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Re: Help a poor french student !!!!!!!!!!

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From: Simon R. Hughes
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 00:00
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Det sies at Larry Phillips <larryp1@home.com> sa:

>  Alain Blu wrote:
>  > 
>  > Another of this anti-French attitude in  some groups I mentioned
>  > earlier! Could anyone explain to me the reason for this aggressive
>  > behaviour?
>  
>  I lived in France for about 1.5 years. I lived in Quebec for about
>  2 months. I have visited both on several other occasions. I have lived
>  in and visited other European countries, and other provinces in Canada.
>  
>  I have found the French to be rude, self-centered, xenophobic, and
>  in general, unpleasant. Please note that this _IS_ a generalization,
>  and obviously there are French people who are not this bad, and likely
>  those that are worse.
>  
>  Additionally, I was responding to a posting I considered rude.

I have never spoken to a frenchman I didn't like. (But then I don't
speak French, and they refuse to speak any language other than
French.)

-- 
Simon R. Hughes  --  http://skrik.home.ml.org

For ever the latter end of joye is wo.
God woot that worldly joye is sone ago
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From: shughes@geocities.com (Simon R. Hughes)
Subject: Re: Help a poor french student !!!!!!!!!!
Date: 1998/11/17
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