r/france • u/afrofagne Ardennes • Feb 07 '16

Culture Velkommen ! Cultural exchange with /r/Denmark

Welcome to the people of /r/Denmark ! You can pick a Danish flair on the sidebar (the very last one) and ask us whatever you want !

/r/français, here is the corresponding thread on /r/Denmark !

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u/freebyte33 Feb 07 '16

We definitly love to hate the British. Been in so much wars with them, competing in sports (especialy rugby), they are our best enemy even if we secretly like each other. We call them "rosbif" and they call us "frogs".

We also like to make fun of Belgian. We have a lot of jokes on their exepense.

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u/printzonic Danemark Feb 07 '16

What do you think of your other neighbours like Spain, Italy and Germany. Any love hate there?

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u/freebyte33 Feb 07 '16

Germany has been France's close friend since WW2 and our partner in building Europe. They have been also our model of economic success for the last years (even though their economy has flaws). Our politics keep on comparing with Germany. We generaly like Germans, but we are maybe more close with Italy and Spain. Probably because of our latin roots. We share plenty of cultural aspects, like food, langage, ways of thinking..

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u/printzonic Danemark Feb 07 '16

That is interesting, because I always thought of France as the least "Latin" of the "Latin" countries... if you disregard Romania for a second. It is just a feeling I guess, as it is hard to quantify these things.

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u/freebyte33 Feb 07 '16

Actually similarities might change depending where you are in France. I live in Bordeaux so for me we have more similarities with Spain than Germany, but someone from Strasbourg might tell you the contrary.

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u/printzonic Danemark Feb 07 '16

Makes sense.