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Originally Posted by matthew330
for 3 years i lived 20 minutes from the French border in Bitburg, Germany. Their reputation is well deserved.
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I, too, was stationed in Bitburg.
However, you and I had different experiences. I spent many, many, many days in Luxembourg and France and found the french only to be rude to obnoxious Americans, of which there seemed to be an endless supply.
I made friends who were Spanish, Italian, Belgian, French, and German while I lived there. They would often complain to me, "If we go to America, they demand we speak English. When they visit our country, they demand we speak English. Why don't Americans learn OUR language for once?"
The stereotype of Americans for many Europeans is that we're loud and obnoxious. We don't do much to dispel that stereotype.