Delphine – your comment stung a bit, but probably partly because there was some truth in it.

Something I will recognise is that Parisians are not representative of the French in general. When we take a holiday elsewhere in France I am always reminded that it is a very different ballgame in the provinces.

This blog is written by petite anglaise who has probably absorbed quite a bit of french culture in her ten years living and working here. Nevertheless, that doesn’t make her french, and she’s going to see things a little differently. We all have the right to disagree/agree with her, that’s what comments are for, but I think what’s a bit shocking was calling someone bitchy on their own blog, minus the humour. Not very nice, in any culture.

Btw, I don’t feel like the little man. I feel like a silly hotdog’n'cheese bun lying next to the croissants. MMMM…hotdogs!

being French, having lived in the UK and currently living in Australia, I do know what it feels like to be the little guy on the playground, and totally sympathize with foreigners in France. I’m patronized because of my accent on a regular basis and some people seem to think I am accountable for every decision the French government has made in the last 70 years!

I also feel like the little guy sometimes when I read some of Petite anglaise’s posts, that’s all. I know they’re aimed at English speakers and not at the odd French person; I guess that’s why some comments can seem quite scathing from a French point of view. I giggle at the great majority of them, but also cringe a little at times, can’t help it, call it chauvinism if you want. French people have feelings too, damn it!

Petite anglaise said it herself, this is her blog and she’s of course free to speak her mind, exaggerate and generalize as she pleases.
I, too, am free to add my twopence, Coquette. I’m sorry if I’ve hurt PA’s feelings though.