WordPress.com Forums » Topic: love-hate relationship: english snubs, french frogs http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/love-hate-relationship-english-snubs-french-frogs WordPress.com Forums » Topic: love-hate relationship: english snubs, french frogs en Sun, 19 May 2013 19:44:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 hibiscusjaune on "love-hate relationship: english snubs, french frogs" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/love-hate-relationship-english-snubs-french-frogs#post-437359 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:08:52 +0000 hibiscusjaune 437359@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ How come my blog is not linked to my name like yours? Sorry about that
http://www.jaunehibiscus.wordpress.com.

p.s.: I think biscuits rhymes pretty well with hibiscus....

]]> pienbiscuits on "love-hate relationship: english snubs, french frogs" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/love-hate-relationship-english-snubs-french-frogs#post-437339 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:39:48 +0000 pienbiscuits 437339@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This sounds good already. A URL so we can get to your blog would be nice, though.

]]> hibiscusjaune on "love-hate relationship: english snubs, french frogs" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/love-hate-relationship-english-snubs-french-frogs#post-437329 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:29:22 +0000 hibiscusjaune 437329@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I live in Canada, a bilingual country where Customer Service Reps start each conversation by a ridiculous "bonjour, hi?" (You don't know how stupid you feel when you actually have to do that all day long working in a bank).
You have to wait for the client to say either "hi" to continue in English or "bonjour" to continue in French. Some English people will give you a bad look because you weren't able to tell by their looks that they don't speak French, while French folks almost feel offended to get addressed in English.

In press conferences, English people are only allowed to ask questions about 30 min after the French journalists have asked a 100 questions. Last week, a French singer got a rough beating by 10 anglos but this is not a premiere; it happens every year in that area!

The tension is HOT. Where do I stand in all that? I created a blog for both communities, to prove myself and the world that contrary to popular beliefs, English and French people can have a lot in common. It's international. Join the diversity!

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