Another little mini-post about the British. This time, it's about the British and the French. Do the British really hate the French? Or is this just another myth?
References to garlic, snails and frog legs are common references to our cross-channel neighbours although mostly only heard in TV comedy shows from about 20+ years ago and among those of a slightly older generation. We're far more cultured and tolerant nowadays, at least where the French are concerned, and doubtless no different to any other nation seeking simplistic humour.
With some 3 million Brits in 2010 being of French descent1 no name-calling can really be taken seriously. What's more, if the British hated the French so much, why would over 17,000,000 of them visit France every year?2 The 225,000 British ex-pats registered in France3 as at June 2012 would probably disagree that the British and French are national enemies.
What do you think?
1 http://www.noseygenealogist.com/blog/81/vive-la-difference-revealed-brits-love-to-hate-the-french
2 https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/france
3 http://britishexpats.com/news/latest/expats-world-hands/
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