Brits in France: Escaping Brexit chaos | DW Documentary

British man went to France for a slower pace of life and then gets mad that people take it slow lol I just can't.

Never understood Brits and their inability or more accurately unwillingness to learn a foreign language. 8 years in France and not being able to speak at least a communicational level of French is beyond comprehension.

"I moved out of Britain, why isn't this new place like Britain?"

The irony is these are the sort of boomers who in Britain would complain about foreigners coming in and not adapting to the U.K. and bringing their own culture , ideas, traditions and foods rather than embracing British ones. And now they’re doing exactly what they’d been complaining about 😂

I’m an American who moved to France 6 years ago, and I’ve not regretted it for one minute. Yes, I have to keep studying French, and yes, sometimes the bureaucracy is a little tough to navigate, but the French people have been wonderful, helpful, kind, and welcoming. I’ve never, in my life (I’m 72) felt so much at home in the U.S. as I do here. Yes, the food and customs are different, and the language can present challenges, but in embracing all this as new and interesting, my life has never been better, and I am grateful every day to the French Republic for granting me the privilege of living here.

So the handyman husband want's to move to France but he doesn't actually like French culture? He complaims abouut the two hour lunch? Pretty dumb.

My solicitor in Spain told me she can tell the difference between Irish and British people as soon as they open their mouth. How? said I. The British say Good Morning, Thank you etc. The Irish say Buenas Dia, Gracias etc .

Blows my mind they offer free french lessons for those who haven't got good enough French and the handyman wants to avoid it at all costs. When people in England hear about parts of Bradford where people don't speak/learn English but when the English and are outraged but when they are in France they don't seem to see the need to learn the language. Such a double standard.

Always a catastrophic idea to go to another country intending to turn it into your own, instead of integrating

"French workers don't turn up to give a quote." I live in the midlands of England and have the same problem.

Making coffee with a hot tap water is a crime against humanity. I got nothing to add. They need to be expelled for that.

Man who complains about UK healthcare while paying 0% capital gains on his massively overly inflated UK house sale.

I moved to France after Brexit too. Quite a lot of my neighbours have a few words of English, but I always try to insist that we converse in French, even when they want to try out their English. I also went to the group lessons that get subsidised by the state... in fact I found them a little slow, but certainly useful... to boost that I paid out for a private tutor for a couple of years. The result, unsurprisingly, is that my French is getting better and I can usually navigate most conversations. The key though, is showing that you're trying; this effort is appreciated and goes a long way when you're struggling with any particular topic that you might not have the vocabulary for.

As a Kiwi (New Zealander) who moved to Paris as a youth in 1985, I found the key to learning French, or any language, even our own as infants, is immersion. My Mother and I assimilated ourselves into French culture. We lived à Paris (in Paris) and not gated with other Anglos insularly sur Paris (on Paris - in the suburbs) like many of the English kids did who I attended School with there. They didn't learn French or have French friends. To learn a foreign language effectively you need to be "at the coalface", mixing with the locals and making an effort to embrace their culture and language. After all, France is French (mostly). This isn't the hundred years war (though it might seem so if you live in the Dordogne and you happen to be French). If they see you making an effort they will welcome you in. And show some human warmth and heart and stop being quite so Englishly polite, lol. 💙

I can’t fathom living in a country for 8 years and not learning the language, it’s not just Brits who do it, you see it in all countries, it’s honestly disrespectful in my opinion

I detest the British attitude to ‘hard work’, France beats us in productivity measures hands down. They know how and when to work.

maybe they would be nicer and willing to work for you if you stop complaining, and acting entitled when you are a foreigner. This is not your country. Be grateful that they are taking you in

"He can't learn French because he's dyslective" 🙄 He can't speak French because he doesn't mingle with the French, more like (while living in France...). Why are they moving there if they dont mingle with the local people?

These people are unbearable to listen to. I bet they are the same people who complain about immigration into the UK.

I'm English and would love to live in France... But I'd throw myself into the culture and not want to live in a 'little Britain'!