel alongside this, as my head filled with an internal dialogue around the question of what it is like to be French, and what does it look like for someone who isn’t), I have found this episode really well done. An array of people who have lived their relocation in different ways.
Needless to say, I really do think learning the language is so important. But it doesn’t mean being perfect at it.
I think this is the biggest stumbling block for learners.
I wish people could be proud to show off what they know without feeling it’s just not good enough.
You’ll be surprised at how well it is received and how far it gets you.
Good luck to those on this amazing journey x
I find abnormal when the English decide to live somewhere without learning the language. Sometimes I feel some English natives feel entitled to be spoken in English, every where they go. I will be in Barcelona next month for a few days, so I practice my catalan to be able to order food and be polite. In those international conferences that i attend, i see that i am not the only one making this effort, but those who do not even try and go directly with English, are typically the English speakers. On top of this, they would complain if the English of the person in front of them is not fluent. In dordogne, I heard it is sometimes problematic for local business because of the diaspora, that local business are the ones who need to adapt and learn English instead of the other way around. Not in Dordogne but I went to Chamonix (French Alpes) and asked for "une table pour quatre" at a restaurant. The waiter answered "sorry, I don't speak French". Can you imagine being somewhere in the UK and a waiter can not even understand "a table for four please". I mean, even with the minimum knowledge of French, you would expect the waiter to know that. I am not French but I find the French to be very kind and patients on this topic and then, when i hear some English speaker mocking at the English of French speakers, I feel angry. I want to say, let's switch to French and we will see who is laughing.
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France is a linguistically rich and charming country, no one will escape France's regional languages, there is no point in forcing things or using English as a shield, English feeds on almost all French regional languages.
Even if you escape Senian, which is today the national speech of France with its argots and verlans, you will not escape Norman, Arpitan, Occitan, Catalan, Corsican, etc.
In truth, it's charm, and good humor, provocation, lack of will, British silliness and freshness and British comedy, of course, done with sweetness for the French.
But it doesn't hold up, you become an outcast and a rude person in the neighboring country that likes you.
There is no point in pushing the envelope and saying: "I speak English", current English was conquered by French, and Romanic, Celtic and Hellenic, the excuse of the language barrier is false and does not exist.
If the French speak English in France, everything is polite, English is Romanic in many ways, but the British must speak the regional languages of France, all of them, there is nowhere to run, they must be polite too.
Deep down, the English love the French but they love to do comedy with the French all the time in France and that's not possible, French patience has completely fallen apart.
It is a relationship of brotherhood and passion between the two, already entering into explicit comedy.
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"How have you integrated, into French life? : It's not possible ! No , no!" says the man who lives in France for 25 years. "And how's your French ? : the same man responds : "Non-existant, non-existant". Sans commentaire…
french here: i think the older u get, the harder it is to learn a language fast and integrate it (especially more complexe language than english), and u can forget to lose your accent as well. if u have no affinities with languages (especially if u never learnt one beside your native language) , it can be even harder. now in the worst case scenarii, smartphones can translate well if needed or even translate in almost real time…or can basic translate written things ( menu, indications, posters)
They leave the EU, but they want to live & retire to the south of France! SUPER IDIOTIC PEOPLE!!
Even BoJo's parent live there…
I’m a native English speaker from the US and am learning French and tbh the way Brits think of French are how I think of them lol. If you speak English French people are hesitant. I’m trying really hard to learn French but damn they speak fast! I highly recommend watching the Easy French YouTube channel.
I know a French guy who now lives here in SoCal and he speaks English well. But I think he has had an easy time here because he’s tall and really cute lol. I’m certain other American women like me are extremely interested in acclimatizing him to American culture 😂.
as a British person i live in Normandy, i think this is true French people are so kind and i have a French Girlfriend
I travelled through France in 2016 and met Brits living there
Them: Yeah, I speak French. Fluent.
Moi: OK si on continuait en français donc.
Eux: err well I'm not that fluent.
i'm french and i just want to say to these people that they can learn how to speak french , it's not forbbiden.