Klarinet Archive - Posting 000187.txt from 2011/03

From: "Peter Gentry" <peter.gentry@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] To sit or stand, that is the question
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:06:23 -0400

Yes, there is a robust cultural difference though. Whereas the UK Monday
crack at work revolves around football or TV in France it is the weekends
menu. They are scathing about our dress sense (with some justification) and
have a much more cosseted treatment of public figures by the media. It's
largely good fun and vive la difference.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Baxter [mailto:martinbaxter1@-----.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 4:58 PM
> To: The Klarinet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [kl] To sit or stand, that is the question
>
>
> On 21 Mar 2011, at 15:29, Peter Gentry wrote:
>
> You have to remember that there is not much love lost between the English
> and the French at least not at Governmental level.
>
> Peter,
> I hope you are emphasizing "at government level". A lot of us Brits have
> always been very anglophile, and have generally found the French people we
> have met and known extremely kind and courteous. I have played in a couple
> of French Orchestras, written music for French players (& YES they did
> perform it at public concerts) and still have French friends with whom I
> have a standing invitation to visit. I don't even get rude remarks about
> the incomprehensibility of my accent when visiting Paris; and Heaven knows
> I deserve them!
> I would say that the opinion you expressed is about a century out of date.
> Martin
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