This is very interesting, like the rest of your videos. I am French and I adore seeing people talking about this country from a different perspective. I mean, living in France for you whole life, even though you get to see other countries and cultures, makes you feel like this culture is ''normal'' as in ''daily''. But your experiences and your way of seeing things is very refreshing because it gives me a bit more of an external perspective. I want to say that your interest for this country and its sociology (not properly speaking but dah, you get me) is really pleasant, and I can feel that you love it here, which gives me a little hope. Thank your for your work and your lovely presence on the internet :)
je suis français... alors jvais parler anglais héhé I'm french and I lOVE to see ur videos because it really makes me reflect on my behavior and how I think and how it can be perceive/translated for ppl from other country/culture. Really interesting and Keep the good work !
J'adore, j'adore et j'adore vraiment tes vidéos. Pour ma part je te sens 100% intégrée en France et vraiment cela fait plaisir. On peut voir dans tes vidéos que tu décortiques vraiment notre pays de façon juste et avec amour. Pour moi tu fais vraiment partie de ce pays. Amicalement.
Si cela peut t'aider, je veux bien le faire (adresse de la préfecture ? ). Mais ne va t'il pas me falloir quelques renseignements sur toi du genre nom, prénom, adresse etc....Si tu veux vraiment la nationalité française, j'en serai vraiment très fier de pouvoir t'aider.
About Americans: there are 320 million of us, and pretty much every element you can think of is represented, liberal, conservative, left wing, right wing, religious, secular, nationalist, curious about the world, intellectuals as well as anti-intellectuals. Not to mention the significant regional differences. It’s effectively impossible to say that x percent are this or that because there are so many exceptions to every rule. Most anti-French Americans that I know would never be interested in going to France, so the French will most likely never have to deal with most of them :)
And the reverse is true as well. But you have to know that French youth is not responsible for these anti-American clichés, their teachers in high school are. I had an English teacher who was so into US-bashing that my ears are still bleeding from hearing his soviet-style propaganda. Luckily, because I have a brain (and know the US a bit), I survived it. But many French who don't travel get these stereotypes engrained for life.
Mark, this is 100% correct. The US is essentially one big collection of different countries and cultures. There are just as many people that do not like America and love the idea of France (Europe) than there are people that love America hah.
I don't know any mother of 3 here who would still go to work. Officially the traditional role of women has faded away , but the studies show that it's still women who do 85% of the housework, childcare and such so in practice not enough has change. The maternity leave in France is also ridiculously short . I also believe that the French may not be racist or they don't openly admit that but they do consider themselves superior ( for some reasons ? ) , don't see anything negative about their mentality , are relatively little curious. After a decade I came to a conclusion that the reason I haven't made close friends with the French is because I'm not French . As simple as that. And it nay be the same for you.
As a french what I don't like about Americans is that they're don't mix with each others. They value their community/group and live within it. People segregate each other... Chinese live on that suburb, Italian on that one, Blacks there, rich white there, poor white there, gay live there, ... You have places where >95% of people vote Democrats and other places where >95% vote republicans... This extreme group segregation is making, I believe, Americans to be rather extremist in their opinions. The extreme-right in France will barely be considered even a right movement in USA! In France we have more this culture of mixing, appropriating from other cultures, living together (vivre ensemble contre communautarisme américain!)! And I think that we're much less extreme than American! So my "stereotype" about Americans is that they're all very extremist!
I'm an American and I do see some of this but America is a lot more integrated than you think. The reason there are so many communities of Italians and Chinese people living together is due to immigration from the early 1900s and they simply never split up. However, that only applies to major cities. If you visit a smaller city or other areas you will not find that. You'll find them living among many other races of people. There is a little more separation between the rich and the poor but in a suburban area there is a big mix of them. Cities tend to have more poor people because it is cheaper to live there. I'm sure if the economy was different this would not hold true. The extremism you see comes from the politics and the news (which is definitely not always true and usually holds a lot of bias). So I understand that it would seem as though everyone in America is an extremist. The number is definitely growing as political groups are polarizing but I can assure you we are not all extremists. Bonne journée ! 😊
P V As an American I can really understand why French and other people view Americans this way as a stereotype. The loudest most extreme people always get the most attention (like our a President) and this is what most people see. As with people of any place in the world, I think the best way to understand them is to visit a place, not as a tourist, but to really experience it by meeting people and talking to them. This is not always easy to do for a long time of course, but every place has a different feeling- Chicago is very different from Miami, Atlanta, or Denver for example. Los Angeles is another planet😂
What Americans may not understand is that 'Communautarism' has a strongly pejorative connotation in France. The French model of "la République" is that of integration NOT multiculturalism, of course that's an ideal which often butt heads with reality. Community and identity politics are pretty strong in the US, that's pretty much completely opposite and unacceptable to the french "republican" model.
@Not Even French ! Yeah it's easier to go straight to the point even if, of course, my personal views are more nuanced... @fxdx68 Je dis pas qu'en France on vit tous ensemble dans le meilleur des mondes mais on se mélange un peu plus! Je pense qu'un français moyen a dans son cercle direct des personnes qui pensent différemment, ce qui permet d'avoir des opinions plus nuancées car on entend plus souvent un autre point de vue. Par exemple aux USA les différentes communautées sont assez isolées les unes des autres et ont tendance à être vachement trash dans leurs opinions. Les Chrétiens aux USA sont bien plus extrême que chez nous (créationisme, anti-avortement, "guérison" des gay...) et les athés c'est pareil, le discours athée d'un gars comme Dawkins il parle pas trop aux européens, les athés (ce que je connais et moi-même) sont pas trop anti-religieux, en tout cas pas du tout aussi bourrin qu'aux USA. Et c'est pareil pour beaucoup de mouvements aux USA. Je pense qu'en France et plus généralement en Europe on est plus relax sur ces questions parcequ'on se mélange plus! J'ai des potes qui votent FN, moi c'est pas du tout mon trip (j'ai voté Hamon). Mais après c'est mes potes je vais pas aller les renier pour leurs opinions politique, et puis on en a débattu plusieurs fois, j'arrive à voir leur point (un tout petit peu). Mais l'effet de ça c'est que je vais pas aller haïr les electeurs du FN dans leur globalité, je vais être plus nuancé. Aux USA la quasi totalité de ceux qui ont voté Hillary ne connaissait pas une seule personne qui ait voté Trump et vice-versa! Du coup ils ont pas l'autre son de cloche, sont moins nuancé dans leurs propos!
As an American, I can confirm many here have a poor grasp on world geography. In our defense though, I will note you can drive from one coast to another in 6 days and you are still speaking English and still in the same country. The majority of folks won't have the resources to travel abroad and experience other cultures.
Linda Hale and you work so much!! My mom has this swiss friend who migrated to the US, she became an American and mother of 2 and rarely comes back because of her job as a nurse.
Linda Hale More importantly, the US is so much better than the rest of the world that Americans don't need to trouble themselves with the rest of the world. Why think about some backwards socialist hellhole (at best) or some squalid primitive country at worst? All the happiness one could ever want is in the United States and it's much better than anywhere else.
Precisely. Because they United States is so large and (for the most part) self-sufficient, the need to learn about other countries is not considered important knowledge. That's not to say that we are not curious about other countries and cultures, but most Americans don't consider it "important". Also, most Americans do not receive enough vacation time to travel to other countries and learn about their cultures. Unless we meet someone from another country and get to know them well enough to learn about them and their country, we get most of our information from the Internet. I'm not trying to make excuses for the rude and ignorant behavior of Americans... it's just a sad fact of life for most of them.
Ce qui est drôle c'est que le 14 juillet n'est à la base pas une fête pour célébrer la prise de la Bastille (14 juillet 1789) mais une fête pour célébrer la fête de la fédération du 14 juillet 1790 mais comme la prise de la Bastille est un événement plus connue, il y a eu un amalgame (même la majorité des français pense que le 14 juillet est en rapport avec la prise de la Bastille alors que ce n'est pas officiellement le cas).
Prinny Dood Oui la prise de la Bastille ne faisait pas l’unanimité a une époque. La fête de la fédération était plus consensuelle. Mais du côté de l’imaginaire y a pas photo !
Ouai mais la fête de la fédération a eu lieu le premier anniversaire de la prise de la bastille, on peut pas dire qu'il n'y a pas de lien. Edit : après vérification wikipedia il semble que les 2 évènements soient célébrés lors de la fête nationale.
Salut! Je suis français, et j'avoue que je suis impressionné par les analyses faites sur nous, pleines de bon sens et tout simplement de clairvoyance; Est-il possible de faire une vidéo en français ? Et aussi je voulais dire que c'est génial de communiquer notre culture au reste du monde, au delà des classiques "tour eiffel" "baguette" et "bouteille de vin" Merci beaucoup de partager notre culture :-)
For the books in French, you'll have a lot of choice because of the variety of our litterature. First, you can find French "Roman de gare", which means nice and easy to read love stories, check the list of books of Marc Levy and Guillaume Musso. On the other side, you'll have all the famous French writers. I would say that the easiest books to understand would be of Maupassant and Balzac. They are very good in the sense that they are well written, they will provide you with amazing vocabulary, they will make you understand how was France in the old days, and you will start developing your knowledge about French culture and litterature 🔝 hope this helps :)
As a Frenchman currently studying in the U.S. I've had the opportunity to discuss and experience the stereotypes first hand and I have to say several of them are true in my opinion. The lack of knowledge and interest about other countries and cultures is definitely one of them (although I'm generalizing here). I remember going to my first student party last semester and talking to an American girl who was there, the first question she asked me when I told her I was from France was "Do you guys have A/C there?". Needless to say I was in awe. Also, surrender jokes EVERY TIME. Some guy even said to me France was "America's retarded little cousin" as a joke and I was like WE MADE YOU. Anyway... I had heard Americans don't dress really nice on a regular basis and from a French perspective it is absolutely true (I know how arrogant that sounds and I'm really sorry), I think it's way more prevalent in the university setting I have been exposed to though. Leggings + boots? Hunting clothes at school? I don't get it. Sometimes I see outfits and wonder whether the person is real or the ghost of someone from the 90's lol. The great side about this is that no one cares what everyone else is wearing and there is no pressure related to how you dress which is not exactly the case in France. I still feel weird when i go grocery shopping in sweatpants though. One thing I did not expect was how strictly rules and laws are enforced, and I mean any rule. It is sometimes ridiculous because it serves no purpose and wastes time. Two examples I've seen happen: - Bus driver (on a free bus you don't need a ticket to ride on) not driving until the two people who got in through the back door get out of the bus and come back in through the front door - People getting two different parking tickets because their truck was over the line on both sides of the parking spot in an otherwise empty lot A quick list to finish up: Big cars everywhere - True (so many pick up trucks it's crazy) Fat people - Not really more than in France but I've seen several obese persons who were bigger than anyone I had seen in my life before Lots of religious persons - True
I'm in North Carolina, it might explain the high concentration of pick up trucks haha And yes davlmt you're right Everyone works out more here compared to France so there are actually a lot of very fit people around
Ranaounawa I'd say things are different here in Southern California but I don't think you'd be impressed by Ugg boots and board shorts. At least there's a big push to get in shape for bikini season and not all of us speak Valley Girl. So we have that going for us. Bless your heart; Y'all ain't fixin' to develop a southern accent yonder is ya?
Hi everybody ! I am French and I live in Paris and I will answer the question about Americans. I think Americans are very popular in a general way even if we actually tend to find them a bit noisy ^^, but nothing serious. Also, I did not understand when I watch an episode of the simpsons (the one where they will live in Paris: ')) and that it said that the French generally hate Americans in general, I was pretty shocked to even that because I think it's absolutely wrong!
Ha that's the stereotype about the French. The Germans (and many other European countries), in my experience, tend to be a lot warmer and friendlier towards Americans. French society is more reserved than American culture tends to be, so I think that's the divide. Americans see things the French do as rude and vice-versa. That being said, I think many Americans associate France with being very "classy" and sophisticated, so when they aren't welcomed warmly it is disappointing. I think this has changed a little bit with the election of Trump, but I think many Americans who travel abroad (as we call it) are used to hearing good feelings about the USA. In France, it's more like "mehhh" haha
That's not a rule though. You can kiss and get into a 'sexfriend' or 'lover' type relationship. Or kiss and have a one night stand (which are probably less common in France compared to the anglo world. I mean, if the sex and chemistry were good why wouldn't you want to do it again?)
On second thoughts, you're right, in the context of formal-ish DATING it's pretty much a rule (with exceptions of course. And also, the younger you are, the weaker the 'rule' imo) . I was thinking about kissing at a party (or equivalent situation) or anywhere shortly after having met the person when the mutual sexual attraction is obvious and intense. Also foreign women have to know that in France a tinder "date" means a quick hookup.
May I suggest Renaud as a french singer you should check out. He's a bit older now but people always react fondly to his music, especially Dès que le Vent Soufflera, Mistral Gagnant and Manhattan-Kaboul :) Also, making close friends is f***ing hard for everyone. Keep at it and good luck!
Thank you for mentioning and addressing my question about French mothers with more than two kids, and congratulations on the popularity of your channel, it is good.
Merci Rosie pour cette nouvelle vidéo. Tes observations sont toujours nuancées, c'est très bien et la plupart du temps assez juste. Ma petite amie Lina va arriver d'un pays lointain pour venir vivre en France avec moi. Pourrais-tu s'il-te-plaît dans une prochaine vidéo nous dire comment surmonter les premiers temps (mal du pays, ennui, spleen, ...) lorsqu'on est étranger/ère et qu'on arrive en France ? Merci d'avance et continue comme ça, Lina et moi t'adorons. Bye
je viens juste de découvrir ta chaine , ça fait 4h que je regarde tes vidéos , j'adore ! tout simplement , c'est beau de voir une expat parler de tous ces sujets la , dont on est pas forcément conscient en tant que français , né en france .
The women in the kitchen are a French tradition, I mean that most part of our famous French chefs (cookers) who are for the most part men, they all learned cooking and all have received this taste for cooking and eating good cuisine by their mother or grandmother, who taught them the basics of traditional French cuisine. Please understand me well, I does not mean that women must be relegated to cooking, see my post as i am very thankfull to these women. I mean this kind of women, are the guardians of French cuisine knowledge and French culinary tradition and it is thanks to these generations of women who "love" cooking, and because of them French gastronomy still exists, as well as an unique "French art of living and cooking". So a big thank you to all these women of the past and present to preserve thisFrench know-how and culinary culture. Thank also to the readers for not interpreting my comment as macho or misogynist.
To the person who was wondering about getting furniture into apartments, this is just a guess, but I bet a lot of young people shop at ikea, buy the furniture in packages deconstructed, then put it together in the apartment
Accent: I had a long mail & email relationship with a woman in the US and the first time we talked directly (by phone) was after about 30 years. The first thing she said on the phone, even before "Hi", was "You've got an accent, Ed"! She gathered that only from my emails, not from what I said - All I had said was "Hello" on the phone, although "Hello" is less American than "Hi". In English, I had always had a mid-Atlantic accent with a speech impediment (can't pronounce "l") that I cured in France. But I gathered that her hearing an "accent" was a matter of how I wrote my letters, and that was indeed influenced by my French experience: In writing, I choose my words more carefully, use a larger vocabulary, avoid slang and murky idioms, and come across as "logical", which was in fact a thing Americans had long ago noticed about the French: "The French - they're so logical!" I often heard Americans say.
Common sense needs to apply when travelling to New Zealand, many tourists have died because of false 'safe' assumptions. Do not hitch hike. Be careful at nighttime as you would in any other city. South Auckland and West Auckland are not as safe particularly at night.Watch the driving in the Sth island, many tourists have caused fatal accidents.
I am really glad you like the south west of France! I'm from Bordeaux, thank you for appreciate my city 😉 PS : And for the cliché about Americans people, I've heard they are a lot more religious than French and a lot more patriotic, that they have American Flag in their house for example. And they really like their soldiers and respect the army. I think they really love self made men and admire successful entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs... And they like guns and extravagant stuff like big cars, trucks, and other dangerous and loud shiny things xD. But I know it's just a bunch of cliché and a person must never generalized.
Not Even French Yes, fast food and junk food in general. I think the movie "Team america: World police" is a good representation of the stereotypical America many French people have in mind.
Coucou, merci pour tes vidéos, aucun des sujets que tu abordes ne m'intéressent à priori, et pourtant j'aime beaucoup les regarder. En ce qui concernent les livres, je connais plusieurs anglophones qui ont commencé par "Le Petit Prince" de St Exupéry qui est facile à lire, bien écrit, profond et touchant. Par ailleurs il n'est pas très long.
Pour ce qui est des américains il y a autre chose que ce que j’ai pu voir dans les commentaires. Ils aiment bien nous rappeler l’aide qu’il ont apporté lors des guerres mondiales en disant que les français sont lâches et abandonnent à chaque conflit et ça nous énerve forcément puisque ça pique déjà notre égo mais aussi ça prouve qu’ils ont aucune connaissance en histoire et je pense que cette situation permet au français de véhiculer le stéréotype que les américains soient incultes
Oui en évitant évidemment de parler les milliers de viols commis sur de jeunes femmes après le débarquement en Normandie (les journaux américains faisaient passer les françaises pour des "filles faciles" pour pas dire des putes pour pousser les jeunes hommes américains à débarquer en France) et les bombardements à la louche qui ont ravagé le nord de la France alors que cela n'était pas du tout nécéssaire. Mais bon merci quand même de nous avoir libéré vu la raclée qu'on s'est prise par les Bosch ...
Roisinn Campbell bonsoir ! 4 juillet 1776 exactement et la déclaration d'indépendance a été signée à Philadelphie (si mes souvenir sont bon,voir si je ne mélange pas avec autre choses) et on les a aussi aidé en 1812 encore contre les Anglais(décidément.........) Bonne soirée à vous !
zari024, c'est clair que c'est rageant, surtout quand on a de la famille qui était résistante (comme mon arrière grand-père, le seul que j'ai connu, qui est mort en septembre dernier à 100ans) www.funeraire-info.fr/avis-de-deces-de-andre-menier-deces-puy-de-dome-105454/ Je raconte ma vie mais bon... ^^'
Nothing irritates me more than any French attitude of not wanting to be reminded of what we Americans have done during the two World Wars. Too many Americans fought, bled, died and are buried in France to allow such attitudes to be left unanswered. (We must also recognize the British Commonwealth and Canadian sacrifice.) France and neighboring nations have over a dozen American Cemeteries where tens of thousands of our brave young men and women never went home. You know... a simple merci beaucoup would go a long way. You're welcome.
I can definitely say that it is true that Americans don’t learn much about other countries. Our school systems are definitely lacking in many areas including this one.
Not Even French I believe we briefly covered foreign countries- where they are and short overviews. Nothing in depth and it was definitely when we were much younger. We mostly covered U.S history. Even U.S history is taught slightly differently depending on whether you live in the north or south. (Keep in mind I’m 27 and have been out of school for a long time but I doubt much has changed)
We covered large world events like the holocaust. Most of which was taught between the ages of 11-13 in a class called “social studies” where we briefly cover history, geography, and political science. In high school we briefly cover world history but with a focus on U.S history. So we do cover it - but definitely not well enough.
I've been out of school for almost 2 years and it's still exactly the same. In history, we were taught about another country's history if the US were involved somehow, at least that's how I see it. Which I always found sad since I'm the type of person who loves learning about different cultures and their customs, especially the French culture. Oh yea and in geography we were never taught about other countries locations, I think only a brief moment in 5th grade so I just taught myself lol.
I homeschool my children (American) and I constantly ask myself - Big Picture: what skills and knowledge do I want them to have as adults? Geography and world history is big and I find I'm often learning right alongside them (didn't learn in school myself).
Not Even French crowded house : just the best. Add « into temptation » and it’ll be perfect. I’d mention Little heroes as a great band, but they’re aussies, so maybe not.
Good idea to treat about cliches in a video. Would be so funny to see if we are only "Badly perfumed cheaters" (sounds like a good rockband's name btw) :) ! You said it and it is important to say. Life in Paris is way different from what we call "La province" and so are the behaves. Rivalities are oftenly seen.
I couldn't and I wouldn't ! French people in the general are pain in the ass, moved to Toronto God people there are amazing ! Nothing to compare ! My stay in france was a nightmare !
About the verlen slang language, for words finishing with consonnant sound, [eu] is added at the end to make a phonetic link with the reversed word. And the last vowel is usually cut out on the reversed word Like Disc, would make Disc[eu]. Reverse this and you have sc[eu]di. Remove the last vowel and you have a sceud. Similar with Fête (party). "e" is at the end but not pronounced, so same principle. Fête > Fêt[eu] > T[eu]fê > T[eu]f Complicated, but it's just how they've been made. And you can't really make new ones, would look strange. Have fun :)
I really wish the US had a better college system. There's a college in my home town that my daughter will more than likely go to for at least a couple of years. Right now for 2 years it would be about $4,000 not including the textbooks which are about $100 each. The price keeps going up so in 18 years we'll just have to do our best to help her pay for it. Countries like France make it a lot easier on parents by simply having a free option for higher education.
Rosie, I love your videos and thank you making those. I have a quick question , at the end of the part one you said " à tout de suite", don't you think "à toute à l'heure" would have been more appropriate? :) Keep up the good work Rosie :)
hi :) Nice video, as usual :) as a French I've never heard of those clichés (or other actually) so I'd like you to make a video about clichés and which are true and which are not :)
In my opinion what French people think of Americans is quite complex because it is a feeling of superiority and of admiration a the same time. On the one hand, since the 50's, a lot of French people are found of American culture (music, TV shows, movies, sports etc.) and believe in the American dream, especially people coming from humble backgrounds (like factory workers or immigrant descendants). For example, French pop artist copied the Americans (like Johnny Halliday) therefore Rock'n'roll or Hip-Hop are deeply rooted in French musical landscape. On the other hand, well... since USA exist I guess, French people are likely to deem Amercans uncultivated and boorish. For a lot of French people, USA are associated with overconsumption, pollution, racism, junk food, reality TV, christrian bigotry, gun violence, bellicism, unregulated finance etc. The election of Trump worsened this prejudice.. I don't think that if you are an American in France people will treat you badly but you will surely be asked questions or hear criticism about that
i don't think it's a feeling of superiority. It's more like a frustration that the nation that is leading the world ideologically, economicly, millitarily and culturally is the US and not France despite the fact that morals and ideology are pretty much the same throughout the occidental world. There is specially a cultural patriotism in France due to the fact that the American artists are more populare than the french artists even in France and since France cannot export its culture or language then the latter's probably doomed to disapear along with french cultural influence
hi rosie, i have a question for not just you but also many other youtubers in your circle who are foreigners living in france. i love all you videos and learn si much from them, but theres been something thats been on my mind lately and thats is, why do you consider yourself an “expat” and not an immigrant? what would you say makes someone an immigrant or an expat, because these words have severely different connotations
Les clichés sur les Américains sont : - stupides - beaucoup trop patriotes - racistes - obèses - isolationnistes et expansionnistes en même temps - pollueurs - n’aiment pas la France Mais aussi : - amicaux - spontanés - culture attractive
On a beaucoup de choses à dire sur les Américains mais très peu de clichés sur les Australiens et les Néo-Zélandais. ;) Moi ce que j'entends dire sur les Américains dépend de la zone géographique. Côte est (New York notamment) : plutôt sympas et intellos Floride : beaucoup de retraités racistes Côte ouest (Los Angeles/San Francisco) : superficiels et peu éduqués Et au milieu : peu éduqués. Mais ce ne sont que des "on-dit". Pour ma part, j'ai été éduquée pour être curieuse de la vie des autres.
Quand j'étais adolescente, je regardais une série télé australienne qui s'appelait "Hartley, coeur à vif" et parfois les élèves du lycée de Hartley se moquaient des Néo-Zélandais. Ils disaient qu'ils aimaient un peu trop les moutons. J'avoue qu'à l'époque, je ne comprenais pas ce que voulait dire "un peu trop aimer". :D :D :D
Your accent is adorable! Not to mention your mind blowing beauty! Tu es vraiment très belle! Tu dois surement te faire draguer sans arrêt en France! Je suis francophone du Québec. Bizou!
Merci pour cette vidéo ! J'aime ton point de vue très juste je trouve. Même concernant celui des français sur les américains. Je n'aurais rien à ajouter, hormis que ma mère pense qu'ils sont tous gros à cause des fasts foods et qu'ils consomment beaucoup. Continue comme ça en tout cas ! Et oui pour une vidéo afin de prouver que nous ne puons pas ! Mon dieu, je ne comprends vraiment pas ce stéréotype. Ps : ta playlist française est cool 😊
My husband is a doctor and has been afraid he can’t work in France if we move there for a few years. Happy to hear France recognizes American medical training. Any suggestions on where he could start looking for jobs? Merci 😘
About the Americans, I think it's definitely a love/hate relationship. There is many negative stereotypes : idiot, racist, fat, ignorant, bigots... But in the other hand, on some point a really positive image : the american dream, the culture (Broadway, Hollywood...), the beauty of the country itself... I think it is mainly because French and Americans are friends but also competitors. Both nations have a very high opinion of their own culture and are very proud of it (with the desire to export that culture abroad). Moreover, from a pure political point of view, there is a tradition of cooperation but also opposition between the two countries (we're in the Nato, but had refused the war in Iraq for example). There is also a french tradition of independence that leads to refuse the idea of any form of american leadership
I'm French, and I agree with your definition of how we see Americans. I have some American friends, but, most of the American people I know (I lived for 6 months there), I gathered that they're loud, over reacting to -almost- everything, on average numb to the world. I know it seems bad, but that's the way I see it ^^
TheCapitaineCarnage I can definitely see your point, but I would also say that only all the dimwits have no idea about the rest if the world. ( unfortunately there are many people in America who fit your stereotypes, but not me 😅)
Hello! I'm an American and agree with everything you said... a lot of people here ARE loud... it's very annoying to me! For some reason, we have equated "loud" with "confident and enthusiastic".
What do the French think of Americans? As an Australian I will not comment, but when I was in Hawaii some years ago I overheard a group of French people talking about Americans. The theme of their conversation was that Americans ate too much food.
Bonjour, tu fais de très bonnes vidéos. Tu as fais une vidéo sur les faux-pas en France, est-ce que tu pourrais nous faire la même sur les faux-pas en Nouvelle-Zélande, ou nous parler un peu des coutumes de ton magnifique pays d'origine.
En temps que Français, je vote POUR et REPOUR cette vidéo sur les clichés sur nous. Parce que ça me ferra probablement exploser de rire, et que j'aime bien me tourner en dérision, aussi :D !
As a french person, I HATE big brands like LV, I do not like wine so much, and I hate soccer, etc.. so I totally agree about your idea to break down the french stereotypes... like french women do not shave ? WTF ? haha About friends ! I think this is an expact problem. Like maybe the difference of culture is taking us appart or something. I have some difficulties making real friends. Like I feel they are friendly enough but not real friends. I'm living abroad for a year now and I juste begining to feel like I have true friends here. I'm talking about native from here because I have a few other friends who are french expact as I am. Great video again 😁
Si la France vous manque, alors il faut revenir. Concernant votre français, à l'écrit, je le trouve excellent (juste pour la anglaise, il faut dire l'anglaise). Amicalement.
Not Even French It was quite welcoming, my girlfriend is French so I found it easier to make friends by mixing in groups she knew. I found it hard to work in the film industry though (which is my trade) as I was only there for a year I only really scraped the surface of that world. I absolutely loved Rennes though, the pace of life is so calm compared to Manchester (UK).
first of all, I love your channel. Moving to Nice in a month from Norway. And I want to live there forever... But I want to live in a house around the riviera: Nice, Cannes, Antibes, Marseille aso. But is it normal to have houses? Or difficult buying houses? Since everyone is living in apartments
Hi Rosie I have been living in France for 6 years now. Have you read Pamela Druckerman's Lust in Translation?What do you think about cinq-à-sept and the cheating culture?
I am french and for me Americans, not everyone but a good part, are like you said in your video. They are interested only in their country, they are quite egocentric. I know that I’m probably wrong but this is how I see Americans. And yes, not a long time ago I would say that I would live in the US because, you know, everything seems better in the US but now i find this is not really true. I saw youtube videos of french people saying the differences between France and the US and a lot of these seem negative so now i don’t think i would really like to live in the us but i would love travel there.
OUAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LE SUD OUEST ON EST LES PLUS BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Bien dit Rosie ;) et on a pas triché , soyez pas jalous les autres hahahaha !!
About Americans I think we could summarize that with "too much", enormous cars, enormous amount of food, a lot of "too much people" like too much make up, rainbow hair, enormous parties, ...Everything seems really bigger and a bit fake aswell. But yes, a lot of frenchies still believe in the American dream and when someone has visited the USA he's often considered as a successful person
Hi Rosie, I was wondering why you call yourself an expat when based on your recent video about wanting to get a French citizenship, it would seem like you want to live in France permanently and would therefore be an immigrant? I'm not trying to be rude just genuinely wondering
Bonjour , pour répondre a la question du point de vu des français vis a vis des USA : La ou beaucoup de français adore le pays en lui même , beaucoup n'ont pas la même opinion des américains
O stop right there. ^^ No no no, there is still thank God many french men who live by all gentlemen standards, and we absolutly don't agree to not use our privilèges to pay for the lady we invite, to open doors for her, and prepare her seat and everything else that a proper gentleman should be doing. Other examples are going first in the restaurant, or bar, or cafe or any public place, to check it's safe and a proper place for a lady, and never walk behind a lady in stairs, always walk on the side closer to the cars to protect the lady from any harm or mud from wheels throw by the cars going along on the side walk. So maybe younger men are not used to this and maybe some french have got that habit to split in too, because of the femininism of many french girls, but not all men have abandon the ancient proper ways to behave with a woman when dating, or even not dating.
I don't think we even have an expression for "going Dutch". In Belgium "à l'Hollandaise" [YES, we say that, we know it should be "à la Hollandaise"] means something quite different. "I' t'a laissé une dringuelle au moins?" "Chuppose - à l'ollandaise". Quelques petits centimes, donc. I'm quite old, so maybe younger Francophones can tell us whether we do now have an equivalent expression. Of course, the Québéquois/es do, but I don't count them. P.S. dans d'autres contextes, nous respectons bien le "h" de Hollande, même nous le pronoçons. "Puis-je vous servir de la sauce khollondaise avec vos asperges, Mademoiselle?"
About the gender pay gap: Is that 15 % really the figure for doing the _exact same job_ ? In Germany, you'll often hear a figure that women earn 23 % less than men, and some claim that is for working the exact same jobs. But that's not true, for that 23 % figure they simply took the wages _all_ men earned and the wages _all_ women earned and created an average for both, not taking into account that women often work less hours than men (most part-time employees are women) and that women often work in professions that pay less than other professions with lots of men. The real figure, adjusted for all those differences, is closer to 6 % or even only 2 %. So I'm very wary of all those claims that women get paid substantially less for doing the exact same job than men. If that really were the case, why don't businesses hire all the women they can get instead of the men? According to the narrative, they would get exactly the same job performance for substantially lower wages. Surely businesses would take advantage of that.
I think that anyone interested in your videos already knows that the myths/generalisations about the French are ridiculous (as for any other nationality!) so a video on that subject would be pointless to your particular viewers. But you could do one that dispels myths about both French and Kiwis just for fun!
Andrew Pritchard Well you can thank Matt Stone and Trey Parker, 2 Americans, for this! Come on the song is hilarious (the movie is too) and plays on a hyperbolic stereotypical clichéd vision of America that is common worldwide.
This is fucking amazing! I wish they had to play this video instead of the anthem at the Olympics when America wins. It definitely needs to be played before Trump enters any room. This is so Trump's America. Not my America, my tits are real :P
Also gender pay gap in France is quite inflated since french women tend to get more childrens than average EU woman so they get less opportunities to progress in their job and get more money.
The pay gap is around 15-20% in France when you don't take into account the different factors such as : having children, moving to follow your husband... But even when you take that into account, the pay gap is still around 5% (due purely to gendered discrimination)
Yeah I know there is still a pay gap, especially for high paid jobs women tend to negociate less salary than men (or they dont get valorized as much than men by the people in charge), but for the average job i don't think there is a lot of differences.
The 15% pay gap in France is the UNADJUSTED pay gap, it does not account for differences in education, experience, age, location, job title, industry, company or even the fact that women don't ask for raises nearly as much. Therefore women are not earning 15% less for the exact same job but rather the average earned by all women in France per hour is 15% less than all men. Factoring in all those variables reduces the gap to near statistical insignificance. Now the unadjusted 15% gap does still reflect differences between sexes that in part may stem from sexism, but it's not because women are payed less than men for the exact same job. Cool video though.
@Andrew : french stereotypes for americans : They eat burger like french eat french baguette bread. All is big in America (roads, houses, cars, refrigerators, even people) and people live beyond their needs, they have a bathroom in every bedroom for example (there is a french expression that says "vivre à l'américaine" = "live above their needs"). Americans are very patriotic, even a little naive. But anyway, americans are really cool. From my own experience, I have also observed that : Americans don't stingy. They say a lot of talk before they say anything interesting. TV shows are very boring for me for that reason. They try all they can found interesting in Europe, so an idea found in France is generally tested in the USA, then returns to France (or not) when it has been successful.
Rinnekid That's not completely true. The dream is a reality for a few, who are then paraded as inspirations for the rest to work their asses off to reach their goals (most won't succeed). It's reminiscent of a pyramidal system or a Ponzi scheme. But it does work at keeping everyone positive, hard working and motivated.
You're in Paris next week ? I'd like to offer you a coffee cause I plan to go work in NZ and I don't know anything except what I have to know on my field ._.
Salut!! i give a try to post in english , oh boy !! i m a french guy who leave in Peru , and since im here i m so tired to allways listen to this same stereotype "it is true than french people don t take shower because water are too expensive in france " i don t know frome where come this stereotype , but so many people ask me this. creepy!!!!
Je crois que l'on a tendance à mettre en avant le négatif dans les stéréotypes. Pourtant, on aime bien les américains aussi en France et il y a donc aussi des stéréotypes positifs à propos des USA. Positifs, ayant l'esprit d'entreprise, chaleureux, cools, souriants. Personnellement, je n'ai pas rencontré beaucoup d'américains dans ma vie mais ceux que j'ai connu étaient tous très sympas, ouverts d'esprit, intelligents. Alors peut-être qu'il s'agissait de cette partie de la population qui est plus ouvertes aux autres, ne serait-ce que parce qu'ils venaient en Europe et étaient des personnes ayant de la curiosité, qu'ils étaient plus cultivés, éduqués, mais l'avantage d'internet est que l'on voit plus de choses sur les USA de la part d'américains et on on peut voir toute la diversité d'opinion, la créativité, dont ces internautes font preuve.
French people will discriminate people based on their skin colour when it comes to jobs. I know it's a touchy subject but I am going to talk about it anyways. I am French from the French Caribbean and I've missed some opportunities because I am Black and it's been said clearly. So it's not about being a foreigner but rather your skin colour. France is still a conservative country after all.
Oui ça dépend beaucoup de l’origine de la personne et du type de travail. Pour un Anglais ou un américain très diplômé qui postule pour un emploi qualifié, être de nationalité étrangère sera sûrement un atout. En revanche ça sera pas le cas pour une personne d’origine maghrébine qui postule pour un emploi peu qualifié !
Oui, le racisme, le sexisme, l'islamophobie, la xénophobie, etc, sont présents et bien ancrés en France. Le gouvernement actuel et les médias traditionnels sont très conservateurs, bien loin de l'idée du "pays des Droits de l'Homme".
Je suis métisse (franco-congolaise) personnellement je n'ai jamais eu de problème de racisme, car j'ai vécu dans un milieu assez favorable ... mon pere non plus alors qu'il est noir et née au Congo. J'ai remarqué que le racisme été plus social (personne vivant en cité ect.) que ethnique ... mais malheureusement, être d'origine magrebinne ou d'Afrique noir est très associé au cité, je pence que le racisme vien de la ... c'est comme pour les roumains, c'est le racisme le plus banalisé, et il n'est pas du à une couleur de peau mais bien à une catégorie sociale... Maintenant en 2018, c'est vrais que c'est plus dure pour les musulment (de toutes les couleurs) à cause des vagues d'attentats et les picures d'islamophobie véhiculé par les médias ...
Apres, ce n'est que mon point de vue ... c'est ce que j'ai remarqué en île de France et dans le nord (ma mère est de la bas). Mon expérience ne reflète pas toutela France
I'm French and I think the Americans are very too too patriotic, very cool, dangerous, crazy, friendly and no imitates (if you know French culture, you understand better). I don't hate USA, I love this country EXCEPT his politic, and he can have a army
It's funny, the only reason I thought my boyfriend smelled was because he smelled too good! I'd never really come across a guy who wore perfume before; the closet it came to for me was deodorant or aftershave. But then I showed up to our first date together and was almost knocked back by the smell of cologne. It wasn't over the top, but just a huge surprise to my nose because he had put in effort to impress me. Now it's weird when he doesn't wear it.
Les femmes à la cuisine sont une tradition française, je veux dire que la plupart de nos grands Chefs cuisiniers français qui sont pour la grande majorité des hommes, ils ont tous appris la cuisine et ont tous reçu ce goût pour la cuisine et le bien manger par leur mère ou leur grand-mère, qui leur ont appris les bases de la cuisine traditionnelle française. Attention mon propos ne veut pas dire que les femmes doivent être reléguées à la cuisine, mon propose est à la fois un constat et une reconnaissance. Je veux dire que les femmes sont les gardiennes d'un savoir-faire et de la tradition culinaire française et c'est grâce à ces générations de femmes qui "aiment" faire la cuisine, que la gastronomie française existe encore, ainsi qu'un certain " art de vivre et de manger" à la française. Donc un grand merci à toutes ces femmes du passé et du présent de préserver ce savoir-faire. Merci de ne pas interpréter mon commentaire comme machiste ou misogyne.
Salut Rosie J'adore tes vidéos. Je les trouvent trés intéressantes. Il y a une youtubeuse américaine qui est géniale. Elle s'appelle Patricia B. Elle vit en France depuis plusieurs années maintenant. Peux être que tu la connais ?
J'ai vu dans des comm' que pour certains les médias français étaient racistes, islamophobes et sexistes... Mais je suis pas du tout d'accord. Ceux qui défendent cette idée j'aimerai bien que vous me donniez des exemple svp.
Chaque fois qu'il y a un attentat Islamiste (et revendiqué comme tel) les médias en parlent !! C'est très islamophobe ! Tout le monde sait que que l'islam radical et les djihadistes n'ont rien à voir avec l'islam !!!
Pierre Lev L'islam n'a rien à voir avec l'islam. Il faut laisser l'islam politique prendre sa place dans notre pays. Tu es sûrement un fasciste neo-nazi lepeniste xénophobe raciste sexiste homophobe si tu penses le contraire.
Comme le dit Edwy Plenel, Charlie mène la guerre aux musulmans et au prochain massacre de ce qui reste de la rédaction du journal on pourra dire qu'ils l'ont bien cherché !
The French about Americans: Indeed, very few Americans ever learn anything about the rest of the world. They are subject to what the French call "nombrilisme", which translates literally as "bellybutton-ism", or spending all your time gazing at your own bellybutton. This is one reason why the US has no healthcare system to speak of, while all the rest of the developed world has universal healthcare (and France is rated best for that). About the "American Dream" of rags to riches, the French should also realize that sociologists call this "social mobility" and the UN also places France first in the world in this regard too, and the US at 7th place in the world. It is taking a long time for the world's poor to realize that 25% of the US population is living in poverty, and 10% in extreme poverty. The US is becoming a third-world country.
This is very interesting, like the rest of your videos. I am French and I adore seeing people talking about this country from a different perspective. I mean, living in France for you whole life, even though you get to see other countries and cultures, makes you feel like this culture is ''normal'' as in ''daily''.
But your experiences and your way of seeing things is very refreshing because it gives me a bit more of an external perspective.
I want to say that your interest for this country and its sociology (not properly speaking but dah, you get me) is really pleasant, and I can feel that you love it here, which gives me a little hope.
Thank your for your work and your lovely presence on the internet :)
je suis français... alors jvais parler anglais héhé
I'm french and I lOVE to see ur videos because it really makes me reflect on my behavior and how I think and how it can be perceive/translated for ppl from other country/culture. Really interesting and Keep the good work !
J'adore, j'adore et j'adore vraiment tes vidéos. Pour ma part je te sens 100% intégrée en France et vraiment cela fait plaisir. On peut voir dans tes vidéos que tu décortiques vraiment notre pays de façon juste et avec amour. Pour moi tu fais vraiment partie de ce pays.
Amicalement.
Si cela peut t'aider, je veux bien le faire (adresse de la préfecture ? ). Mais ne va t'il pas me falloir quelques renseignements sur toi du genre nom, prénom, adresse etc....Si tu veux vraiment la nationalité française, j'en serai vraiment très fier de pouvoir t'aider.
@@hausolivier3188 hihi ce serait rigolo si ça pouvait aider vraiment😉😆
@@surlespasdondine ptdr
About Americans: there are 320 million of us, and pretty much every element you can think of is represented, liberal, conservative, left wing, right wing, religious, secular, nationalist, curious about the world, intellectuals as well as anti-intellectuals. Not to mention the significant regional differences. It’s effectively impossible to say that x percent are this or that because there are so many exceptions to every rule.
Most anti-French Americans that I know would never be interested in going to France, so the French will most likely never have to deal with most of them :)
And the reverse is true as well. But you have to know that French youth is not responsible for these anti-American clichés, their teachers in high school are.
I had an English teacher who was so into US-bashing that my ears are still bleeding from hearing his soviet-style propaganda. Luckily, because I have a brain (and know the US a bit), I survived it. But many French who don't travel get these stereotypes engrained for life.
interesting. Thank you for sharing
Mark, this is 100% correct. The US is essentially one big collection of different countries and cultures. There are just as many people that do not like America and love the idea of France (Europe) than there are people that love America hah.
I am American, I live in DC, and I have been to France a couple of times. Based on my experience I think Mark made an excellent, accurate comment.
I don't know any mother of 3 here who would still go to work. Officially the traditional role of women has faded away , but the studies show that it's still women who do 85% of the housework, childcare and such so in practice not enough has change. The maternity leave in France is also ridiculously short . I also believe that the French may not be racist or they don't openly admit that but they do consider themselves superior ( for some reasons ? ) , don't see anything negative about their mentality , are relatively little curious. After a decade I came to a conclusion that the reason I haven't made close friends with the French is because I'm not French . As simple as that. And it nay be the same for you.
As a french what I don't like about Americans is that they're don't mix with each others. They value their community/group and live within it. People segregate each other... Chinese live on that suburb, Italian on that one, Blacks there, rich white there, poor white there, gay live there, ... You have places where >95% of people vote Democrats and other places where >95% vote republicans... This extreme group segregation is making, I believe, Americans to be rather extremist in their opinions. The extreme-right in France will barely be considered even a right movement in USA!
In France we have more this culture of mixing, appropriating from other cultures, living together (vivre ensemble contre communautarisme américain!)! And I think that we're much less extreme than American! So my "stereotype" about Americans is that they're all very extremist!
and in France we all live together..... the good joke...!!!!
I'm an American and I do see some of this but America is a lot more integrated than you think. The reason there are so many communities of Italians and Chinese people living together is due to immigration from the early 1900s and they simply never split up. However, that only applies to major cities. If you visit a smaller city or other areas you will not find that. You'll find them living among many other races of people. There is a little more separation between the rich and the poor but in a suburban area there is a big mix of them. Cities tend to have more poor people because it is cheaper to live there. I'm sure if the economy was different this would not hold true. The extremism you see comes from the politics and the news (which is definitely not always true and usually holds a lot of bias). So I understand that it would seem as though everyone in America is an extremist. The number is definitely growing as political groups are polarizing but I can assure you we are not all extremists. Bonne journée ! 😊
P V As an American I can really understand why French and other people view Americans this way as a stereotype. The loudest most extreme people always get the most attention (like our a President) and this is what most people see. As with people of any place in the world, I think the best way to understand them is to visit a place, not as a tourist, but to really experience it by meeting people and talking to them. This is not always easy to do for a long time of course, but every place has a different feeling- Chicago is very different from Miami, Atlanta, or Denver for example. Los Angeles is another planet😂
What Americans may not understand is that 'Communautarism' has a strongly pejorative connotation in France. The French model of "la République" is that of integration NOT multiculturalism, of course that's an ideal which often butt heads with reality. Community and identity politics are pretty strong in the US, that's pretty much completely opposite and unacceptable to the french "republican" model.
@Not Even French ! Yeah it's easier to go straight to the point even if, of course, my personal views are more nuanced...
@fxdx68 Je dis pas qu'en France on vit tous ensemble dans le meilleur des mondes mais on se mélange un peu plus! Je pense qu'un français moyen a dans son cercle direct des personnes qui pensent différemment, ce qui permet d'avoir des opinions plus nuancées car on entend plus souvent un autre point de vue. Par exemple aux USA les différentes communautées sont assez isolées les unes des autres et ont tendance à être vachement trash dans leurs opinions. Les Chrétiens aux USA sont bien plus extrême que chez nous (créationisme, anti-avortement, "guérison" des gay...) et les athés c'est pareil, le discours athée d'un gars comme Dawkins il parle pas trop aux européens, les athés (ce que je connais et moi-même) sont pas trop anti-religieux, en tout cas pas du tout aussi bourrin qu'aux USA. Et c'est pareil pour beaucoup de mouvements aux USA. Je pense qu'en France et plus généralement en Europe on est plus relax sur ces questions parcequ'on se mélange plus! J'ai des potes qui votent FN, moi c'est pas du tout mon trip (j'ai voté Hamon). Mais après c'est mes potes je vais pas aller les renier pour leurs opinions politique, et puis on en a débattu plusieurs fois, j'arrive à voir leur point (un tout petit peu). Mais l'effet de ça c'est que je vais pas aller haïr les electeurs du FN dans leur globalité, je vais être plus nuancé. Aux USA la quasi totalité de ceux qui ont voté Hillary ne connaissait pas une seule personne qui ait voté Trump et vice-versa! Du coup ils ont pas l'autre son de cloche, sont moins nuancé dans leurs propos!
As an American, I can confirm many here have a poor grasp on world geography. In our defense though, I will note you can drive from one coast to another in 6 days and you are still speaking English and still in the same country. The majority of folks won't have the resources to travel abroad and experience other cultures.
Linda Hale and you work so much!! My mom has this swiss friend who migrated to the US, she became an American and mother of 2 and rarely comes back because of her job as a nurse.
Linda Hale More importantly, the US is so much better than the rest of the world that Americans don't need to trouble themselves with the rest of the world. Why think about some backwards socialist hellhole (at best) or some squalid primitive country at worst? All the happiness one could ever want is in the United States and it's much better than anywhere else.
Precisely. Because they United States is so large and (for the most part) self-sufficient, the need to learn about other countries is not considered important knowledge. That's not to say that we are not curious about other countries and cultures, but most Americans don't consider it "important". Also, most Americans do not receive enough vacation time to travel to other countries and learn about their cultures. Unless we meet someone from another country and get to know them well enough to learn about them and their country, we get most of our information from the Internet.
I'm not trying to make excuses for the rude and ignorant behavior of Americans... it's just a sad fact of life for most of them.
But we don't Say Bastille day at all in France. Just 14 juillet.
Ce qui est drôle c'est que le 14 juillet n'est à la base pas une fête pour célébrer la prise de la Bastille (14 juillet 1789) mais une fête pour célébrer la fête de la fédération du 14 juillet 1790 mais comme la prise de la Bastille est un événement plus connue, il y a eu un amalgame (même la majorité des français pense que le 14 juillet est en rapport avec la prise de la Bastille alors que ce n'est pas officiellement le cas).
Prinny Dood Oui la prise de la Bastille ne faisait pas l’unanimité a une époque. La fête de la fédération était plus consensuelle. Mais du côté de l’imaginaire y a pas photo !
Ouai mais la fête de la fédération a eu lieu le premier anniversaire de la prise de la bastille, on peut pas dire qu'il n'y a pas de lien.
Edit : après vérification wikipedia il semble que les 2 évènements soient célébrés lors de la fête nationale.
I do not agree, we say "fête nationale" (national Day).
Salut!
Je suis français, et j'avoue que je suis impressionné par les analyses faites sur nous, pleines de bon sens et tout simplement de clairvoyance;
Est-il possible de faire une vidéo en français ?
Et aussi je voulais dire que c'est génial de communiquer notre culture au reste du monde, au delà des classiques "tour eiffel" "baguette" et "bouteille de vin"
Merci beaucoup de partager notre culture :-)
For the books in French, you'll have a lot of choice because of the variety of our litterature. First, you can find French "Roman de gare", which means nice and easy to read love stories, check the list of books of Marc Levy and Guillaume Musso.
On the other side, you'll have all the famous French writers. I would say that the easiest books to understand would be of Maupassant and Balzac. They are very good in the sense that they are well written, they will provide you with amazing vocabulary, they will make you understand how was France in the old days, and you will start developing your knowledge about French culture and litterature 🔝 hope this helps :)
Merci pour tes playlists française et néo-zélandaise, je découvre plein de choses... dans les 2! :)
As a Frenchman currently studying in the U.S. I've had the opportunity to discuss and experience the stereotypes first hand and I have to say several of them are true in my opinion. The lack of knowledge and interest about other countries and cultures is definitely one of them (although I'm generalizing here). I remember going to my first student party last semester and talking to an American girl who was there, the first question she asked me when I told her I was from France was "Do you guys have A/C there?". Needless to say I was in awe. Also, surrender jokes EVERY TIME. Some guy even said to me France was "America's retarded little cousin" as a joke and I was like WE MADE YOU. Anyway...
I had heard Americans don't dress really nice on a regular basis and from a French perspective it is absolutely true (I know how arrogant that sounds and I'm really sorry), I think it's way more prevalent in the university setting I have been exposed to though. Leggings + boots? Hunting clothes at school? I don't get it. Sometimes I see outfits and wonder whether the person is real or the ghost of someone from the 90's lol. The great side about this is that no one cares what everyone else is wearing and there is no pressure related to how you dress which is not exactly the case in France. I still feel weird when i go grocery shopping in sweatpants though.
One thing I did not expect was how strictly rules and laws are enforced, and I mean any rule. It is sometimes ridiculous because it serves no purpose and wastes time. Two examples I've seen happen:
- Bus driver (on a free bus you don't need a ticket to ride on) not driving until the two people who got in through the back door get out of the bus and come back in through the front door
- People getting two different parking tickets because their truck was over the line on both sides of the parking spot in an otherwise empty lot
A quick list to finish up:
Big cars everywhere - True (so many pick up trucks it's crazy)
Fat people - Not really more than in France but I've seen several obese persons who were bigger than anyone I had seen in my life before
Lots of religious persons - True
Ranaounawa It doesn’t sound arrogant at all, I’m not American but my gosh do they dress terribly...there’s a reason why the stereotype persists
What state are you in?
Finally an educated comment with actual insight.
I'd say the US have more fatties but also more really fit (and I mean super athletic) people.
I'm in North Carolina, it might explain the high concentration of pick up trucks haha
And yes davlmt you're right Everyone works out more here compared to France so there are actually a lot of very fit people around
Ranaounawa I'd say things are different here in Southern California but I don't think you'd be impressed by Ugg boots and board shorts. At least there's a big push to get in shape for bikini season and not all of us speak Valley Girl. So we have that going for us. Bless your heart; Y'all ain't fixin' to develop a southern accent yonder is ya?
Hi everybody ! I am French and I live in Paris and I will answer the question about Americans. I think Americans are very popular in a general way even if we actually tend to find them a bit noisy ^^, but nothing serious. Also, I did not understand when I watch an episode of the simpsons (the one where they will live in Paris: ')) and that it said that the French generally hate Americans in general, I was pretty shocked to even that because I think it's absolutely wrong!
Ha that's the stereotype about the French. The Germans (and many other European countries), in my experience, tend to be a lot warmer and friendlier towards Americans. French society is more reserved than American culture tends to be, so I think that's the divide. Americans see things the French do as rude and vice-versa.
That being said, I think many Americans associate France with being very "classy" and sophisticated, so when they aren't welcomed warmly it is disappointing. I think this has changed a little bit with the election of Trump, but I think many Americans who travel abroad (as we call it) are used to hearing good feelings about the USA. In France, it's more like "mehhh" haha
As a french man my take on dating is France is that there is no fixed rule except once you kissed you are exclusive.
That's not a rule though. You can kiss and get into a 'sexfriend' or 'lover' type relationship. Or kiss and have a one night stand (which are probably less common in France compared to the anglo world. I mean, if the sex and chemistry were good why wouldn't you want to do it again?)
On second thoughts, you're right, in the context of formal-ish DATING it's pretty much a rule (with exceptions of course. And also, the younger you are, the weaker the 'rule' imo) . I was thinking about kissing at a party (or equivalent situation) or anywhere shortly after having met the person when the mutual sexual attraction is obvious and intense. Also foreign women have to know that in France a tinder "date" means a quick hookup.
May I suggest Renaud as a french singer you should check out. He's a bit older now but people always react fondly to his music, especially Dès que le Vent Soufflera, Mistral Gagnant and Manhattan-Kaboul :)
Also, making close friends is f***ing hard for everyone. Keep at it and good luck!
Thank you for mentioning and addressing my question about French mothers with more than two kids, and congratulations on the popularity of your channel, it is good.
Médaille de la Famille française on Wikipedia, not what I expected.
I have a terrible weakness for designer handbags 👜😁 In Switzerland even school girls carry original LVs 😲 - salaries are that high
Thanks for answering my questions! Keep up the interesting and educational videos! Always looking forward to your new videos
On ressent ton amour profond pour la France et ses habitants que tu décortiques avec justesse...merci;;
Merci Rosie pour cette nouvelle vidéo. Tes observations sont toujours nuancées, c'est très bien et la plupart du temps assez juste. Ma petite amie Lina va arriver d'un pays lointain pour venir vivre en France avec moi. Pourrais-tu s'il-te-plaît dans une prochaine vidéo nous dire comment surmonter les premiers temps (mal du pays, ennui, spleen, ...) lorsqu'on est étranger/ère et qu'on arrive en France ? Merci d'avance et continue comme ça, Lina et moi t'adorons. Bye
I absolutely LOVE your videos! ❤️ you are wonderful, and make my day 100% better . Thank you for that.
je viens juste de découvrir ta chaine , ça fait 4h que je regarde tes vidéos , j'adore ! tout simplement , c'est beau de voir une expat parler de tous ces sujets la , dont on est pas forcément conscient en tant que français , né en france .
The women in the kitchen are a French tradition, I mean that most part of our famous French chefs (cookers) who are for the most part men, they all learned cooking and all have received this taste for cooking and eating good cuisine by their mother or grandmother, who taught them the basics of traditional French cuisine. Please understand me well, I does not mean that women must be relegated to cooking, see my post as i am very thankfull to these women. I mean this kind of women, are the guardians of French cuisine knowledge and French culinary tradition and it is thanks to these generations of women who "love" cooking, and because of them French gastronomy still exists, as well as an unique "French art of living and cooking". So a big thank you to all these women of the past and present to preserve thisFrench know-how and culinary culture. Thank also to the readers for not interpreting my comment as macho or misogynist.
To the person who was wondering about getting furniture into apartments, this is just a guess, but I bet a lot of young people shop at ikea, buy the furniture in packages deconstructed, then put it together in the apartment
Accent: I had a long mail & email relationship with a woman in the US and the first time we talked directly (by phone) was after about 30 years. The first thing she said on the phone, even before "Hi", was "You've got an accent, Ed"! She gathered that only from my emails, not from what I said - All I had said was "Hello" on the phone, although "Hello" is less American than "Hi". In English, I had always had a mid-Atlantic accent with a speech impediment (can't pronounce "l") that I cured in France. But I gathered that her hearing an "accent" was a matter of how I wrote my letters, and that was indeed influenced by my French experience: In writing, I choose my words more carefully, use a larger vocabulary, avoid slang and murky idioms, and come across as "logical", which was in fact a thing Americans had long ago noticed about the French: "The French - they're so logical!" I often heard Americans say.
Common sense needs to apply when travelling to New Zealand, many tourists have died because of false 'safe' assumptions. Do not hitch hike. Be careful at nighttime as you would in any other city. South Auckland and West Auckland are not as safe particularly at night.Watch the driving in the Sth island, many tourists have caused fatal accidents.
Thank you SO MUCH for this honest comment.
Again a great video with excellent content.
I am really glad you like the south west of France! I'm from Bordeaux, thank you for appreciate my city 😉
PS : And for the cliché about Americans people, I've heard they are a lot more religious than French and a lot more patriotic, that they have American Flag in their house for example. And they really like their soldiers and respect the army. I think they really love self made men and admire successful entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs... And they like guns and extravagant stuff like big cars, trucks, and other dangerous and loud shiny things xD.
But I know it's just a bunch of cliché and a person must never generalized.
davlmt yes, perhaps you're right.
Not Even French
Yes, fast food and junk food in general.
I think the movie "Team america: World police" is a good representation of the stereotypical America many French people have in mind.
Not Even French Oh I think they have more choices than McDonald if they want some cheeseburger... 😂 (I'm joking of course)
Not Even French
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davlmt mdr j'adore cette chanson 😍
Coucou, merci pour tes vidéos, aucun des sujets que tu abordes ne m'intéressent à priori, et pourtant j'aime beaucoup les regarder.
En ce qui concernent les livres, je connais plusieurs anglophones qui ont commencé par "Le Petit Prince" de St Exupéry qui est facile à lire, bien écrit, profond et touchant. Par ailleurs il n'est pas très long.
Pour ce qui est des américains il y a autre chose que ce que j’ai pu voir dans les commentaires. Ils aiment bien nous rappeler l’aide qu’il ont apporté lors des guerres mondiales en disant que les français sont lâches et abandonnent à chaque conflit et ça nous énerve forcément puisque ça pique déjà notre égo mais aussi ça prouve qu’ils ont aucune connaissance en histoire et je pense que cette situation permet au français de véhiculer le stéréotype que les américains soient incultes
Oui en évitant évidemment de parler les milliers de viols commis sur de jeunes femmes après le débarquement en Normandie (les journaux américains faisaient passer les françaises pour des "filles faciles" pour pas dire des putes pour pousser les jeunes hommes américains à débarquer en France) et les bombardements à la louche qui ont ravagé le nord de la France alors que cela n'était pas du tout nécéssaire.
Mais bon merci quand même de nous avoir libéré vu la raclée qu'on s'est prise par les Bosch ...
Ben oui, les Français ont aidé les Américains à obtenir leur indépendance en 1774 (je suis pas sûre de la date exacte).
Roisinn Campbell bonsoir ! 4 juillet 1776 exactement et la déclaration d'indépendance a été signée à Philadelphie (si mes souvenir sont bon,voir si je ne mélange pas avec autre choses) et on les a aussi aidé en 1812 encore contre les Anglais(décidément.........)
Bonne soirée à vous !
zari024, c'est clair que c'est rageant, surtout quand on a de la famille qui était résistante (comme mon arrière grand-père, le seul que j'ai connu, qui est mort en septembre dernier à 100ans) www.funeraire-info.fr/avis-de-deces-de-andre-menier-deces-puy-de-dome-105454/
Je raconte ma vie mais bon... ^^'
Nothing irritates me more than any French attitude of not wanting to be reminded of what we Americans have done during the two World Wars. Too many Americans fought, bled, died and are buried in France to allow such attitudes to be left unanswered. (We must also recognize the British Commonwealth and Canadian sacrifice.) France and neighboring nations have over a dozen American Cemeteries where tens of thousands of our brave young men and women never went home. You know... a simple merci beaucoup would go a long way. You're welcome.
I can definitely say that it is true that Americans don’t learn much about other countries. Our school systems are definitely lacking in many areas including this one.
Not Even French I believe we briefly covered foreign countries- where they are and short overviews. Nothing in depth and it was definitely when we were much younger. We mostly covered U.S history. Even U.S history is taught slightly differently depending on whether you live in the north or south. (Keep in mind I’m 27 and have been out of school for a long time but I doubt much has changed)
We covered large world events like the holocaust. Most of which was taught between the ages of 11-13 in a class called “social studies” where we briefly cover history, geography, and political science. In high school we briefly cover world history but with a focus on U.S history.
So we do cover it - but definitely not well enough.
I've been out of school for almost 2 years and it's still exactly the same. In history, we were taught about another country's history if the US were involved somehow, at least that's how I see it. Which I always found sad since I'm the type of person who loves learning about different cultures and their customs, especially the French culture. Oh yea and in geography we were never taught about other countries locations, I think only a brief moment in 5th grade so I just taught myself lol.
I homeschool my children (American) and I constantly ask myself - Big Picture: what skills and knowledge do I want them to have as adults? Geography and world history is big and I find I'm often learning right alongside them (didn't learn in school myself).
Really enjoying this playlist! Thanks ^^
Not Even French crowded house : just the best. Add « into temptation » and it’ll be perfect. I’d mention Little heroes as a great band, but they’re aussies, so maybe not.
Good idea to treat about cliches in a video. Would be so funny to see if we are only "Badly perfumed cheaters" (sounds like a good rockband's name btw) :) !
You said it and it is important to say. Life in Paris is way different from what we call "La province" and so are the behaves. Rivalities are oftenly seen.
Yes, please do a French cliches video. Maybe collab and compare cliches from other countries.
I couldn't and I wouldn't ! French people in the general are pain in the ass, moved to Toronto God people there are amazing ! Nothing to compare ! My stay in france was a nightmare !
When you buy new furniture and have a tiny staircase, IKEA is your best friend.
About the verlen slang language, for words finishing with consonnant sound, [eu] is added at the end to make a phonetic link with the reversed word. And the last vowel is usually cut out on the reversed word
Like Disc, would make Disc[eu]. Reverse this and you have sc[eu]di. Remove the last vowel and you have a sceud.
Similar with Fête (party). "e" is at the end but not pronounced, so same principle.
Fête > Fêt[eu] > T[eu]fê > T[eu]f
Complicated, but it's just how they've been made. And you can't really make new ones, would look strange.
Have fun :)
Toulouse, the best city, thank you^^ ! You really nailed it !
I really wish the US had a better college system. There's a college in my home town that my daughter will more than likely go to for at least a couple of years. Right now for 2 years it would be about $4,000 not including the textbooks which are about $100 each. The price keeps going up so in 18 years we'll just have to do our best to help her pay for it. Countries like France make it a lot easier on parents by simply having a free option for higher education.
Rosie, I love your videos and thank you making those. I have a quick question , at the end of the part one you said " à tout de suite", don't you think "à toute à l'heure" would have been more appropriate? :) Keep up the good work Rosie :)
Not Even French thanks Rosie :) have a good one :)
Some basic "Verlen" that you didn't mention: My favorite for "laisse tomber" ("drop it") is "laisse béton") ("leave concrete").
hi :) Nice video, as usual :) as a French I've never heard of those clichés (or other actually) so I'd like you to make a video about clichés and which are true and which are not :)
In my opinion what French people think of Americans is quite complex because it is a feeling of superiority and of admiration a the same time.
On the one hand, since the 50's, a lot of French people are found of American culture (music, TV shows, movies, sports etc.) and believe in the American dream, especially people coming from humble backgrounds (like factory workers or immigrant descendants). For example, French pop artist copied the Americans (like Johnny Halliday) therefore Rock'n'roll or Hip-Hop are deeply rooted in French musical landscape.
On the other hand, well... since USA exist I guess, French people are likely to deem Amercans uncultivated and boorish. For a lot of French people, USA are associated with overconsumption, pollution, racism, junk food, reality TV, christrian bigotry, gun violence, bellicism, unregulated finance etc. The election of Trump worsened this prejudice..
I don't think that if you are an American in France people will treat you badly but you will surely be asked questions or hear criticism about that
i don't think it's a feeling of superiority. It's more like a frustration that the nation that is leading the world ideologically, economicly, millitarily and culturally is the US and not France despite the fact that morals and ideology are pretty much the same throughout the occidental world. There is specially a cultural patriotism in France due to the fact that the American artists are more populare than the french artists even in France and since France cannot export its culture or language then the latter's probably doomed to disapear along with french cultural influence
@@cmolodiets Absolutely not, French people are really proud about their culture and not jealous of America at all
hi rosie, i have a question for not just you but also many other youtubers in your circle who are foreigners living in france. i love all you videos and learn si much from them, but theres been something thats been on my mind lately and thats is, why do you consider yourself an “expat” and not an immigrant? what would you say makes someone an immigrant or an expat, because these words have severely different connotations
Mirae Kim im an immigrant because I hope to never return to my mother country!
Les clichés sur les Américains sont :
- stupides
- beaucoup trop patriotes
- racistes
- obèses
- isolationnistes et expansionnistes en même temps
- pollueurs
- n’aiment pas la France
Mais aussi :
- amicaux
- spontanés
- culture attractive
Augustin Théoleyre exactement ce que je pense
Bien joué, t'as bien résumé le point de vue général
Augustin Théoleyre yes
PoissonHamster
Aussi : enthousiastes et positifs
Edit: j'ai écrit ça juste avant d'entendre Rosie le dire elle même.
Dans les clichés négatifs j'aurais mis "incultes" plutôt que "stupides"
On a beaucoup de choses à dire sur les Américains mais très peu de clichés sur les Australiens et les Néo-Zélandais. ;)
Moi ce que j'entends dire sur les Américains dépend de la zone géographique.
Côte est (New York notamment) : plutôt sympas et intellos
Floride : beaucoup de retraités racistes
Côte ouest (Los Angeles/San Francisco) : superficiels et peu éduqués
Et au milieu : peu éduqués.
Mais ce ne sont que des "on-dit". Pour ma part, j'ai été éduquée pour être curieuse de la vie des autres.
Quand j'étais adolescente, je regardais une série télé australienne qui s'appelait "Hartley, coeur à vif" et parfois les élèves du lycée de Hartley se moquaient des Néo-Zélandais. Ils disaient qu'ils aimaient un peu trop les moutons. J'avoue qu'à l'époque, je ne comprenais pas ce que voulait dire "un peu trop aimer". :D :D :D
Your accent is adorable! Not to mention your mind blowing beauty! Tu es vraiment très belle! Tu dois surement te faire draguer sans arrêt en France! Je suis francophone du Québec. Bizou!
Merci pour cette vidéo ! J'aime ton point de vue très juste je trouve. Même concernant celui des français sur les américains. Je n'aurais rien à ajouter, hormis que ma mère pense qu'ils sont tous gros à cause des fasts foods et qu'ils consomment beaucoup. Continue comme ça en tout cas ! Et oui pour une vidéo afin de prouver que nous ne puons pas ! Mon dieu, je ne comprends vraiment pas ce stéréotype. Ps : ta playlist française est cool 😊
My husband is a doctor and has been afraid he can’t work in France if we move there for a few years. Happy to hear France recognizes American medical training. Any suggestions on where he could start looking for jobs? Merci 😘
You're not French until you've seen the French cinematic classics. Including Amelie and Les Visiteurs!
About the Americans, I think it's definitely a love/hate relationship. There is many negative stereotypes : idiot, racist, fat, ignorant, bigots... But in the other hand, on some point a really positive image : the american dream, the culture (Broadway, Hollywood...), the beauty of the country itself... I think it is mainly because French and Americans are friends but also competitors. Both nations have a very high opinion of their own culture and are very proud of it (with the desire to export that culture abroad). Moreover, from a pure political point of view, there is a tradition of cooperation but also opposition between the two countries (we're in the Nato, but had refused the war in Iraq for example). There is also a french tradition of independence that leads to refuse the idea of any form of american leadership
I'm French, and I agree with your definition of how we see Americans. I have some American friends, but, most of the American people I know (I lived for 6 months there), I gathered that they're loud, over reacting to -almost- everything, on average numb to the world. I know it seems bad, but that's the way I see it ^^
TheCapitaineCarnage I can definitely see your point, but I would also say that only all the dimwits have no idea about the rest if the world. ( unfortunately there are many people in America who fit your stereotypes, but not me 😅)
TheCapitaineCarnage so true...
or me
Hello! I'm an American and agree with everything you said... a lot of people here ARE loud... it's very annoying to me! For some reason, we have equated "loud" with "confident and enthusiastic".
What do the French think of Americans? As an Australian I will not comment, but when I was in Hawaii some years ago I overheard a group of French people talking about Americans. The theme of their conversation was that Americans ate too much food.
Bonjour, tu fais de très bonnes vidéos. Tu as fais une vidéo sur les faux-pas en France, est-ce que tu pourrais nous faire la même sur les faux-pas en Nouvelle-Zélande, ou nous parler un peu des coutumes de ton magnifique pays d'origine.
i love your videos, but you really should buy a microphone 😘
En temps que Français, je vote POUR et REPOUR cette vidéo sur les clichés sur nous. Parce que ça me ferra probablement exploser de rire, et que j'aime bien me tourner en dérision, aussi :D !
As a french person, I HATE big brands like LV, I do not like wine so much, and I hate soccer, etc.. so I totally agree about your idea to break down the french stereotypes... like french women do not shave ? WTF ? haha
About friends ! I think this is an expact problem. Like maybe the difference of culture is taking us appart or something. I have some difficulties making real friends. Like I feel they are friendly enough but not real friends.
I'm living abroad for a year now and I juste begining to feel like I have true friends here.
I'm talking about native from here because I have a few other friends who are french expact as I am.
Great video again 😁
I love the color of your lipstick. You look lovely. May I ask, what brand is it?
I'm digging Computer Games! Jamming out. I love the videos. Looking to move to your mother country!
j'habitais en France (Rennes) pendant une année, ça me manque beaucoup. (La Anglaise qui essaye de parler Français).
TheRainydayvideo Rennes ! Best city !! 🙆🙆🙆 (Yeah I'm french and from Rennes 😸) you write well in french :)
Si la France vous manque, alors il faut revenir. Concernant votre français, à l'écrit, je le trouve excellent (juste pour la anglaise, il faut dire l'anglaise).
Amicalement.
Not Even French It was quite welcoming, my girlfriend is French so I found it easier to make friends by mixing in groups she knew. I found it hard to work in the film industry though (which is my trade) as I was only there for a year I only really scraped the surface of that world. I absolutely loved Rennes though, the pace of life is so calm compared to Manchester (UK).
HAUS Olivier Merci c'est gentil! Je vais essayer de revenir! J'ai beaucoup de travail en ce moment. :)
SallyLock103emeCaris Rennes was so welcoming!
first of all, I love your channel. Moving to Nice in a month from Norway. And I want to live there forever... But I want to live in a house around the riviera: Nice, Cannes, Antibes, Marseille aso. But is it normal to have houses? Or difficult buying houses? Since everyone is living in apartments
Hi Rosie I have been living in France for 6 years now. Have you read Pamela Druckerman's Lust in Translation?What do you think about cinq-à-sept and the cheating culture?
I am french and for me Americans, not everyone but a good part, are like you said in your video. They are interested only in their country, they are quite egocentric. I know that I’m probably wrong but this is how I see Americans. And yes, not a long time ago I would say that I would live in the US because, you know, everything seems better in the US but now i find this is not really true. I saw youtube videos of french people saying the differences between France and the US and a lot of these seem negative so now i don’t think i would really like to live in the us but i would love travel there.
OUAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LE SUD OUEST ON EST LES PLUS BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Bien dit Rosie ;) et on a pas triché , soyez pas jalous les autres hahahaha !!
About Americans I think we could summarize that with "too much", enormous cars, enormous amount of food, a lot of "too much people" like too much make up, rainbow hair, enormous parties, ...Everything seems really bigger and a bit fake aswell. But yes, a lot of frenchies still believe in the American dream and when someone has visited the USA he's often considered as a successful person
Hi Rosie, I was wondering why you call yourself an expat when based on your recent video about wanting to get a French citizenship, it would seem like you want to live in France permanently and would therefore be an immigrant? I'm not trying to be rude just genuinely wondering
You wrote "The liver", is throught it was the leather :I Or the liver is something else ?
I really like your videos, but lose the background music. It's distracting.
Bonjour , pour répondre a la question du point de vu des français vis a vis des USA : La ou beaucoup de français adore le pays en lui même , beaucoup n'ont pas la même opinion des américains
O stop right there. ^^ No no no, there is still thank God many french men who live by all gentlemen standards, and we absolutly don't agree to not use our privilèges to pay for the lady we invite, to open doors for her, and prepare her seat and everything else that a proper gentleman should be doing. Other examples are going first in the restaurant, or bar, or cafe or any public place, to check it's safe and a proper place for a lady, and never walk behind a lady in stairs, always walk on the side closer to the cars to protect the lady from any harm or mud from wheels throw by the cars going along on the side walk. So maybe younger men are not used to this and maybe some french have got that habit to split in too, because of the femininism of many french girls, but not all men have abandon the ancient proper ways to behave with a woman when dating, or even not dating.
I don't think we even have an expression for "going Dutch". In Belgium "à l'Hollandaise" [YES, we say that, we know it should be "à la Hollandaise"] means something quite different. "I' t'a laissé une dringuelle au moins?" "Chuppose - à l'ollandaise". Quelques petits centimes, donc.
I'm quite old, so maybe younger Francophones can tell us whether we do now have an equivalent expression. Of course, the Québéquois/es do, but I don't count them.
P.S. dans d'autres contextes, nous respectons bien le "h" de Hollande, même nous le pronoçons. "Puis-je vous servir de la sauce khollondaise avec vos asperges, Mademoiselle?"
About the gender pay gap: Is that 15 % really the figure for doing the _exact same job_ ? In Germany, you'll often hear a figure that women earn 23 % less than men, and some claim that is for working the exact same jobs. But that's not true, for that 23 % figure they simply took the wages _all_ men earned and the wages _all_ women earned and created an average for both, not taking into account that women often work less hours than men (most part-time employees are women) and that women often work in professions that pay less than other professions with lots of men. The real figure, adjusted for all those differences, is closer to 6 % or even only 2 %. So I'm very wary of all those claims that women get paid substantially less for doing the exact same job than men. If that really were the case, why don't businesses hire all the women they can get instead of the men? According to the narrative, they would get exactly the same job performance for substantially lower wages. Surely businesses would take advantage of that.
I think that anyone interested in your videos already knows that the myths/generalisations about the French are ridiculous (as for any other nationality!) so a video on that subject would be pointless to your particular viewers. But you could do one that dispels myths about both French and Kiwis just for fun!
Here's a video summarizing the stereotypical America most french people have in mind : czcams.com/video/7R5A0pg4oN8/video.html
davlmt thanks!
(Sarcastic of course)
Andrew Pritchard
Well you can thank Matt Stone and Trey Parker, 2 Americans, for this! Come on the song is hilarious (the movie is too) and plays on a hyperbolic stereotypical clichéd vision of America that is common worldwide.
This is fucking amazing! I wish they had to play this video instead of the anthem at the Olympics when America wins. It definitely needs to be played before Trump enters any room. This is so Trump's America. Not my America, my tits are real :P
Tlotus
The song is from the movie "Team America : world police" by the creators of South Park
Also gender pay gap in France is quite inflated since french women tend to get more childrens than average EU woman so they get less opportunities to progress in their job and get more money.
The pay gap is around 15-20% in France when you don't take into account the different factors such as : having children, moving to follow your husband... But even when you take that into account, the pay gap is still around 5% (due purely to gendered discrimination)
Yeah I know there is still a pay gap, especially for high paid jobs women tend to negociate less salary than men (or they dont get valorized as much than men by the people in charge), but for the average job i don't think there is a lot of differences.
the 3 stereotypes you said about American are the 3 I would have said! !!
TOULOUSE !!! :D
The 15% pay gap in France is the UNADJUSTED pay gap, it does not account for differences in education, experience, age, location, job title, industry, company or even the fact that women don't ask for raises nearly as much. Therefore women are not earning 15% less for the exact same job but rather the average earned by all women in France per hour is 15% less than all men. Factoring in all those variables reduces the gap to near statistical insignificance. Now the unadjusted 15% gap does still reflect differences between sexes that in part may stem from sexism, but it's not because women are payed less than men for the exact same job.
Cool video though.
@Andrew : french stereotypes for americans :
They eat burger like french eat french baguette bread.
All is big in America (roads, houses, cars, refrigerators, even people) and people live beyond their needs, they have a bathroom in every bedroom for example (there is a french expression that says "vivre à l'américaine" = "live above their needs").
Americans are very patriotic, even a little naive.
But anyway, americans are really cool.
From my own experience, I have also observed that :
Americans don't stingy. They say a lot of talk before they say anything interesting. TV shows are very boring for me for that reason. They try all they can found interesting in Europe, so an idea found in France is generally tested in the USA, then returns to France (or not) when it has been successful.
What are some of the French podcasts you listen to?
Not Even French Merci
Beeuurrkk..
I've never paid for a drink or a meal with a guy ( I'm french)...
The American dream is just that...a dream
Rinnekid
That's not completely true. The dream is a reality for a few, who are then paraded as inspirations for the rest to work their asses off to reach their goals (most won't succeed). It's reminiscent of a pyramidal system or a Ponzi scheme. But it does work at keeping everyone positive, hard working and motivated.
I like the French TV series
"Marseille"
Studying abroad in Paris? I hope there's more than one? 😜
You're in Paris next week ? I'd like to offer you a coffee cause I plan to go work in NZ and I don't know anything except what I have to know on my field ._.
Salut!! i give a try to post in english , oh boy !! i m a french guy who leave in Peru , and since im here i m so tired to allways listen to this same stereotype "it is true than french people don t take shower because water are too expensive in france " i don t know frome where come this stereotype , but so many people ask me this. creepy!!!!
Je crois que l'on a tendance à mettre en avant le négatif dans les stéréotypes. Pourtant, on aime bien les américains aussi en France et il y a donc aussi des stéréotypes positifs à propos des USA. Positifs, ayant l'esprit d'entreprise, chaleureux, cools, souriants. Personnellement, je n'ai pas rencontré beaucoup d'américains dans ma vie mais ceux que j'ai connu étaient tous très sympas, ouverts d'esprit, intelligents. Alors peut-être qu'il s'agissait de cette partie de la population qui est plus ouvertes aux autres, ne serait-ce que parce qu'ils venaient en Europe et étaient des personnes ayant de la curiosité, qu'ils étaient plus cultivés, éduqués, mais l'avantage d'internet est que l'on voit plus de choses sur les USA de la part d'américains et on on peut voir toute la diversité d'opinion, la créativité, dont ces internautes font preuve.
Merci pour le playlist ❤️Maintenant j'ai envie d'écouter à Louane 😉🦄
Just sur little note. .. the sound is a little down (bas en francais) ... we could barely hear you
French people will discriminate people based on their skin colour when it comes to jobs. I know it's a touchy subject but I am going to talk about it anyways. I am French from the French Caribbean and I've missed some opportunities because I am Black and it's been said clearly. So it's not about being a foreigner but rather your skin colour. France is still a conservative country after all.
Oui ça dépend beaucoup de l’origine de la personne et du type de travail. Pour un Anglais ou un américain très diplômé qui postule pour un emploi qualifié, être de nationalité étrangère sera sûrement un atout. En revanche ça sera pas le cas pour une personne d’origine maghrébine qui postule pour un emploi peu qualifié !
Oui, le racisme, le sexisme, l'islamophobie, la xénophobie, etc, sont présents et bien ancrés en France. Le gouvernement actuel et les médias traditionnels sont très conservateurs, bien loin de l'idée du "pays des Droits de l'Homme".
It's even worse for those with muslim named
Je suis métisse (franco-congolaise) personnellement je n'ai jamais eu de problème de racisme, car j'ai vécu dans un milieu assez favorable ... mon pere non plus alors qu'il est noir et née au Congo. J'ai remarqué que le racisme été plus social (personne vivant en cité ect.) que ethnique ... mais malheureusement, être d'origine magrebinne ou d'Afrique noir est très associé au cité, je pence que le racisme vien de la ... c'est comme pour les roumains, c'est le racisme le plus banalisé, et il n'est pas du à une couleur de peau mais bien à une catégorie sociale... Maintenant en 2018, c'est vrais que c'est plus dure pour les musulment (de toutes les couleurs) à cause des vagues d'attentats et les picures d'islamophobie véhiculé par les médias ...
Apres, ce n'est que mon point de vue ... c'est ce que j'ai remarqué en île de France et dans le nord (ma mère est de la bas). Mon expérience ne reflète pas toutela France
I'm French and I think the Americans are very too too patriotic, very cool, dangerous, crazy, friendly and no imitates (if you know French culture, you understand better). I don't hate USA, I love this country EXCEPT his politic, and he can have a army
This background music is irritating. Why do youtubers always put background music on their videos?
"Otherwise it sounds like you are talking out loud in a cemetery!" Really ?!
Thank you for putting it down... Very kind...
It's funny, the only reason I thought my boyfriend smelled was because he smelled too good! I'd never really come across a guy who wore perfume before; the closet it came to for me was deodorant or aftershave. But then I showed up to our first date together and was almost knocked back by the smell of cologne. It wasn't over the top, but just a huge surprise to my nose because he had put in effort to impress me. Now it's weird when he doesn't wear it.
I want the video about clichés !!!!!! Because there is still those types of stereotypes trust me, and it makes me really mad
Les femmes à la cuisine sont une tradition française, je veux dire que la plupart de nos grands Chefs cuisiniers français qui sont pour la grande majorité des hommes, ils ont tous appris la cuisine et ont tous reçu ce goût pour la cuisine et le bien manger par leur mère ou leur grand-mère, qui leur ont appris les bases de la cuisine traditionnelle française. Attention mon propos ne veut pas dire que les femmes doivent être reléguées à la cuisine, mon propose est à la fois un constat et une reconnaissance. Je veux dire que les femmes sont les gardiennes d'un savoir-faire et de la tradition culinaire française et c'est grâce à ces générations de femmes qui "aiment" faire la cuisine, que la gastronomie française existe encore, ainsi qu'un certain " art de vivre et de manger" à la française. Donc un grand merci à toutes ces femmes du passé et du présent de préserver ce savoir-faire. Merci de ne pas interpréter mon commentaire comme machiste ou misogyne.
Salut Rosie
J'adore tes vidéos. Je les trouvent trés intéressantes. Il y a une youtubeuse américaine qui est géniale. Elle s'appelle Patricia B. Elle vit en France depuis plusieurs années maintenant. Peux être que tu la connais ?
J'ai vu dans des comm' que pour certains les médias français étaient racistes, islamophobes et sexistes... Mais je suis pas du tout d'accord.
Ceux qui défendent cette idée j'aimerai bien que vous me donniez des exemple svp.
Chaque fois qu'il y a un attentat Islamiste (et revendiqué comme tel) les médias en parlent !! C'est très islamophobe ! Tout le monde sait que que l'islam radical et les djihadistes n'ont rien à voir avec l'islam !!!
davlmt c'est du troll rassure moi ?
Pierre Lev
L'islam n'a rien à voir avec l'islam. Il faut laisser l'islam politique prendre sa place dans notre pays. Tu es sûrement un fasciste neo-nazi lepeniste xénophobe raciste sexiste homophobe si tu penses le contraire.
Comme le dit Edwy Plenel, Charlie mène la guerre aux musulmans et au prochain massacre de ce qui reste de la rédaction du journal on pourra dire qu'ils l'ont bien cherché !
Ouaip j'suis tout ça réunit et j'suis aussi zoophile et mangeur d'enfant à mes heures perdues :p
Men still do all the heavy work in France as in all western countries....
The French about Americans: Indeed, very few Americans ever learn anything about the rest of the world. They are subject to what the French call "nombrilisme", which translates literally as "bellybutton-ism", or spending all your time gazing at your own bellybutton. This is one reason why the US has no healthcare system to speak of, while all the rest of the developed world has universal healthcare (and France is rated best for that).
About the "American Dream" of rags to riches, the French should also realize that sociologists call this "social mobility" and the UN also places France first in the world in this regard too, and the US at 7th place in the world. It is taking a long time for the world's poor to realize that 25% of the US population is living in poverty, and 10% in extreme poverty. The US is becoming a third-world country.
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