In hopes to explain how the Americans think about the French to my French friends, I showed them this clips:
When I pretend to speak French with my American friends, these are the things I often reference:
La souris est sous la table.
Le chat est sur la chaise.
Le singe est sur la branche.
In exchange, this is what the French showed me:
gad et bryan
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I LOVE hearing how cultures imitate one another.
Ooooh, and last one…for the French:
Start at 0:55. If you don’t, you might not get to that one, quintessential word that you’ll need in order to maneuver around France.
My very favorite comedy bit about anglophile attitudes to the French comes from Dylan Moran. In case you aren’t familiar:
(Hope the embed works here. If not, I’ll post a link.)
Not to be an American cliche, but OH MY GOD I love this post 🙂 The magic word is soo true! Putain, Montpelier, tu me manques!
nice! When I think of the french, and standup comedy about them, I think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc78yPv_ztM
enjoy 🙂