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PARIS (Reuters Life!) – French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant, according to a survey of 4,500 hotel owners across the world.

They finish in last place in the survey carried out for internet travel agency Expedia by polling company TNS Infratest, which said French holidaymakers don't speak local languages and are seen as impolite.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090709/lf_ ... e_tourists
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Although English is viewed as an international language, I'd have to believe Americans are way up the list as well. I've rarely seen Americans trying the local language either.
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ASUG8 wrote:Although English is viewed as an international language, I'd have to believe Americans are way up the list as well. I've rarely seen Americans trying the local language either.
In my experience, most hotel staff just get annoyed by tourists trying to stumble through their language... since almost everyone in the hospitality industry speaks english...
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TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
ASUG8 wrote:Although English is viewed as an international language, I'd have to believe Americans are way up the list as well. I've rarely seen Americans trying the local language either.
In my experience, most hotel staff just get annoyed by tourists trying to stumble through their language... since almost everyone in the hospitality industry speaks english...
I ordered in three languages in Cancun once - I said "Three cervezas si vous plait." I can see that you're probably right :rofl:
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ASUG8 wrote:
TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
In my experience, most hotel staff just get annoyed by tourists trying to stumble through their language... since almost everyone in the hospitality industry speaks english...
I ordered in three languages in Cancun once - I said "Three cervezas si vous plait." I can see that you're probably right :rofl:
i drop between english german and spanish with a little french or russian from time to time. drives people nuts
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TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
ASUG8 wrote:
I ordered in three languages in Cancun once - I said "Three cervezas si vous plait." I can see that you're probably right :rofl:
i drop between english german and spanish with a little french or russian from time to time. drives people nuts

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I watched a thing on ABC a while back where they had some stereotypical fat, loud, annoying people form America go to France and do some hidden camera work.


After they left the camera crew and producers would ask the French workers who were the worst tourists, and they said that locals are much worse than American's. Most of them said they love having American's come in because of the change they bring, and the way they find everything so interesting.


Eat that you fucking donks, the world loves American tourists.
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Cue Mainejeff........ :coffee:
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I love the French stewardess's, I love the topless sunbathers in French Polynesia, I love French Polynesia :thumb:
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People love American tourists for their money and gullibility.

Americans are usually douches overseas.
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slycat wrote:People love American tourists for their money and gullibility.

Americans are usually douches overseas.
So? Americans are usually douches over HERE too. :roll: :roll:
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