What is your INTELLIGENT opinion of FRANCE?

Question

What is your INTELLIGENT opinion of FRANCE?

Answer 1

i personally don't like france and find the people very rude.

Answer 2

have your own opinion : come here !!!

Answer 3

it is a nation.

Answer 4

Well now, I've been there 3 times and I speak some French, so I'm already ahead (yes, I'm smug. Sue me.) in the communication stakes. Plus I'm Irish, and we and the French get along great because we have common historical enemies.

That aside, I've found the people generally friendly, and the cities beautiful, the food delicious, and of course the culture .... the home of Modernism, what else is there to say?

Of course there are those of you who allow your personal vindictiveness to get in the way of unbiased critical judgement (and no, the two are NOT mutually exclusive) which I think is a sign of acute laziness on your part - laziness because you might have intelligence of your own, but you simply couldn't be arsed to apply it and prefer to parrot what other people think about something without actually investigating it for yourself and finding out what you REALLY think about it.

What to know France? Learn some of the language and go there.

Answer 5

A beautiful country lived in and ruled by a bunch of idiots.

Answer 6

France has some wonderful things going for it.  There is an abundance of history and culture, the food is good and the scenery fantastic.... too bad it is populated by the French.  The French people see themselves as superior to everyone and treat all foreigners like unpleasant guests.  OK, I know I painted all the French with the "snob" brush, I am sure there are one or two that don't fit that profile.

Answer 7

I have only visited Paris in France but i loved it. I am going back in March 2008, and seeing as it takes a 21 hour plane flight to get there, obviously i love it. The people were soo nice and help full, not at all like the stereotype that has been placed upon the french. The guys in Paris were gorgeous, seriously. My older sister and i went there last July and it was a large culture shock for us compared to our homeland of Australia. A man said that i was beautiful and a lot of people asked us where we were from. Its my favourite city in the world so far.

Answer 8

A power nation looking for more power.

Answer 9

Vivre la Republique, Vivre la France, Vivre le Président. J'adore la France et les français sont formidables.

Answer 10

I have never been there before, and I have always wanted to go.  Paris sounds like a nice city, but very touristy, so I think I will check out another city like Nice.  I took French in high school, and learned a little bit about the culture.  I would like to try the cuisine and speak to local Frenchmen and women to see what France is really like.  Then I will have an intelligent opinion about it.

Answer 11

nice wine

Answer 12

nice place with beautiful women

Answer 13

good food, bad drivers, bad attitute, lovely ladies, much the same as britain but we dont have the ladies or the food. dam it.

Answer 14

It is beautiful geographically and has citizens who know how to enjoy the good life. It has given us many excellent authors and musicians as well as leaders. The language is lovely , the food divine, and they are very kind to the brazen mannerless Americans who visit Paris.

Answer 15

Intelligent and France should never be put in the same sentence.

Answer 16

I'm there now, in Lille, attending an Intensive Programme at the University. Been here 5 days... 7 more to go. I speak v little french and hoped that most french people would have a working knowledge of English, but to my frustration, they have sweet f all English. They've got a great public transport system, and the country has much to offer sightseers and explorers... so I think it's good enough, but can't wait to go home to Ireland

Answer 17

Beautiful country.  The people there aren't all that different from people anywhere else. The cities are pretty much like all other cities around the world.

I've enjoyed my trips there.

Answer 18

It is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. I've found that if you at least attempt to speak the language, the French really aren't that bad.

Answer 19

useless,weak

Answer 20

Paris is one of the most beautiful cities in the world,the people are wonderful, can't wait to visit again

Answer 21

Bon appetite!

Answer 22

I don't get why everyone thinks France is ignorant - I love France!  They keep the allied (especially British) war graves immaculate and having been there to see them myself, I must say they do a d**n good job. I love the history of France - Les Miserables, Moulin Rouge, Nepoleon - everything. To me, France in cultured, beautiful and rich in it's people and art. They have a wondeful interial design perspective - shabby chic. My bedrooms based around it and I am so proud of my 1890's French bed. The French are - words cannot describe for me how wonderful they are.

Answer 23

pretty intelligent. theirs an exchange student who transferred here from france and hes really smart. u cant really have a steriotype of france though

Answer 24

It depends what you mean by France, do you actually speak of the WHOLE country or do you reduce it to only Paris?

France has many and various faces no two regions are alike and you can't have a proper idea before you visit at least a couple of them.

Unfortunately most foreigners seem to believe they know everything about France because they've seen the Eiffel Tower or Champs Elysee!

Answer 25

Nice...and Paris and all those other cool places.

Answer 26

I CAN'T SAY THAT HERE!!!  I'd get a violation...

Answer 27

The cities are all very cultural.  The arcitecture is tremendous and incredibly intriguing.  The food is great and it just has an all around great feeling.  However, French people don't generally like Americans, and it's a shame they judge us for what other stupid people have done.  So is it any wonder why Americans rag on French?  It's the chicken and the egg theory...

Answer 28

I love the French.  They saved us from the British and gave us our country.  So what if they didn't back us in going to war with Iraq.  I wish people would get over that.  Just like a democracy, they decided to not go to war, and in hind sight, they were right in doing so. The French were smart enough to know that there was no connection between 9-11 and Saddam, and that our president wasn't being truthful in his intentions by bringing us into this war.  And as far as intelligence goes, the average French person is much smarter than the average American; just look at their public education compared to ours.  The average french person has to learn much more to graduate from high school than the average American.  Our country is getting dumber by the year because we aren't spending as much on education as we should be.

Answer 29

they make the best movies.

Answer 30

I'd have to say, after much thought...

J'ne se quois!!

Answer 31

the English had the Industiral revoloution where we invented work.

the americans had the civial war when they tried 2 copy britain but ended up at war cos thats what they like to do.

the french had a french revoloution where they invented being french.

but in general my opinion of france is.

there up to somthing

and lo behold.

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