[WikiEN-l] [[Anti-French sentiment in the United States]]

[Daniel P.B.Smith]

> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] [[Anti-French sentiment in the United States]]
>>
> I think it's of some cultural interest---the US and France have had a
> stormy relationship for quite some time (which isn't yet fully
> documented in that article), and even Mark Twain in the 19th century 
> was
> known to make some anti-French cracks.  The US perception towards 
> France
> is important both culturally (the perception of French as snooty and
> aristocratic, and Parisians as promiscuous), and, in the 20th century,
> politically.

Presumably, at least some of this was inherited by the United States 
from the longstanding rivalry/competition/enmity between Britain and 
France?  I vaguely recall something happening in 1066... and some short 
guy in a funny hat who kept sticking his hand in his shirt...


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