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Pardon my French here dudes but there are some words the snail-chompers just don't get.

COMMUNITY To you and me I'm guessing that we see the concept in a broadly positive way. I'd have no problem talking about a 'dudeist community', in fact I'm very happy to be part of it. But in France 'communitism' is seen as a dangerous and devisive force which drives a wedge between different groups and threatens the cohesive power of a single state which gives all citizens equal rights and responsibilities. I suspect the sub-text is that they don't want to give the de facto Arab community any more acknowledgement than it already has.

LIBERAL Could be used in a pejorative sense by a conservative but most Americans and Brits probably think of themselves broadly as 'liberal'. In France the sense is very much about being economically liberal. They equate this with a reduction in employees rights and citizens being at the mercy of unfettered greed of a few selfish capitalists.

ANGLO-SAXON To the French this is a term denoting all Americans and Brits and it carries a put-down vibe. Bit culturally inaccurate for those of us who are Celtic, Black, Asian or what have you. But then a lot of the 'Arabs' are actually Berbers.

Quote from: BikerDude on February 14, 2013, 08:42:37 AM

You empty headed animal food trough water!

You think you are funny
But you are not funny - anglo-saxon - eating burgers and hotdogs
Only French are really funny

Quote from: Boston Rockbury on February 14, 2013, 12:20:00 PM
You think you are funny
But you are not funny - anglo-saxon - eating burgers and hotdogs
Only French are really funny

Hey Dudes. I'm french and

That's,... Emh,... Like,... Your opinion, dude... (if I undersand the meaning of our religion)

(but I definitly love the john cleese ;-) )

Quote from: Havazhyol on July 29, 2013, 07:54:18 AM
Hey Dudes. I'm french and

That's,... Emh,... Like,... Your opinion, dude... (if I undersand the meaning of our religion)

(but I definitly love the john cleese ;-) )

Welcome French dude! Good to have you here, mang! Bars' over there, might be some fine French wine available, dude! Help yourself!

Bienvenue, fellow frog! Welcome to the rugs and bowling alleys!

(I'm a Canadian frog, more specifically Nova Scotian & Acadian.)

Arh, I took a big shot you english speakers call a Hangover with crappy wine, and I can't drink it anymore (even the fine ones).

I'm more of a whisky and beer.

Masked Dude, I drank some beers from your country, I don't know if you know this brewery (the Dunham). I had the "bear beer", a dark one, brewed with marple sirup. Felt like Unicorns vomited Heaven in my throat all along I drank'em. another one (with wolf this time) was brewed with cranberry. Not exactly the taste I expected, but fine anyway.