Quote Originally Posted by Divinus Arma
I don't hate France. But some things that irk me:

(1) If you do not speak French in France, you are virtually despised and ignored. (By comparison, if you come to the U.S. and speak french, we will try and help you. But also, Spanish is disgusting to me since it is destroying our English heritage.)
Not actually true, not in most of the places you go as a tourist anyway.

'Parlez-moi, excuse vous Anglais?'

I apologise on behalf of my country, that is about the only French i do know,

'Excuse-moi, parlez vous Anglais?'

See. I can just about manage that, asks for crepes; and the bill.

I tried to learn French and failed, I get most of the words but I can't string them together. :(.

Actually, national prejudice aside, I quite like France and French people; the rural ones anyway. Which reminds me, I'm going to Paris in a few weeks.