Al Murray Reveals Why The French Hate The English More than The Germans
If you're new, Subscribe! → ****** Sacre bleu! – the French hate us more than the Germans do, research has found. Despite politicians’ attempts to build bridges between England and its closest neighbours almost one in three French adults still dislike us immensely. The fact we drive on the left most annoys the French as well as our obsession with the Royal family and our lack of cooking skills. The French also dislike our love of tea, how we think we’re the best at everything and our need to pour ketchup all over our food. Researchers polled 700 French adults alongside 700 Germans to discover who hates the English the most - and it transpired just 15 per cent of Germans felt as passionately as the French. TV channel HISTORY carried out the study in conjunction with Al Murray’s new show ‘Why Does Everyone Hate the English?’, which starts on Monday 8th October at 9pm. SCROLL DOWN TO READ THE TOP 20 THINGS THE FRENCH AND GERMANS HATE ABOUT THE ENGLISH Al Murray said: “It’s always an eye opener to find out why you might annoy someone – often it’s the things you like about yourself, like drinking tea. “But all this shows is that the people next door are always the ones you’re most likely to have wound up the wrong way. "And when it comes to winding up the French we’ve been at it for a thousand years, the Germans are the Johann-come-lately on this one.” Researchers found the 15 per cent of Germans who hate the English name the hooligans who follow our football teams around Europe as their number one gripe. Others don’t like the fact we binge drink, sing songs loudly in the street and have no intention to learn any other languages. Germans also dislike the fact we always get sunburnt on holiday and expect everyone to speak OUR language. The study also found more than one in 10 French and German adults think the English are arrogant. But the research, which also polled 1,200 English adults, found we are generally quite happy to have some of the traits other nationalities despise. And three quarters are proud to live in Britain, although nearly eight in 10 do wish the English behaved a little better when visiting other countries. But it’s not all bad news, as there are many French people who like the English, with 36 per cent enjoying our politeness and good manners. A third of the French think the English produce great music, and three in 10 like our sense of humour. And while a fifth of Germans polled, via OnePoll, think we need to lighten up a little, 33 per cent do like the fact we can laugh at ourselves. Al Murray added: “It’s a relief to see there are some things that the French and Germans like about the English, and humour plays a strong part in that. “So there is hope for English people in Europe – just remember to have a good laugh, and make sure you don’t drive on the left.” TOP 20 THINGS FRENCH HATE ABOUT THE ENGLISH 1. We drive on the left 2. Our obsession with the Royal family 3. Football hooliganism 4. We can't cook 5. We expect everyone else
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Sacre bleu! – the French hate us more than the Germans do, research has found. Despite politicians’ attempts to build bridges between England and its closest neighbours almost one in three French adults still dislike us immensely
The fact we drive on the left most annoys the French as well as our obsession with the Royal family and our lack of cooking skills
The French also dislike our love of tea, how we think we’re the best at everything and our need to pour ketchup all over our food
Researchers polled 700 French adults alongside 700 Germans to discover who hates the English the most - and it transpired just 15 per cent of Germans felt as passionately as the French
TV channel HISTORY carried out the study in conjunction with Al Murray’s new show ‘Why Does Everyone Hate the English?’, which starts on Monday 8th October at 9pm
SCROLL DOWN TO READ THE TOP 20 THINGS THE FRENCH AND GERMANS HATE ABOUT THE ENGLISH Al Murray said: “It’s always an eye opener to find out why you might annoy someone – often it’s the things you like about yourself, like drinking tea
“But all this shows is that the people next door are always the ones you’re most likely to have wound up the wrong way
"And when it comes to winding up the French we’ve been at it for a thousand years, the Germans are the Johann-come-lately on this one
” Researchers found the 15 per cent of Germans who hate the English name the hooligans who follow our football teams around Europe as their number one gripe
Others don’t like the fact we binge drink, sing songs loudly in the street and have no intention to learn any other languages
Germans also dislike the fact we always get sunburnt on holiday and expect everyone to speak OUR language
The study also found more than one in 10 French and German adults think the English are arrogant
But the research, which also polled 1,200 English adults, found we are generally quite happy to have some of the traits other nationalities despise
And three quarters are proud to live in Britain, although nearly eight in 10 do wish the English behaved a little better when visiting other countries
But it’s not all bad news, as there are many French people who like the English, with 36 per cent enjoying our politeness and good manners
A third of the French think the English produce great music, and three in 10 like our sense of humour
And while a fifth of Germans polled, via OnePoll, think we need to lighten up a little, 33 per cent do like the fact we can laugh at ourselves
Al Murray added: “It’s a relief to see there are some things that the French and Germans like about the English, and humour plays a strong part in that
“So there is hope for English people in Europe – just remember to have a good laugh, and make sure you don’t drive on the left
” TOP 20 THINGS FRENCH HATE ABOUT THE ENGLISH 1. We drive on the left 2. Our obsession with the Royal family 3
Football hooliganism 4. We can't cook 5. We expect everyone else to speak English 6
We’re obsessed with tea 7. We think we're the best at everything 8. Why we voted for Brexit 9
Arrogance 10. Wearing socks with sandals 11. Our lack of variety with foods 12
We put ketchup on everything 13. Beer bellies 14. The fact we seem to have no intention to learn any other language 15
Our obsession with football 16. Unruly children 17. Our take/interpretation on foreign cuisine 18
We sing songs very loudly (and drunkenly) in the streets 19. We have no style 20
There are too many regional accents to keep up with TOP 20 THINGS GERMANS HATE ABOUT THE ENGLISH 1
Football hooliganism 2. We drive on the left 3. Binge drinking 4. Why we voted for Brexit 5
We expect everyone else to speak English 6. We sing songs very loudly (and drunkenly) in the streets 7
We are obsessed with the Royal family 8. We seem to have no intention to learn any other language 9
Arrogance 10. We can't cook 11. Our lack of variety with foods 12. We think we're the best at everything 13
We are over-polite UNTIL we have some drinks 14. We have subtle humour nuances 15
Wearing socks with sandals 16. Our obsession with football 17. Our obsession with tea 18
We eat chips with everything 19. We always have sun burn on holiday 20. How much we moan TOP 20 THINGS THE ENGLISH HATE ABOUT THEMSELVES 1
We expect everyone else to speak English 2. Binge drinking 3. Football hooliganism 4
We have no intention to learn any other language 5. Why we voted for Brexit 6. How England collapses every time it snows as if you didn't realise it would happen every year 7
We queue for everything 8. Singing songs very loudly (and drunkenly) in the streets 9
Talking about the weather too much 10. Our inability to cope with hot weather 11
Beer bellies 12. Our obsession with tea 13. We complain a lot 14. Unruly kids 15
Saying 'sorry' too much 16. How much we moan 17. Arrogance 18. We drive on the left 19
Wearing socks with sandals 20. Eat chips with everything
