But I digress. I wanted to post this advert I have seen all over the metro. I think it is the best advert ever and it is French! I am pretty sure the byline translates to something like “London for lovers.”
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Yee Haw
I finally have internet! I also finally have a phone line so I can call everyone and bug them again. I have so much to type and catch up with and so much to blog, but it will all have to wait until after Thursday. I am starting a new class on Thursday at a semi-posh school and I have no books or syllabi to teach with and the lady who hired me is M.I.A. most of the time. Needless to say, I have been stressed. I worked on the course with another teacher for 5 hours Saturday night. Saturday night is my time. My time for drinking, dancing, eating, etc., and I do not like working during my time, but I did. Grumble, grumble, grumble.
But I digress. I wanted to post this advert I have seen all over the metro. I think it is the best advert ever and it is French! I am pretty sure the byline translates to something like “London for lovers.”
But I digress. I wanted to post this advert I have seen all over the metro. I think it is the best advert ever and it is French! I am pretty sure the byline translates to something like “London for lovers.”
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Yeah no kidding about the grumble grumble. Congrats on being back up online. If you have suggestions on where I could try publishing, shoot for it. Of course, I don't know where to start there. ;-)
The ad is so funny!
We lost our internet service yesterday after just getting it hooked up over a week ago(previously we didn't have access for over 3 months)! It's nice to be back online again isn't it?
That ad is too funny!
J'ai lu ton blog avec avec attention et je suis désolé de voir à quel point tu détestes mon pays. Cependant il me semble que dés le début de ton séjour en France ton attitude n'était pas des plus positives : tu n'es pas interessé par la France ni par la langue que tu trouves trop compliquée( voir tes premiers posts) donc je me demande pourquoi tu es venue ici ???
Tu te plains de la difficulté de vivre à Paris mais je peux t'assurer que cela n'a rien à voir avec la France ou les français et que tu aurais rencontré les mêmes difficultés dans n'importe quelles grandes capitales d'europe (vie chère, froideur des gens,...)
Si j'ai un conseil à donner pour une expatriation réussi c'est : évitez les capitales quelques soient le pays ! Paris n'est pas la France ...
First things first - so glad you're online again Angela! I so look forward to seeing you post in a regular fashion again - have missed you much!
And the ad, my goodness, that's a clever one. I will need to show it to hubby - he has his own ad agency and always takes delight in clever ads.
Great that you have internet again. I know that I'm at a point where living without it seems impossible. I'm bereft during those rare times when our internet goes down for a substantial period.
Funny ad!
I love that your sole ambition is to bug people. What else are phone lines for?
seeing as how the ad is for London, and it's getting chilly there about now, shouldn't the egg be hard-boiled? :)
this is eGGcellent!!!!!
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I'd like to reply on Angela's behalf to the French person who says that 'Paris n'est pas la France'. je suis d'accord avec vous, la Fance est un grand pays divers plein de beaute, de culture et surtout une tres langue. Cependant, ayant essaye de vivre en France, je dois dire que par rapport a mon pays (L'Angleterre) et ma capitale ( Londres), La France ets un pays extremement difficile et ferme sur plusieurs choses. J'accepte que l#Angleterre n'est pas dotee d'un bon systeme d'education et que la securite sociale et les hopitaux sont honteux. Je dirai aussi que nous ne sommes pas toujours facile. Mais votre fonction publique est scandaleuse et l'accueil dans les magasins et ailleurs est presque inexistant. Je suis pacsee avec un Francais et nous sommes ensemble depuis presque 7 ans. Il est vrai que Paris est peut-etre pire, mais je me trouve souvent en province decue, deprimee et vraiment triste quand je ne recois pas d'accueil chalereux, au contraire. J'admire Angela d'avoir decide de prolonger son sejour a Paris pour voir si les choses s'ameliorent. je sais qu'elle est du genre 'chez moi ce n'est pas comme ca' Mais qui ne l'est pas? Et si on se sentait si bien en France, pourquoi y a-t-il de plus en plus de jeunes francais qui viennent ici a Londres?
Ce message n'est pas une critique, mais une constatation (ou bien de nombreuses constatations). J'adore aller en France pour mes vacances, pour y vivre? Non merci
je voulais dire, 'une tres belle langue'
je m'excuse- mon message est plein de fautes que je viens de revoir...
woops!!!
To those US people, ask Angela to translate my message!!!
Thanks Rach! Well spoken and I appreciate the defense.
To the random French person who has nothing better to do than to read a blog that you find irritating, in the future when you address me, I would prefer it if you used the vous form. We aren't friends so I would hope that you would show me the same respect I would show you if I were speaking French to you.
Juste un dernier post pour clarifier une ou deux choses .
"To the random French person who has nothing better to do than to read a blog that you find irritating,"
Tout d'abord Angela sachez que je ne trouve pas votre blog ininteressant ou insultant, je suis simplement triste et désolé de voir comment vous "jugez" mon pays ( il n'y avait aucune agréssivité dans mon premier post juste de la curiosité et un questionnement). Votre réaction ne fait que confirmer votre approche négative de toute idée pouvant vous emmener à prendre du recul sur votre vie ici en France...
J'espère que votre situation s'arrangera tout de même
Sachez aussi que le tutoiement est plutot de rigueur sur internet je vous invite à consulter les nombreux forum ou blog francophone...(sachez aussi que le tutoiement ou le vouvoiement n'ont rien à voir avec le respect ...)
Cordialement
Anonymous-Sorry for my mistake regarding the vous vs. tu form on the internet, my bad. I think maybe you really are reading too much between the lines. I am only judging France based on my overall experience. However, I do take offense when people (French or otherwise) accuse me of being unfair towards France. I have lived here for more than a year and feel as though I have had a fairly "normal" experience as to how foreigners are treated in this country. This is where my judgement occurs. I am sure France is a wonderful country...for French people. And please remember, I came here with great, elated hopes and dreams and they were all dashed pretty quickly by random French people and the bureaucracy. Thanks for wishing that my situation gets sorted. I do hope things will change for me as well, because as I said in my last post, I would love to be able to go back to the U.S. or another country with something positive to say about France other than I had a few really great friends there, it has comprehensive health care and good cheese.
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