Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, but did we have the fun of beheading an entire generation of intelligentsia? Ric Carter wrote: > Walt-- > > I believe that relations between Frenchmen and US Americans can get so > strained because we are so much alike. > > Both overthrew kings, both are independent to the point of being > insular. What other countries get so defensive about language? Both > are overly self-important and get feelings hurt much too easily. Both > are loathe to admit needing help. > > Ric > > > > On Feb 28, 2007, at 3:07 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: >> the natives seemed much more inclined to take care of German tourists >> than American ones and this seemed puzzling. Perhaps I expected >> more because my father spent a year in a German POW camp after trying >> to liberate Paris. His father did some time in the trenches circa >> 1917/18 for the same reason. Go figure? >> >> Walt >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >