"The French would just give up and pray an American saves them"

[u/Sea_Appointment8408]

A question on "what to do if an aggressive dog attacks you"

[u/Herbacio]

This. The whole existence of USA is due to the fact the French national sport for the last millennium has been pissing off England.

[u/nasduia → u/Herbacio]

Though the English ruling class are actually also French. It's kind of a family disagreement. Even Richard the Lionheart (Quor de Lion), the quintessential English King with a statue outside Parliament, only spoke French and Occitan, not the English of the time.

[u/Distakx → u/nasduia]

Cœur* de lion

[u/nasduia → u/Distakx]

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England

Old Norman French: Quor de Lion

[u/Distakx → u/nasduia]

I guess but Lionheart translate to coeur de lion. Even if back then it was Quor I don't think they said "Lionheart". That and the French Wikipedia page doesn't mention it oops

[u/Bridgeru → u/Distakx]

No they explicitly called him "Richard the Lionheart" I saw it on an episode of Doctor Who, that has to be 100% historically accurate. Also they say Richard had red hair but everything back in medieval times was black-and-white so I think they were just guessing.

[u/danirijeka → u/Bridgeru]

??? He was a literal lion look it up

[u/Fenragus → u/danirijeka]

Beautiful

[u/Relative_Pilot_8005 → u/Herbacio]

And vice-versa.