Dear All, I am going to have some difficulty here as the written word can often seem much harsher than is meant by the writer. Please take this post as light hearted, though genuinely concerned.
Myself and my partner are planning a move to Brittanny in the near future and this website is extremely usefull in levelling out our learning curve of what we may need to know. For that I cannot thank Admin and contributers enough. However I am at a total loss over a few posters here who seem only interested in sniping at those Brits who, in their own opinion, do not totally integrate with the French.
Not everyone can speak French perfectly. Especially not from Day One. Not everyone feels that they must totally ignore other Brits if they are to be politically correct. What is their problem?
Were I to complain that Sikhs still spoke to other Sikhs I would be classed as racist. Were I to complain that no one should learn from others' experiences I would be classed as foolish. Were I to disagree with both situations and then joined a website designed to allow both then I would be described as - well - you pick your own description.
I have spent time in Italy, Germany, Nederlands, as well as Canada and the USA. But nowhere else in Europe have I come across this anti-Brit situation among Brits themselves. Is it some sort of snobbery? Some sort of elitism? Or just a ruddy silly attitude?
As I said, I do not want to insult anyone - quite the contrary - I think there is enough silly and offensive insults being bandied about already.
Must go, I am in the process of adding Breton to my lousy Italian, German, Dutch, Welsh and Cornish. Shame my English isn't too good either, but that's a Yorkshireman for you.
