Why do the British Hate the French?
349607
Correction - it's the English who seem to dislike the French (probably because of ancient disputes over land between the monarchs of the two countries which kept them at war, off and on, for hundreds of years). Scotland and France have been part of "The Auld Alliance" for many hundreds of years and similarly, Ireland and France have historic ties. But anti-French sentiment is most strongly rooted in the towns of the South Coast of England, where generations of men went to sea to fight France (and Spain).\nUltimately tho, land, money and power are at the root of it all and he antipathy between the Crowns of England and France has a lot to answer for.
389441
OK, well Columbus wasn't working for the British, look that up on wiki if you don't know that.  secondly with the help of the French we kicks some British ass, look up American revolution on wiki
970129
Take a look at World history for a minute..The French couldn't liberate themselves during World War II and would be saluting Hitler to this day and goosestepping to the tune of Hail Fuhrer, if it had not been for Americans and the British.  France is a socialist nation bordering on Communism, while attempting to convince other nations to join the EC....They don't believe in real freedom or democracy anymore.  They are about to have a civil war themselves on their own soil, because their programs are not working financially.
1073538
The french are self-destructive scum....but they live on the other side of the world.  Canadians are self-destructive but they are mostly good people who share our values and live very close to us.  They've done some stupidly non-assertive things in the past that have had pretty negative consequences for both the US and Canada. But, to tell you the truth, none of what they did is anything more than a slightly exaggerated version of the liberal manipulation going on in this country.  Since our country is rejecting liberalism and other marxists inspired evil, Canada is most likely to follow our lead in this.  Unlike France, the Canadians mean well.  And that makes all the difference.
976202
they all hate the english.but look on a early map and there were many different groups in england alone the norse raided all of these people and raped and pillaged and the scots and irish help each other so interbread now so much more alike than different now 15th century much more differences 9th century all different 4bc romans came to england so.1066 normans came.
207087
At one point in history the french had control over the anglo-saxons, because they were trying to convert them to their ways they deemed it wrong for the anglo's to use their own language. They're language was deemed "bad" When they spoke they're language they were punished so in time due to conditioning they're future generations thought the words were just "bad"  I guess it grew with us through our history, these certain words, shunned by society but nobody really knows why.
773404
If you live in France...why don't you learn the language?? Or are you one of those hypocritical 'ex pats' who go on and on about how Britain is full of immigrants who wont blend in to British society, whilst doing exactly the same in your country of choice?!?!!
816214
I have  been to France and they are rude people and they smell.
317828
because they are ugly, and bird dropping are a mess, so it is better if French have to bear this burden.\n\nSpeaking seriously, I agree with above people that France is a wrong market for artistic items, due to their snobbish pride in domestic art. Never seen them having bird-feeders either; i think it is a British thing.\n\nI also understand it is part of business training to argue for ideas no matter what. Maybe you could argue something along the lines of cheap wood, depictions of Canadian scenery or birds, or Native American motives in design.
1105628
and the french have had to be bailed out of every war since world war 1 because every one knows that they are cowards and won't fight even to save their lives or country. the reason it is so nice in france is that a lot of good American and British men died so you can sip your wine and insult America.\nyou are an a$$
837769
No\nMaybe becoz they kicked France butt out!\nAnd no honey ur not annoying\nnothing wronge by tellin the truth!\nlol
1186928
Sorry, I'm not a Brit, and couldn't resist answering.\nPlease, we (U.S.) are still your friends.  Don't aim it at us, aim it at the French.
1160763
Because Afrikaners are the ones who established Apartheid.  Which created the segregated society.  Historically the English have disliked Afrikaaners for many reasons.  Plus the fact that many embrace the aryan ideals of the Hitler legacy.
355361
Yes they did, primarily because they moved further away from the United Kingdom. Canada had originally been a colony, but over time they have become more and more independent, along with the rest of the Commonwealth countries. WWII marked a very fast decline in the British Empire. \n\nCanadians are very sensitive about the subject, and survey after survey shows that there is a lot of anti-American bias among Canadians. The French Canadians harbor their main resentment against the English Candians, but in English Canada, their "conservatives" are more apt to like the US, and their "liberals" (American definition) are more apt to dislike the US (Ha! just as American liberals/Democrats are apt to dislike the US!) Western Canada is by and large conservative and very comfortable with Americans. But, the fact remains that Canadians are very similar to Americans, much moreso than they are to any other country, so it's sort of the resentment between a big brother and his kid sister.
891132
When? Historically France was usually at odds with Britain, though Britain has been at war with almost every country on Earth at some point in its history. Other main rivals have included Spain, Holland and Germany.
576466
What is 'wrong' with the French is the easily observed preoccupation with their  'grandeur' and  sadness and intense preoccupation with  a sense of special status, which is, understandably, a derivative of France's past royal worldly glories which are longed for  but shall never return.  The world is changed, face it.
328502
I think you'll find that Britain has had us much involvement in wars as our American cousins.\nAs for the French, their track records with wars has been pretty crap since Napoleon!\nI hear French tanks now have 4 reverse gears & one forward incase the enemy attack from the rear