Little Britain in the Dordogne | ARTE.tv Documentary
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- Many British people have made the Dordogne in south-west France their home. However, new administrative hurdles brought in with Brexit, have made their lives more difficult.
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Well, paradox is, critics of the French way of living but France is number one touristic destination in the world. Our friends from UK would easily explain the 2h lunch, or the closing of shops or all the non Anglo-saxon ways as the reason. Vive la différence !
They are immigrants, not expats
According to them, whyt3z cannot be immigrants, that's only reserved for coloreured.
They are good immigrants, they look like us, behave like us, they don't bring crime, they don't come illegaly, they are not a burden on the social system and the french taxpayer, they bring money, they contribute to restoring and maintaining the architectural heritage of France, they don't have a profound hate for the country, culture they migrate to, they don't bring their cousins and whole family through arranged mariages and I could go on...
chill out ;)
They are lovely people...lovely civilised citizens of the world
From plague island 😊
If you move to another country, rule number 1. LEARN THE LANGUAGE. Too many Brits still seem to think that it's ok to go abroad and just yell in English expecting that it should be good enough.
The man is trying, the video literally said he has a learning disability
@@andrewashkettle And he is the only one of the people shown who has that excuse. The butchers who have been living there for 8 years certainly don't.
And the Brits would b***h about foreigners not learning English in Britain!
chill out mate ;)
Right but the Frenchbaren't better. Trying to talk "froggish" all over the world and beeing astonished when no one wants to understands them. 😂😂
That guy complaining about French workers knocking off at midday needs to understand French culture and stop complaining.
It wouldn’t be very interesting if he didn’t give his experiences and pov lol
Use robots
They come but cannot understand the customs of the land ,this bloke should have studied France, her culture and people before coming to live in a British colony. Sadly the French are also to blame as they do not care about their history and renovating their châteaux. This man says that he cannot find French artisans. We restored a 18th century French country château and all the work was done by local French craftsmen and companies. Showing respect by speaking their language gets you a long way with good results !
As I mentioned above, it's not about knocking off for a couple of hours at mid-day, it's the fact of shops, businesses etc closing down completely for those two hours. And as to what happens in August, where the country all take a holiday at the same time is ridiculous.
Damn cheek
The man who says he can't learn French because he is dyslexic: the bad experience he refers to is not so much for lack of French language ability but because he failed to engage with the salesman by saying "Bonjour Monsieur" first. You can't just point at stuff and blurt out a number, it is considered very rude. You say 'excuse me' and 'please' constantly in the UK, you have to learn how to polite in other countries if you want to avoid bad experiences. You have to adapt to the locals, not the reverse.
Indeed I'm always gobsmacked by the British going abroad and expect it the same as in the UK. I speak 6 languages and lived in many European countries and always adjusted to the locals as that how it should be... BTW I''m dutch ;)
Well.... typical British isn't?😂
Totally agree a smile and some manners is the minimum effort you should make in another country. I find English people way too easily offended by the French. I’m dyslexic and live in France but always said hello please and thank you in French it’s not hard and the French have been really welcoming!
I have a problem with the French langue, due mainly to deafness. I have lived in France for 20 years and certainly tried, but. However, as you have said, the French DO appreciate courtesy, and a simple, 'Bonjour ', goes a long way. For example, I have seen in many cafés the price of a simple coffee is reduced if one addresses the server correctly. Yet many still fail to accept such niceties, relying on the "Oi, you"! approach, and then wondering why they do not get immediate attention. The arrogance of many of my fellow Brits disgusts & astounds me. Wherever one is, courtesy costs nothing, but can mean a lot.
@@m0wao690 Dutch. Gobsmacked is not very erudite is it? You boast of six speaking six languages- good for you, but not everyone has the aptitude for learning languages to a sufficient standard to be able to engage effectively with native speakers.
Little England...When getting the keys made, she neither said 'Bonjour' nor 'merci'. This is very rude in France. all in all , I find the arrogance quite typical. Sorry to be so blunt.
Chill, is not intentional.
So you can be unintentionally rude, in your book. I don't buy that. Janet is right - ignorance of the culture that you have chosen to come to live in is totally unacceptable, but sadly a well-established British attitude. It probably stems from being an island race - we have never had to understand funny foreigners. @@Robocop-qe7le
Just come back from a trip to France. Needed help on how to validate a train ticket. Asked a French lady if she spoke English and if she could help me. She replied in perfect English “ No I don’t speak English. This is the Lost and Found Office and I can’t help you”. Now that’s rude!
Certainly not helpful, but not intended to be rude, Kathleen. It's a cultural thing. Part of what makes France so fascinating & intriguing. You asked a person working in the Lost & Found Office about how the automatic ticket process worked. How/why would she know?
I'll tell you a true story. In France, if your registered work is as a landscape gardener (as a friend of mine is), but you help someone out by doing some building work (as he did), the gendarmes arrived at 5.30 in the morning, and confiscated all of his tools & equipment. He was taken to court for infringing someone else's work responsibility, and fined €3,000. This is 'fraternité' in action. @@kathleencollings7021
@@kathleencollings7021 A lot depends on how you addressed her to begin.
Ex pat is a legal term, from Latin, and it means to be *temporarily* away from your country of birth. In contrast, the word 'immigrant'...also from Latin, means to permanently move to another country. So unless you are a Brit in France on a short term contract / visa, then you are an immigrant, period.
Wrong other way around.
Quote " An expat or expatriate is simply defined as a person who lives outside their native country. Similarly, an immigrant is a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country"
So when you live in a another country you are an expat, when you first move or in the process you are a immigrant. Hope that helps?
@@SlimTortoise immigrant takes up a whole new identity, ie you have a passport of the new country. most 'ex'pats' dont do that, they just change residency so really are 'offically' not fully ex pat either haha they are still say british with a french residency
@PazLeBon As a retired tax lawyer specialising in international tax, 'expat' means living abroad *temporarily*. 'Ex' meaning outside 'Patria' meaning one's native country. I.e. the emphasis is absence from the native country. Immigrant is from the Latin 'immigrans' meaning to migrate into...i.e. the emphasis is on the movement to the destination country.
@@Hide_and_silk I'm a tax lawyer 🙂 funny joke. You are an expat, because I know you will be going back to the UK. More like a cleaning lady.
@@PazLeBon Most French people could not pass thier own immigration standard 🙂
We have lived in France since 2007 and always feel utterly ashamed to be British by birth when we witness other British immigrants walk into a shop, pharmacy, hospital etc and start speaking English. No apology, not even an attempt at the most basic of French to ask for help. I wonder what these people would think if they had a business in the UK and an Afgan immigrant started speaking to them in Afgan!
Well said.
Just learn the French for 'nice bum, where ya from?' and take things from there.
@@TerryBell1968 Bullshit
I can see your point, but the problem is that 'Afghan' is not a language, they mostly speak Dari or Pashto, whereas English is the official language of 94 countries and non-sovereign entities around the world. I certainly wouldn't expect someone in a foreign country to speak/understand English, but I wouldn't be surprised if they could. Also, don't worry about the Afghan in the UK not speaking English, they would be offered an interpreter free of charge, unlike in France.
Just to be clear, you're talking about British immigrants, not tourists?
These people are IMMIGRANTS not EX PATS. I know this because I am one. My wife and I emigrated to Central France 20 years ago. Although there are a few Brits in the area, it's nothing like the Dordogne, or Southern Spain, (now often called Southend on the Med) With the approach of Brexit, we listened to the French Authorities explaining what was needed for permanent residency, followed the rules, and are now treated in exactly the same way as are French Citizens. For the life of me, I cannot understand any Brit living in a UE country, voting (as many did) to leave. The usual reason given is "I voted Brexit to keep immigrants out" ! Without realising they themselves were/are immigrants ! How thick is that ?
Pretty atypical reading the comments by the looks of it.
I was British now consider after living in Europe for 50 years European. Can't stand arrogant Brits so called EX pats.
Hang on your dumb and wrong lol and the ex pats how much do they cost local government then as 90(%% don't work as over the age and retirement and how is that the sane as the lot on the boat every day of most week s
A mate of mine said to me a few years ago " you gotta realise, most people are fecking idiots" He's not wrong.
😔☹️ so sorry!
We owned a home in France for 14 years. It was a derelict farmhouse which we fully renovated. We had some wonderful French neighbours who helped us no end. They were true friends. We deliberately avoided the "ex-pats" who just wanted to recreate a mini Great Britain in France. We did our best to grasp, and widely use, the language - though we were never fluent. We noticed that so many Brits were seduced by the scale of property they could buy in France which they could never afford in the UK. Many got carried away and bought properties which were much bigger than they needed and came with lots of land that they struggled to manage. My learning from those fourteen years - the French are lovely people, the tailgating is crazy but mainly if you can't speak good conversational French then life will be difficult, you will feel frustrated and very isolated, everything will take you twice as long to sort out and you sometimes don't end up getting what you actually want!
Just spent six weeks in France to try to effect a few much needed changes to my wife's second home ( she is French but I deal with this type of thing in terms of organisation as in the UK). So much of how things operate is illogical and it is frustrating. Google Translate is a vital tool for emails. I am 53 but cannot speak French. I can understand some of what is being said but the language is extremely difficult. Obviously she is involved when it comes to speaking to traders who visit to discuss jobs. People really do speak too fast and eat their words though the same could be said in reverse in the UK. Life in Britain is grim on so many levels but it is not easy to get things done in France. I agree about tailgating- it is unreal.
I live in France and me too I usually avoid Brits, I live near Beziers so maybe I'm lucky not so many Brits. I hear you with the creating a mini little England. Finding workmen has never been a problem and in fact like you many French friends are willing to help. That Handyman whining about French having they cheek to actually take a lunch, this 12 to 2 sounds like bullshit to. It may have been sometime ago but its rare now. And that muppet that cant adapt to driving on the other side of the road is laughable, I'm left handed too.
@@mungothomas2274 Anecdote is not the plural of data. Many people find French challenging regardless of which country they are from. A very narrow and ill informed comment. I hope your spoken French is better than your written English.
Bienvenue en France. La porte de la France est toujours ouverte pour ceux qui aiment vraiment la France comme vous.
I've had a love affair with France since I was a child with Charles aznavour's She.
Lived, loved, worked on the river. Bresse. Even made a friend of a wild duck. Was beautiful.
For French people this is like living next door to the Amish. What’s funny with this type of Brit is that when you scratch the surface they often say that the reason they’ve left the UK is “because of all the immigrants”. Like the handyman, for example. I mean, seriously, you couldn’t make this shit up.
Yea....it's a bit like they are ignorant of their ignorance. I understand that they do not want to live in a increasingly muslim country xD but aren't they to blame for that?
Treat them like they treat immigrants in the UK so they can get a taste of their own medicine
😂but correct
You could equally claim the same for the more wealthy French who retire to 99% gated communities in Marrakesh , Mauritius or their DOM-TOMS. I wont delve into the relationship of French and their immigrants from the Maghreb except to say the last election might be a guide.
@@irini6172 You really believe the French have higher ethics, values & standards than the average Briton specially relating to the question of current immigrants & their issue and immigration generally? I wonder if you are following French media and what everyday French folk think?
I don't understand why Brits abroad think it's going to be relaxing to run gites, events, weddings, etc. It's a huge thing to run a business and why would you want (demanding) strangers in your home and on your land? It's very hard work and the competition is huge. No, thanks, I would want a much simpler life, and to learn French properly and not just mix with other English-speaking people
Exactly! That young guy went to France to slow down, (0:37) but doesn’t understand why the workers stop at 12h to eat. What’s the point?
I do agree with you, it is similar to the 80's where people thought that owning a bar in Spain was the way to go, without doing any research.
I'm a photographer, based in Monaco, and I also have an events business that organises events in Monaco, Cannes and along the CDA. I am reasonably successful and have overtaken or closed down all the local French competition due to the fact of restrictive French work practises and habits.
I also know of several businesses down here run by Brits that have succeeded where the local French have failed, as the Brits provide a 24 hour service, don't disappear for several hours over lunchtime, and crucially, don't keep going on strike.
Indeed. during the F1 in Monaco and the Cannes film fest a lot of the workers, both technical and manual, are Brits or Italians.
Although I do speak fluent French and Italian, in my business, and living in Monaco I could get away with speaking just English.
Dont tell them what to do.
@@louis-philippearnhem6959 😄I thought exactly the same! I good luck running a Gite or Chambre d'Hôtes, it is absolutely exhausting. Friends of mine gave up after 4 years on the Bassin d'Arcachon. Craziest business experience they had and they ran a restaurant before, which is not simple either.
@@vikos78 if you can't make it work around Arcachon it is probably not going to be easy anywhere. I failed to understand why someone who'd been lucky to sell a 1.8 million pound barn in the UK would then by a huge 1.2 million pound money pit in a foreign country with the idea of running holiday homes.
I have worked with French people for many years. It’s not just speaking the language. It’s also understanding the culture and respect it. It’s not a choice if you want to live happily. You would expect the same from a french person in Britain
It's British exceptionalism, we are Ex-pats, not immigrants it happened in Spain too. "The Spanish need our money".
@@rachelmiller7525colonialism!
We are not expats we are immigrants I am one also I live in the South West I came here for the culture ( and the weather) so why would I try to change it ? I am so grateful to live in this wonderful, Its such a pity that so many English have a sense of self entitlement .
Where does this "self entitlement" show itself. please ? I cant see it.
I think its a mixture of ignorance and fear for many They have taken this huge frightening step to leave their own country..Its brave..I know how they feel exposed and vulnerable...defensive..Its usually ordinary folks without a higher education..Those ..as has been said..with schoolboy French are not so afraid to try . I wish them well They are contributing to keeping the French countryside alive. I have French friends married to Swedish, English and Dutch. If we want to keep whats good about France, people must remember it has always been so..tribes moved around..squabbled, intermarried...and created Good luck to them
@@MOSSFEEN so silly me non the wiserby your reply. Please broaden my mind and show me the errorts of my judgment. I have lived in 3 areas of France since 1979 so I feel quite versed in life here
Wrong, If you learn the difference in English you will learn, Here goes 🙂
An immigrant is someone who comes to a new country. An expat is someone who is living in a new country., So when you crossed on the ferry with all your goods to live in France, at that point you were an immigrant, then when you moved into your new home and started your new life, then become an expat, there are Spanish expat etc in the UK and they have web sites stating this., Hope that helps?
@@jennybertenshaw7694 lolololololololol
I grew up in a small English village, where locals knew everyone but they could not afford to buy and renovate the decaying buildings.
We had a similar issue with city folk moving out to live the life that they saw, they had the funds to restore and get the homes liveable once more.
The village now has nicely restored buildings, with electric gates at their entrance but that wished for community has gone. Neighbours, now not knowing the names of those that who abide next door, Shame.
It surprised me that the level of French spoken within these British enclaves is so poor that the courtesy when entering a shop was not even attempted, even basic holiday French teaches you that.
I grew up, till nine, in a small village. Just workers and retired people lived there. Same as the village where I went to school.
NOW!,, forgot lining there now. It is soooooo expensive.. Less then an hour down the A1 to London.
I too grew up in a small English village, where as you say everyone knew everyone, and the pace of life was wonderfully 'laid back'. Then a few miles away a large Government Office block, and other factories arrived. Naturally this action required more housing, and so the property developers arrived and built new estates. The village is now more like a small town, although, I'm pleased to note it has retained much of it's rural character.
I know its hard even on holiday in a country where the language is different, but did nobody even try and learn before moving to France wouldn't that be the normal thing to do, learn as much as you can not only the language but also about the area and people ect before then straight into learning when you move.
(Been in Normandie seven years). You have to integrate. Sadly many don’t. And even a little French can go a long way.
manners are barely used these days, by tourists.
I came to France to enjoy the French way not to get fish and chips with gravy and share a tea club .Its a wonder French tolerate the arrogance some english bring and impose
Totally d'accord, Ken - but in truth, some Brits behaviour is like the old acceptance of homosexuality . . . it's OK between consenting adults in private.
You generally find the bigotted British folk have more issues with other British folk than the French.
No it is silent contempt and defacto exclusion by the locals which in the context is a natural event.
The French are far more arrogant and snobbish about food (and arrogant about everything else) than the British. For example, It can be hard in some supermarkets and stores in France to get foreign cheeses and wines.
It isn't really the case here in Monaco in Carrefour, as it's such an international community. But Carrefour in other towns, foreign food can be hard to find.
Interesting choice of words - would you also wish that the British were thought of as 'arrogant and snobbish about food'? Not a good thought. That's not how I see the French cultural attitude to food and wine. The French are protectionist by nature, and proud of the quality that their agricultural economy produces. Quite right too. Don't forget that Britain is very much north European in it's likes & dislikes - much 'heavier' food, beer, meat & 3 veg. Whereas the vast range of food from the various local regions of France, along with similarly widely different wines, does not require the input of much foreign produce - unlike Britain. - @@monacophotographyevents2384
Immigrants not expats. We have them all over Africa. Refuse to learn the local languages and create little Britain wherever they move to😅. Stop whinging. It's the national culture to whinge in Britain. Get on with integrating with locals like you preach in Britain. These same chaps voted for Brexit..... The irony is not lost on us.
They can't stop moaning, from morning till night, wherever they are. Wait until they start claiming you would be starving without them, and turn you into a colony. They should stay on their wet little island, really
If they were ex-pats before Brexit (15 yrs out of the UK) you might be surprised to know WE were NOT ALLOWED to vote in the BREXIT referendum It make's my blood boil to hear people assume we would have voted to leave.over 250,000 ex.pat Brits in France were promised the vote IF they voted in that weasel David cameron.. They gave him their votes HE WELCHED on the deal and WE are still waiting for it all over Europe. P.S the Brits do not whinge that LIE was put about by disgruntled Australians about the 10 pound poms they feared would take their jobs The Brits had been 'housed' in tin can hothouses known as nissan huts Imagine that in 40 deg heat...They couldn't get jobs until they had a 'proper' address. and the couldn't get a proper address until they got jobs....NICE ONE AUSTRALIA
Thank you for showing us Europeans the African mirror! :-)
(I'm Dutch.)
if you think it's the national culture to whinge in Britain, you need to talk with French people to see how the world champions do it so consistently! British people who whinge are integrating into French culture admirably!
Same as we have millions from Africa in Britain, who come with not even a visa or anything. Expect free housing, money etc and do not intergrate at all.
My French mother used to give language classes to prospective expats who retired to France.
Most of them understood what they were getting into, others, simply could get the idea that they were in a foreign country.
" They take 2 hours off for lunch" you don't have to visit Dordogne to gleen that piece of information.
After any complain from the Anglos you have to say ANGLOS GO HOME.
The problem isn't the taking 2 hours for lunch, I found the problem to be places that close down for lunch. Having said that, Italy is even worse, a lot of places in Italy are like ghost towns over lunch, and in August the country virtually closes down.
There is also the aspect of customer service in France, to put it simply, there isn't any.
if it's time for lunch, it's time for everybody. same for we.@@monacophotographyevents2384
@@monacophotographyevents2384 no pies or carling? Must be shocking.
I am often curious about the meaning of the terms temporary and permanent.@@Skyp0156
I’ve holidayed inFrance for 45 years, my wife’s parents have had a small holiday home in Brittany for 25 years. Over the past years I’ve watched the number of Brits arrive and mostly leave after a few years. Tend to be mostly 2 types - the wealthy who think they love France, the less wealthy who were unhappy in the U.K but can buy a larger property for much less money. The unhappy ones discover they are also unhappy in France, the wealthy will only stay if they are fluent in French.
The Brits who buy the cheaper houses tend to live in small villages in very rural areas, and can’t speak much French so most of their friends are local English in the same scenario. These small village are very quiet with very or no commerce. tTey tend to have very little income and constantly complaining about how expense things are, the wealthy moved to the more affluent areas and keep away from as they say the ‘unwashed’, they tend to have more French friends, this what I have noticed
@@dustingofthedecks I stayed in Aulnay a few years back--the Brits there never integrated and never learned French. A few who have gites or chamhre dhotes have been there for 30 years!
@@amber40494 wouldn’t surprise me! I always wondered if some of them were running away from their problems in the U.K. and looked for a better life, I still don’t understand why they don’t make the effort to speak French, maybe sticking in their circles they feel safe
I wonder if there's ever a solution for that mental conundrum. First, I moved city, then I moved state, then I moved country... and there was never a point where I felt at "home" in a place where I was completely satisfied. It's such a weird feeling that I can properly understand. My guess is that the only thing that will help is local culture that fits you, otherwise no place feels like home.
And what's even more puzzling to me is that it seems like places in the world that have plenty sunlgiht and good weather will have the most atrocious people, while the best people all seem to live in places that have horrid weather and said weather will make you depressed over time.
I think if you choose to live in a different country the least you can do is try and learn the language. My experience in France is that if you make the effort, the French people will do their best to help you.
our experience exactly over 15 years in France.
Hello Kev , I’m a Brit living in the Netherlands , it’s stupid not to learn the language everyone’s knocking out around you , living you’re life as though you’re deaf when there’s nowt wrong with yer ears is daft , having said that , when it seems all the people near by can just swan off into perfect English like what they do in the Netherlands , Laziness takes over ?
So true Colin, but it's amazing to see how people react when you make a bit of an effort. When I worked in the Central African Republic I had to have some very basic French, and then I learned a few words in Zhongo and Bands, the two main local dialects. It certainly made a difference if you rocked up on patrol into some remote village and addressed them in their language.
@@colinstephenson5386 Laziness is voluntary.
Dont tell them what to do.
Learning the language of the land always helps....
Tell that to the French deliberatly living in cheaper Morocco, Senegal & Tunisia. As you say learning the language of where you live always helps.
I would tell that to anyone... including myself.@@gordonspicer
It does not help it is nessecary
@@gordonspicer Official language of Senegal is french...And you can find french speakers very easily in Tunisia and Morocco.
@@geographe56 the point is they are much more comfortable in frocophone countries like Senegal, part of Cameroun, guadeloupe, part of Saint Martin
It was so strange to hear the guy complaining about the fact that the French people stop working between 12-2 pm. Yet just a few sentences before he said the reason for moving to France was to slow down, relax and take the time to live. I love that the lifestyle in France is about taking the time to live, and enjoy life whenever possible. If one does not like this, perhaps it is better for them to return to their country of origin? It seems absurd to complain in this way about a country. Also, as a minimum- a person can learn (even being dyslexic) the greetings in French. As a minimum.
He can't even see between his own contradictions. They need to reach their own financial goals and they probably are not offerring a fair amount to those showing up to see the work being done. Otherwise, workers would work for them.
" They take 2 hours off for lunch"....... It is their country, I would advise offering respect to the indigenous population and their culture. 'When in Rome' etc. Was that really an oil barrel painted with the Union Jack........... Uuuuuuuuuugh !
I'm dyslexic and I learnt French, Spanish, Italian and German. I lived in Italy for a time and had no problem communicating. I could distinguish sounds and just practiced the language. I actually teach English to foreigners now and can safely say that if you persevere, you can get over any difficulties with language.
Absolutely agreed! If one is able to learn and speak their own mother tongue, then you are not 'disabled' to the extent that you would be 'unable' to learn the basics of another language.
To be fair to him, he could be really bad, not all dislics are the same, as its divelopmental disorder, i know my sister simple can not read and retain information, i helped her with some home work once, 20 power point slides with questuons, and she had to reread the thing a mini of 10 times and go back and forth and forget the question. Took her 40 mins to do one. Where as it tool me less than 5.
He may speake english, but did he ever get gcse english or cse from his age. A video clip does not show how bad he is.
@@TCJones He just lacks confidence. He needs the right tutor perhaps.
Exactly. Thought the same thing when I heard it. Humans have been learning languages long before there was reading and writing. It has absolutely nothing to do with it. He needs to see things visually and hear the French word and repeat. Interacting with people in French is best practice. Forget reading and spelling. I suspect he's one of those with low self-esteem because of it, but an awful many known intelligent people are dyslexic too
They dont need to so whats the point. And they probably wont stay in france for long.
“Vous ne serez jamais heureux en France sans parler couramment le français, les nouveaux arrivants devraient passer des heures par jour pendant au moins deux ans à apprendre le français.”
I know plenty of people perfectly happy in France who don't speak French anywhere near fluently!
It is not a "must" at all.
Exactement.
And the opposite is also true!
There are plenty of people in France who speak French fluently, and yet pursue their 2 favorite hobbies, "se plaindre" and, "râler" to the max.
@@viviencrooks1824 “Quand on s’installe dans un nouveau pays, maîtriser la langue devrait être notre priorité numéro un. Sans cette compétence, on risque de nager à contre-courant, vivant dans un monde parallèle, loin de la réalité quotidienne des autochtones. Comprendre les nuances, l’humour et les expressions idiomatiques n’est pas seulement une question de communication, c’est une marque de respect envers la culture qui nous accueille. Ne pas faire cet effort, c’est un peu comme arriver à une soirée en oubliant de saluer l’hôte. Pour une intégration réussie, il ne faut pas se contenter de la surface, mais plonger tête la première dans la richesse de la langue.”
@@duncansmith7562 “Quand on s’installe dans un nouveau pays, maîtriser la langue devrait être notre priorité numéro un. Sans cette compétence, on risque de nager à contre-courant, vivant dans un monde parallèle, loin de la réalité quotidienne des autochtones. Comprendre les nuances, l’humour et les expressions idiomatiques n’est pas seulement une question de communication, c’est une marque de respect envers la culture qui nous accueille. Ne pas faire cet effort, c’est un peu comme arriver à une soirée en oubliant de saluer l’hôte. Pour une intégration réussie, il ne faut pas se contenter de la surface, mais plonger tête la première dans la richesse de la langue.”
I've been living in Britain for over 20 years. I am from the north east of France.
I think learning the language of your chosen country is key and having local friends as well. It might be tempting at first to stay amongst people of the same origin but I think it is a big mistake. You'll progress much faster if you mix with locals and will integrate and be respected much quicker.
I guess it is easier in more lively areas as the area shown in the documentary is rather isolated.
But I think it is good that since Brexit you kind of have to learn French if you are planning on settling in France otherwise noone would ever make any effort to learn.
Well said. When in Rome etc.......
I can only say I wish everyone had to speak English when they come to live in Britain. Some have lived here over 20 yrs and never attempted it.
French is a useless language which deserves to die out.
@@Olivier75 Thats because they are showing deliberately the people not speaking french. How about the french in algeria learn arabic or when they colonized half of africa and made them speak french and play in their football team.
@@freneticness6927now you talking rubbish
I've been to that village and bought meat off that couple at that stall. They are really nice. As for learning French, there are no excuses with learning disabilities or whatnot. If you speak English you have already learnt one language and that ability does not stop with a second. It's just a question of putting the hours in.
Moaning about the handymen?? When has a handyman in the UK ever turned up on time?? Not to mention the crap jobs they do....
English handyman and builders are quite sought after in France, as the local French workers are seen as difficult. Interestingly, here in Monaco, during the F1 and other events, a lot of the workers that set things up are Vritish.
One of the big problems is that the French, with any excuse, tend to go on strike.
@@monacophotographyevents2384moan ,moan moan! Typical Brit!
@@monacophotographyevents2384have you been paid by monegasque government to promote it? Because you seem to make love to Monaco in every comments in this video. 😂
@@monacophotographyevents2384Monaco n'est pas un pays 😂
I've seen this happen for decades now. British people ,often retired with high pensions or financially independent move to countries like France, Italy & Portugal ,Spain. They go to small scenic towns that don't have enough work for local young people. First they'r welcome because they bring money in the local communities. But after a while they tend to drive prices up , thus driving away even more locals. They attract more Brits and start to build enclaves with English stores, pubs, etc . That's when local people get annoyed.
Russians were driving the prices up, Brits moving in Dordogne don’t have the money to do it, those living in Monaco do, but prices there are already up.
That's not just happening wirh brits moving ...look around...people from all over the world are moving to different countries and causing the same problems with housing prices for locals. Don't blame ths people but the greedy governments and property investors etc who are the ones allowing this in Europe and Britain. China and India and middle east investors are buying up lots of properties and pricing locals out. That is happening in so many countries.
Remainers ,cake and eat it ,middle class Labour voters 😂
Well local ppl should open a shop and get what the brits want to buy oh yer I forgot that to your agenda just blame the bits lol
And prices have gone up narr never like the rest of the world is that
Je ne comprends pas pourquoi ils désirent vivre en France et n’ont pas vraiment le goût de parler français.
C’est moins cher et exotique, ça fait bien de dire qu ‘on habite en France,la France est sophistiquée(:🎉
@@LOLLYPOPMUSICLONDON France might have been sophisticated 200 years ago. Today France lives off the former glory, there is hardly any of that sophistication and significance left. Most Central European countries are more sophisticated than France is.
Iam from Merseyside, but, i live in Switzerland, i do speak German and French. It is essential when you live here.
German with a scouse accent? I have got to hear that !!
It boggles my mind that people move to another country not know any of the language. Like, what’s the point of moving to another country if you’re just going to eat the same, speak the same, and only interact with people from your home country? You’re not moving at a moments notice because you’re country is at war or your gouvernement collapsed - you’re voluntarily moving to another country and just expect everything you left behind? So bizarre.
It is called absorbed colonialism in the mind of cretins
House prices. Why else would you move .
Everyone I know leaving Britain is simply priced out of Britain. There is no other motivation.
I myself will probably move to roral France or Portugal.
Will I learn the language enough to pass the test and stay yes.
Will I go beyond that? no.
If I could afford a house in roral Britain on a carpenters wage would I leave Britain? No.
Will I immerse myself in my local community. No I keep myself to myself here and will do the same there .
Tell that to the normans in england who didnt speak english for 400 years.
I was shocked to see how English Eymet is. The French speaking English because the Brit’s couldn’t be bothered to learn their language and the moment I saw the butchers selling Lincolnshire sausages I almost died.
If you have ever watched that awful T.V.series called ' A place in the sun ' you will find indeed that many Brits want to land like vultures in Spain or other sun spots with their sesnse of entitlement and no notion in the world of giving anything back to the host country . the French have always been obsessive and possessive about their language ,and of course it's their right .I learned a bit at school but didn't have any use for it after .All ex pats shd at least learn basic phrases ,greetings etc .for politeness and consideration .
@@thetruth9210arte is a German-French channel.
You move to an other country you learn the language, period.
British empire is done. British is the most hated nation in the world.
You know why...
@@joangrennan886French ate not possessive about the language.
Just that when you move to an other country you learn the language and the culture or you don't move to an other country.
I don't get why retarded brits can't get that.
The Anglos are not "ex pats" they just immigrants as anyone else. On top of that they create a ghetto in each country they go. They don't make any effort to integrate with the locals.
Parler Anglais est `good for business`
I was surprised by what appeared to be a total lack of French skills: When I grew up in the UK in the 1970s, French was the first, and a compulsory, foreign language at (my) school.
I think it depended on the school. I was at high school between 74 and 78, and if you wanted to study sciences, then you couldn't study a language, period. Nevertheless, my English teaching was excellent and really helped when I started to learn French much later in life. My French is now much better than my husband's, who did do O level French in school.
Same for me, French was a compulsory language to be taken in secondary school. I can remember somebody in the then upper 6th form taking German which at the time was ‘radical’
Well of course English is spoken in almost every country of the world , so the British just assume it's all they will ever need .Not in France I can promise them The French are passionate about their language and who can blame them ,it's beautiful .It was the only foreign language taught at my school too in the R.O.I.in the 60s . But over here we would have mandatory Irish too the official language of the country ,an ancient language with extremely difficult grammar etc . In Ireland we have only small areas on the West coast where Irish is the spoken language but outsiders with only English are regarded as a blight on the native language .
Same thing in Anglo Canada: far away from Quebec or any francophone enclaves. The teacher might not speak French, but everyone got taught the basics.
Even in my little schoolhouse in ranching country. Nothing posh about it. When I finally got to France, it was nice to be able to read a menu or a map ... And to help floundering Americans.
So much easier to absorb a foreign language as a child or adolescent. Nowadays, for those who are self conscious, online lessons abound.
@@joangrennan886I think the English are a blight on Ireland, period!
I'm English and I'm shocked by the entitled attitude and sense of superiority displayed by these English immigrants in France. They seem to think they have single-handedly saved France from abject poverty and hence deserve some kind of special treatment. I'd be interested to know how many of them voted for Brexit, expecting things to be just as easy as before.
as French, we have never considered that the English had made us escape from crass poverty, it is unspeakably arrogant and so stupid considering the standard of living in recent France. for those who continue to think so and have the attitude accordingly, they should not be surprised to be ostracized or even mocked. coming to settle in France with such a vision is downright stupid and they don't expect the French to make any effort for them
If they are not happy with our way of life, they can go back to the UK. Adapt or leave. The bare minimum is to learn French, especially if you are moving to a rural area.
Completely agree!
Lived in France for 20 years... I have almost never met another British immigrant... I learned French to a fluent level .. I have a French partner and two children together.... I have never tried, nor wish to change French things... The French know the weaknesses of their country... Some things will never change...
Always received warm welcome but of course I'm not an immigrant who arrived illegally and not an immigrant looking for handouts or to change France... Not all immigrants are welcome - those like that make their way to the UK...
I am English and came to France (not the Dordogne) 52 years ago with my French wife, it was naturally fairly easy to learn the language and now I have dual nationality because of Brexit! But for English couples that come here it is very difficult to enter into the atmosphere of not only picking up the language but the whole caboodle. I probably would never have stayed if my wife hadn't been French. To all those that try, bon courage pour la suite!♥
Why? Is it so difficult to adapt in France?
I think it depends on many things. Your age and your profession for example. And your own personal adaptability to others. That's my experience anyway. Bonne chance de toute façon.@@Diongreco
Brits in France or any other country are not "expats". They are common garden immigrants living in a foreign state. Guests of that nation and subject to the laws of that sovereign land.
Of course , just as it is.
The Brits did a lot of damage here in the provinces, making real estate prices go sky high and literally rendering it impossible for average French people to buy in many cases. Just because the prices in the UK are ludicrously high, pfff!
I live in SW France, west of Limoges. Integration is the key and I see so many Brits failing at this due to terrible application to the language. Many Brits did a runner when the new Brexit rules came in which I think has improved the place no end. It's not difficult to comply and make a lovely life here plus of course the health service is beyond compare. As for those pedants who bang on about the use of the word ex-pat, give it up please it is irrelevant.
I would say the word "integration" is irrelevant. Many communities live separately from their host country, no integration to speak of, and they do just fine. If these ex pats are not totally independent, then they will have to deal with the ways of the host country, of course, but that is not the same as "integrating".
@@duncansmith7562let me guess Duncan lad? You voted brexshit but don’t want to admit being a complete fcuking idiot for being conned so easily? 🤡
@@duncansmith7562 Really, you don't think integration is important? I meet so many Brits who live here without being part of anything because they speak little or no French and simply don't take part in life here. No hobbies, sports or past-times. They avoid all contact with French because their French is literally non existent even after ten years or more. If you speak some French and try you'll find the locals are friendly and welcoming. I've heard some astonishing excuses over the years and find it both laughable and sad that Brits come to France and then never do anything.
@@borjastick For neither the host country nor the immigrants is integration in the top 5 of important things. no way.
If the Brits you meet "avoid the French" and are still happy enough, that shows you that integration is not that important!
this may amaze you, but there are many situations where a person speaks little or no French and STILL finds the locals charming and welcoming! It sounds like you are saying that the French can only be charming and welcoming with fellow French speakers! That is far from the truth!
"never do anything" might be your way of saying "retirement" or "relaxing". To me, that seems just fine! many people work their whole lives with the aim of, eventually "never doing anything".
just let me know if ever you want the list of things far more important than "integrating" when it comes to enjoying life as an ex pat/immigrant, for both the host country and the immigrant.
@@borjastick I speak fluent French, with, I might add, a good accent. I have yet to find the French friendly or welcoming.
Heureusement que les anglais sont là pour réveiller nous autres pauvres français aussi faignants qu'alcooliques!!! Comment avons-nous survécu jusqu'alors, c'est un mystère.
Indeed…the cheek of these Britons 🤮🤮🤮
😂😂
Love it! 🤣
Il faut les voir le soir à la fermeture de leur pub pour réaliser qu'en fait les vrais ivrognes ce sont eux 🙂
.....que les Anglais soient là.......
Typically British not to want to assimilate the culture and not learning the local language fluently, always trying to speak English and making excuses. They are missing out on making French friends and on the wonderful culture, I live in the UK but these don't seem to be my kind of people.
Are you enjoying the British culture?
As always, same distorted biases by medias: if you’re from a over predominant language/culture/ wealth moving to another country less expensive: you’re an expat.
If you’re from a minority / poor / scarce language country: you’re a migrant.
I am sincerely disappointed by Arte which usually broadcast documented facts but this time, this title and content keeps spreading the incorrect discriminatory information we’ve seen growing.
In all correctness these people are ALL MIGRANTS. Reach nationalities see themselves as expats when living in another less rich country, especially Brits! I have witnessed more than enough.
Looking for hurt where it doesn't exist... An Expat is an immigrant....they have a right to use the term EXPATRIATES.
@@isaymymind1727Like any Brit would call other nation apart from their own expats. Don’t be ridiculous.
@@jcmunich1 Im as black as coal and am working in the UK as an engineer, I have never been addressed this way...
Pathetic. Leftist looking for offence
A1 requirement and then free lessons... The French are honestly the nicest
As someone who has been in France for seven years now my advice is to stay off any FB expat groups as they are often misleading. If you need help ask your mayor, that’s their job.
I'm Portuguese, and my mother (who is British) is in some expat FB groups and the stuff the things they post there are wild. There's so much misinformation, as well as people in shock at how renovating old buildings isn't as easy as it seems haha
@@brainwheeze6328 as an example when I first arrived in September I was told not to bother doing a tax return until I’d been here a full year but that was wrong and because I didn’t do a tax return for the three months I’d been here that year it caused chaos the following year.
I got into a huge row in Calais once (in French) with the cashier who just would not give me a VAT receipt. It got personal. I happened to be driving a car with British plates, and possibly my accent too, were the reason I have no doubt.
Everyone in the queue, the shop and the cafe tuned in to this. After about 5 minutes of a heated exchange the manager came out of his office, took this chap by the collar out to the back, and then returned and politely gave me the VAT receipt which I politely accepted and left calmly and minimally apologising to people as I passed them.
I got nothing but admiring looks. Here was a Brit who not only spoke good French, but knew how to use it to stand up for himself too !! That made my day.
So knowing the local lingo can come in useful in unexpected ways!
I get successful outcomes all the time in Catalunya as I speak pretty fluent Catalan. Like an extra bowl of nibbles with my order that other Brits don't get or the bus driver opens the open at the traffic lights next to my desired drop point that they're not strictly speaking meant to do.
I moved to Paris 32 years ago and have never looked back, married a local girl, have three children who are multilingual. we are now lucky enough to be able to live in the French Alps which like the Dordogne has become little England, I am astonished by the number of Brits who do not speak the language or even try to learn, have no or little contact with the locals, they are missing out on so much, I honestly do not understand why they are here. The French are very kind and open to new cultures even 'Les Roast beef', if you make an effort you can be fully integrated however I fear that as the Brit community becomes bigger and bigger that integration will become less and less likely. I would say to any and all Brits thinking of moving to France the following:-
1/. You are not an Expat but a legal immigrant
2/. Being British does not give you extra advantages or entitlement, like all immigrants, you have to make your own way whilst following the laws and paying your tax.
3/. Learn French, if you can't then don't make the move.
4/. Respect local culture, you adapt to the French way not the inverse!
5/. Involve yourself in the local community.
Simple enough if you want to make the effort.
@@thetruth9210 Pouet pouet tagada boum boum 🙂
I spent 8 years living near Chamonix. If ever there was a heaven for a lazy Brit Cham is the place. Before Brexit it was reckoned that 20% of the school population held a British passport. There are people who have been there for 20+ years and still cannot hold a conversation in French. On the flipside there are plenty of intermarriages inter relationships and Brits, along with a truly international population who really do make an effort.
Id been visiting Cham for years to indulge my passion for silly sports and when I got the opportunity go live there it was also an opportunity really brush up on my French and get stuck into the culture.
One of the more high profile `lazy brits` was the chap who ran the main valley website for 15 years. Couldnt speak a word of French, but still used to bitch that he couldnt get any advertising revenue from local businesses....No comment
@@admiralbenbow5083 😂
I became an Ex-pat over 37+ yrs ago ,moving to the Netherlands (thanks to Thatcher destroying the manufacturing Industry in the UK) I was a sad unwilling one BUT I learn't Dutch in 3yrs because you HAD TO . I learn't a LOT about my own country as well from that distance It was not as nice as I had thought. Now as a retiree I live in Portugal and struggle with Portuguese,but I WILL get there as I refuse to speak English to locals, Its RUDE I have chosen to live in their country..If I were new to the UK I would have to jump through all the same hoops we have done here and in the Netherlands ..A tip --buy a French car for heavens sake Its dangerous to struggle with a right hand drive.I had a stroke last year because I met a mad drug dealer driving at high speed on a blind bend .ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD He was English..in Portugal...must have thought he was back home. I thought I was going to die...even though I was in the right and a long term safe driver on both sides of the road ...It happens ...keep safe,...do the right thing
You are an immigrant. Look up so you still do not think you are temporary away from uk
When then Prime Minister Thatcher returned from a vacation in Portugal, she was asked if she had experienced any language difficulties. She was said to have responded something like: "No, not me. /They/ have." ;-)
You are definitely an immigrant.
Stupid woman... living in her bubble. Portuguese people understand very well. English are so dumb that don’t understand Portuguese mindset. No one cares about brits really only if convenient. Dumb and drunk brits...
The Anglos are not "ex pats" they just immigrants as anyone else. On top of that they create a ghetto in each country they go. They don't make any effort to integrate with the locals.
@magmalin
This is really disturbing. It's been some time that I have visited the Dordogne/Périgord, but even then I felt more like being in Little Britain rather than in France. If I had wanted to be surrounded by Brits I would have gone to England. I never went to this beautiful region of France anymore as I prefer the French culture and language. Now, having watched the video, it seems to have become worse. What a pity!
To be fair its also very popular with mostly retired Dutch fed up with their own country. Eymet was not an ideal choice of town. Its quite rare having a high proportion of Britons who enjoy and possibly need the support system. How many times have we heard about the British dream of establishing or buying a Gite or Chambre d"hote? And how many crash after two or three of the short very competive serasons ? By the way winters in Dordogne can be quite harsh and generally cold
Agree.
@@gordonspicer We visited Australian friends in the Dordogne one winter Snow up to the roof and frost so thick on the window glass I wore snow boots to bed!! Talk about 'two dog night' even two wood burners couldn't make a difference We went back in the summer to camp We couldn't get the tent pegs into the still frozen ground they had to be hammered in by the camps owner
@@jennybertenshaw7694 No surprise to me. I had, way back then, a french girlfried from nice comfortable home in Paris who actually chose to live in isolated village near Nontron , North Dordogne. She bought an old 18th century house with no comforts and in original state but, unlike lucky you, with just one wood burner and no designated bathroom or scene. I suffered greatly for "love" but winters there were truly horrific and only for the fittest of elderly locals. Hypothermia was a real risk there !
There is a reason why the younger generation have migrated to larger towns for decades now and only want nice new well insulated homes.
Totally agree! I visited that region of France and all I could hear were British accents everywhere...ruined the experience for me. Most did nothing but moan about the French! No one in this programme said they moved to France because of the culture or the french people etc. but for financial or weather reasons ...pity
British person here. So embarrassing that most of these people don't bother to learn French (which is, after all, the main foreign language taught in British schools). If you move to a country that speaks a different language, you must learn it to some extent! This is especially true if you want to do things such as run a business or renovate a property! This is from someone who moved to a Spanish speaking country when I had practically no Spanish, but then made the effort to learn it.
🎉 I have lived in different countries. First thing to do is : learn the language. 🎉
A1 French is so very basic, it’s hard to believe that anyone might struggle to reach that lowly level.
The bad days that France had to accept all British are over since Brexit. A1 level is the absolute lowest. I don’t know how people can fail that. Apparently, those British have a disability that is unique. Taking time for lunch is alien to the British. I can understand. I was in the Uk for a week recently and quickly decided to skip lunch altogether. I hope the couple from Norfolk has their pool finished soon. A basic facility in homes when you come from their area. I shouldn’t say British, but English. They joined the EU for economic profit, not because they wanted to be one of the club. Now the unspeakable has happened. They are treated as people from e.g. Paraguay or Laos.
It's not alien in the UK, but unlike France and Italy, all the workers don't take lunch at the same time, it's staggered. In French companies, it's illegal not to take time off for lunch. It's like august in France and Italy where the two countries virtually close down for holidays.
All countries join the EU for, as you put it, 'economic profit' and trade. Some countries are net contributors and some are net takers, the UK was a net contributor. It's not the fact that the French take lunch or holidays, it's the fact that it's taken at the same time, which makes no sense.
Of course the British take lunch, but everything doesn't close down for two hours. Also, there is the small matter of the French being constantly on strike.
I have lived in Germany for over 40 years, when I first came I was washing dishes in a very busy restaurant and there was no real way I was going to spend my down time learning from books.
I listened to German music and picked up most German from the TV.
I have never had a German lesson as such since leaving school in 1972, but I am self-employed and needed tests in German to get my job.
I just wish there was a British butcher here to get some decent bacon!
Just keep a radio on with a French channel on, and I am sure you will literally get an `ear´ for it soon, as with every language, the pig is the Grammar!
So you forced yourself to listen to German music and Tv and that didn’t send you running for the hills ? I studied 4 years of it ar university and still find it unnecessarily vulgar and difficult , like the wine and the culture
As someone who lives in the Palatine Forest on the Franco/German border, you have to be fluent in both languages plus at least an understanding of the local dialects of Pfälzisch / Elsässisch. I have lost count of the number of arguments since Brexit I've had with so-called Ex-Pats who took German / French in school and think they could just move here and get by.
True, punctuation is important eg. ''I helped my Uncle Jack, off a horse'' VS '' I helped my Uncle, Jack off a horse.''
For goodness sake. The stubborn Brits make it more difficult for themselves by refusing to adapt. I went to England and learned to drive a manual with my left hand in a minute. I was open to difference. If they don’t like the rules, let them stay home!
Why do they put their flags in another country
As Graham said, if you move permanently to another country, the onus is on you to learn their, language, laws and customs. Just as others would be expected to do if they moved to your country..
As an immigrant to Canada 60 years ago, we knew from the start that we beginning a new life here, and that we needed to embrace life as it existed here. Schooling, careers and new acquaintances were what we chose, and we consider ourselves Canadians first, with pride in our heritage second.🥰
The onus is on the country to not let you in unless you do those things. Or if not then to shut up about it.
French from Dordogne here, I have British neighbors and my daughter is friends with their daughter and attend the same school. I find, and this is widely shared, that the British adapt quite quickly. They make a real effort to speak French and cohabitation is rather positive and they seem to be satisfied with their new life in France. it is true that this significant arrival of brits has had an impact on the local real estate market and for this reason has generated a form of resentment, but nothing serious, my native Dordogne is a vast department and certainly one of the most ran from France.
So much depends on the educational attainments of British people who move abroad. Education and culture. How many read books in Britain? Or daily newspapers? How many already visited the country of their dreams to get to know it as a country, not as a money-making venture?
I don't understand why they don't buy a left hand drive.... And try to learn the language.
As Chancellor Kohl said.... If you are buying, we will speak to you. If you are selling you better learn German!
I know the feeling as I'm a Brazilian living in Japan. For 26 years! But thank goodness I managed to learn the language in a hurry as I saw how it narrowed your scope not knowing the local tongue. Fast forward to 2023 and just last week, really, a Peruvian colleague of mine bumped into a car accident after work and called me to do some translation with the coppers. Nothing serious, just paperwork. So one of them asks "how long he's been in Japan" and my friend says "since 1990?" I was like, holy cow 33 years and zero Japanese? Even the cop laughed "he's here longer than me as I'm 28." But then this area, northside Kanto, has been infested with Latinos since forever (at least late 1980s.) So you have Portuguese and Spanish interpreters in the prefectures and some central police stations. You can take driving license exams in 13 languages (I did mine in Portuguese.) Plus all kind of businesses run by our comrades. So you can more or less function in your own mother tongue. Literally a bubble.
I can't imagine having to learn Japanese! That must have been really difficult for you! Well done!
The term ‘Expat’ suits many Brit’s feelings of exceptionalism because they would not want to be considered ‘Immigrant’ or somehow foreign.
The Anglos are not "ex pats" they just immigrants as anyone else. On top of that they create a ghetto in each country they go. They don't make any effort to integrate with the locals.
The only good decision I made in my 20's was to leave the UK for New Zealand. I haven't been back to England for 20 years.
except with the Climate Change there seems to be one disaster after anothe rin New Zealand and housing costs there are double the French average !
@@gordonspicerand????
@@gabriellejudd1 balancing reality
Yes, because there are no extreme weather events in the UK….???
@@gordonspicer seems to be plenty of weather events going on in the UK and it's also full of brexit voting English people. I'll stay where I am thanks.
I lived in Haute Savoie for the best part of 8 years. I have no time for and will have no truck with Brits, or anyone else for that matter, who will not make the effort to absorb the culture and learn the language. NO excuses.
8:33 Noooo not because it was a poor area! It was because there was Freedom of Movement while you were in the EU!
OMG I can’t believe what I hear!
Exactly!!
I know! The arrogance!
Ahahahah! When they say that about Portugal, the French are the first to agree. Now you know the brits true colors. Reality is a bitch! The French brit friends... French people live in a illusion and as a Southern European i am really amused.
I've been to Dordogne several times as a tourist (I'm Italian). Didn't look like a "poor area" at all. This is silly.
@@supertrooper6879Right
Absolutely hilarious, these are the exact type of English people to demand foreigners to speak English when they arrive in England. And look at them now! Ha!
Learning a new language always takes time.However, if there is will, there is way. Good luck to Brits.
Ive lived in France for 7 years and love so many things. The 2 hr lunch break means I stop and appreciate lunch and spending time with people, always saying hello to people when you go into a shop or arrive at a party, looking people in the eye, aperitif before a meal, the calmer approach to deadlines (I live in the South). I could go on and on. Its hard not being fluent in the language, bureaucracy is painful and their approach to business and making a living is ponderous, but its an experience and they are a nice nation hanging onto loads of important things that we have lost in the UK.
After very nearly thirty years living in the Netherlands I took the step (a few years ago now) to Ditch my UK nationality and become Dutch. This required language tests including written and spoken Dutch and also some small amount of cultural knowledge. I would never say the life of an immigrant is laid back and easy. You have to make the effort to integrate and understand the way the people you live amongst feel. Don't expect them to adapt to you, you need to adapt to them.
@@chronicreader No indeed that option was not available. However once I was Dutch we were allowed to use the option route for my wife who is now a dual national.
I've been in NL for over 40 years and am planning to 'opt' for dual nationality, I'm 67 so it's possible.
Im bprn canadian, naturalized dutch. I keep both passports, you never know
@@NikkieRoxxx It's only possible to keep both in certain circumstances. Mine didn't allow it but being over 65 is one and the other is married to a Dutch citizen. This is a rule from a few years back and an American friend took dual nationality years ago.
I am British and fluent in Dutch. Only once in 61 years have I met another British person fluent in Dutch as well! Hats off to you, not an easy language to learn.
I wonder why they don't want to work with you with your charming attitude towards French people and stunning French skills 😅
I am french and I work in France. I do not know where the english guy see that, but if you drink alcool and get drunk on your workplace, you are just fired (yes same in France).
Moving from England to Dordogneshire is like going on holiday to the Isle of Wight. For a better idea of what it’s like to escape the devastation of Brexit by moving to France, find those of us who have really immersed ourselves here in France and French culture.
good for you 👍🏻
@@JUST_OBEY thank you for taking the time to say so. :)
British are French, originally. Well, its not a problem for us to have a lot of british immigrants here they dont force us to became Anglican or eating Jelly to each French children like muslim force French to have Halal food in each highschool
@@joakimtag7820 lol
Dordogneshire??? Perigord!!!!
It looks to me that some of these people just packed up and left the UK without doing their homework.
As immigrants to France of 20 years with full citizenship since the brexit vote, we decided to live a french life, not an english life in France.
We learned French and avoided other uk immigrants whenever possible. We joined several local groups and organisations and made many friends in the community. I would hate to live in an area like the Dordogne, the people in this documentary are exactly the type of people I emigrated to avoid. Only lived in France for ten minutes and feel qualified to comment on and criticize aspects of their new country. I notice that not one of them had even passable French.
I have never had any problems with the french authorities or administration. The only reason the prefecture had to issue so many cartes de sejour was because most immigrants couldn't be bothered to comply due to english exceptionalism. I am presently appalled by the number of english residents still driving UK registered cars, although the Gendarmerie are starting to clamp down on it, there are far too many driving with no insurance. Lastly, I am dyslexic and only have trouble writing and reading french but learning to speak it was no more difficult than when I learnt english.
Actually your comment is valid for any immigrant in any country. "avoid other compatriot immigrants whenever possible"
I cannot see how Dyslexia should prevent anyone from learning to pronounce French . He has English so if he mixes enough with French people he could easily pick it up . Amazing how narrow minded some Brits can be ..just cant be bothered . I love France but if I moved would always make the effort to learn their culture and language .
The carte de sejour was only a requirement due to Brexit; prior to that as EU nationals they didn't need them. Of course that was going to create a backlog in the administration.
We had a carte de sejour issued in 2001
We have lived in Brittany for four and a half years and avoid expats. We prefer to integrate.
Always respect the culture of your adopted country.I was Italian and love the country.
To every italian person you were not italian.
The French should wake up and remember that it took the likes of Joan of Arc to get rid of these immigrants. Unlike the immigrant Brits, the French know how to live.
Why are Britain's called ex-pats and not immigrants ?
People in French village are usually happy to have British and other European people move in as they buy old houses and renovate them tastefully, as long as they don't become the majority. Moreover, they bring some life into villages that are emptying (or filling up with French people on benefits). If you make the effort to speak a bit of basic French, people will generally be nice to you and will make efforts with neighbours, solidarity is important in rural settings. There is no denying healthcare is way better than in the UK. But administrative stuff is a nightmare, even for French people, so be prepared.
The Anglos are not "ex pats" they just immigrants as anyone else. On top of that they create a ghetto in each country they go. They don't make any effort to integrate with the locals.
I felt sorry for a lot of the customers in the barbers shop and they were all trying to be cheerful like the man with one arm he was joking about it bless him. Wishing everyone in the video all the very best. Lovely people.
Best of Lucy to Nicholas & Graham & much happiness to all those profiled here! They all look happy!! Congratulations👍🏻👍🏻🤗🤗👏🏻👏🏻!!!
So they should be made to learn French, if they are going to live there. I'm a Kiwi from Aotearoa New Zealand. In the 1980s my Mum took me to live with her in Paris where she held a post at the OECD. I went to the British School there outside Paris. What I noticed was that a lot of the kids there didn't learn French. They didn't make French friends their age. They didn't become culturally assimilated into French culture. Most of them lived near the school to the West _sur Paris._ It almost seemed like an un-gated community, so to speak. That "divide", which is historical, was evident too. And the Anglos are well known globally for only speaking Anglo, even when abroad. It seems little has changed.
Yes, French bureaucracy can prove to be a hassle and a burden, but this applies to all. It is true though that the appalling stupidity of Brexit made relocating to France much complicated for British citizens. Beside an easy life and plenty of space, the key reason for the Brits to move to France remains healthcare.
Plus the excellent education system, starting from crèche/Nuno level. The maternelle, pre primary school, which doesn't exist in UK, is FREE, allowing both parents to work. Kids learn Spanish from 6 , English from 11. We still have libraries, cinemas, which form part of the school curriculum. Very glad to have left the sinking little england in 2017. One tip, avoid the non French speaking so called ex pats and integrate into the rich French culture. Far more rewarding. Haven't even touched on the food & wine culture over here.
@@robertwilkes2105 This seems to confirm the general impression about relocating to France :)
Sure, there are strikes in France (I am not French, nor do I live in France), but I would bet that British émigrés would take one month of strike by French teachers or railroad workers over the never ending experience of the dilapidated British railroad system or the collapsing NHS.
Bonus points? In France public education is free, from age 6 to 18, and parents get paternity + maternity leaves and also 5-week vacations paid every year.
I think the key reason for moving to France is to become mortgage free.
@@goingsolointhegarden Might be one important reason. But this would mean that only the well-to-do can afford this type of relocating.
We flipped our residence to France as a result of Brexit having had a holiday home there for nearly 20 years. We kept our home in the UK and, because we are S1 holders, have healthcare entitlement in both countries. My personal experience of French healthcare has been pretty appalling. It took over a year just to find a (very mediocre) French MT (GP) and I had a serious misdiagnosis that nearly killed me. As a consequence we prefer to carry on using the NHS and our brilliant GP in the UK.
I was a typical ex pat immigrant when I moved to central France nearly 40 years ago with 4 children, luckily there were so few Brit’s here at the time we had to adapt and learn.
I started several successful businesses, my children are all living happy lives here.
I still try and avoid the English community since so many of them make virtually no effort to settle and adapt.
So many speak in English to French people with the Allo allo accent and wonder why the French don’t understand! It’s embarrassing !
Going through a renovation right now here in the States and honestly I think it's just a contractor issue worldwide where people don't show up when they say they will.🙄
Indeed !!!
good of you to say that. it has been my experience in multiple countries i've lived in including the UK.
27:48 What this man says is interesting. He considers that an immigrant who wishes to settle in Great Britain must speak English. And he's right, life is easier that way. But now that he is also an immigrant, he realizes that it is not so easy to learn a foreign language. Some people do it easily, some don't. To learn a foreign language, online courses with poor sound quality are not enough for the vast majority of us.
I am French and I spent fifteen years in a foreign country without really learning the language because I worked mainly with French people and the locals were almost all able to speak and understand English.
The only time I really learned their language was when I worked with them.
When you want to learn the language and you are not able to do so with books and videos, you have to sacrifice a year or two to go and work with locals. It's difficult but it's extremely effective.
One last thing: use your smartphone to translate what you say. Google Translate does this very well. You speak into the microphone and the smartphone translates out loud. One day, thanks to this means, I had a long conversation with an Italian colleague even though I don't speak Italian and he didn't speak French. It's weird at first but it works fine.
It's a pity in these types of documentaries they focus on people who seem to be terribly bothered by the French language. It would be refreshing if the accountant lady said something like "I regret the poor French language teaching I was given as a teen. I've been working very hard and now I can say,......." and then she could say something in French.
She hates french, she hates France, like her husband. She just has to, to get the visa. Her, learning french, is just greedy.
You got what you voted for. Deal with it.
As someone who is planning on moving there.
We are going to ANOTHER country,with the country’s traditions and regulations…
We don’t want to be English abroad (which we will be) but we want to embrace the lifestyle and learn to live alongside.
We have spent lockdown learning French , studying culture to help us relocate.
Bit of problem with British education if they can't speak French. I did o level French in the 60s but it didn't enable me to hold a conversation.
So what? You dont just learn a language in a classroom and out of a book.
I think its great that english renovates old mansions ..but they have to understand that they arein a remote part of france and therefore will struggle to get things done
The more you can do your self, the better life in France will be.
'Just don't get it', France is not England, if you want to live in another country, respect their language, culture, attitudes, way of life.
Aucun commentaire sur l'impérialisme linguistique et culturel de ces immigrés qui re-créent de facto une communauté enclavée anglophone, dans une région (et un pays) où ils montrent peu (ou pas) d'efforts pour apprendre la langue ou s'adapter à la culture, sous prétexte qu'ils ont de l'argent. D'autant plus qu'étant donné le vote du Brexit, le même accueil est loin d'être réservé aux français qui souhaiteraient faire la même chose en Angleterre. Un comportement non seulement ridicule, mais inacceptable. Par ailleurs, la dyslexie n'est pas une raison pour ne pas connaître des langues étrangères, il y a nombre de personnes dyslexiques bilingues, le commentaire repose sur des présupposés validistes. Le point de vue du documentaire est si orienté que ça en est risible. Presque aucun habitant local interrogé... c'est RISIBLE.
Actuellement en Grande-Bretagne c'est la grande mode de s'inventer un handicap (souvent imaginaire et auto-diagnostique) car cela vous rend intouchable (voir le Equality Act qui interdit la discrimination envers certaines catergories de personnes dites "protegees"). Les gens en usent et en abusent et voila le resultat.
il ne faut s'agacer comme ça! une chose que les britaniques doivent nous apprendre c'est leur pragmatisme! ils ont des sous et bien faisons en sorte de leur faire depenser !😄
Be extremely careful when entering into agreements about the use of land. It is absolutely essential to get professional advice before any agreement is made. Ask me how I know…
I worked with the Number 1 European go kart champion from France. He took me to his house in France. He drove normally in the UK but when we got to France he was crazy. First time I had been and going flat out on the wrong side of the road was quite scary.
Haha. I was so amused by the lady asking for "half a pound of Cumberlands " rather than a kilo of Andoulliettes !
Only in SW France !
Bum sausage...just no!
I live in Catalunya and I am fluent in Spanish and more importantly Catalan.
I am in a very small minority of the Brits who live here who form themselves into "ex-pat" ghettos.
I use the term "ex-pat" loosely because what we are is immigrants.
I personally believe moving permanently to another country and not learning the language of that country is both an insult and gross stupidity.
If you cannot speak fluently to the locals you are isolated into said "ghettos", you cannot learn the culture and customs of your adopted country, you cannot understand how history, the climate and the geography has influenced the culture.
Most importantly you cannot defend yourself and I do not mean physically. If you get into any discussion or worse if you get into legal problems how can you stand up for your rights and beliefs.
I find the majority of British peoples attitudes to their hosts ignorant and blinkered at best and at worst downright xenophobic.
Just saying.
Creus que sigui possible vuire a Catalunya sense saber el Castilla? He apres el Catala a un alt nivel pero no parlo gaire el Castilla.
@@barnbersonol Good for you
@@pauldarbishire7226 "I speaka da lingo"
Stop lying..
@@barnbersonol or you use google translate!
@@pauldarbishire7226 omfg. You have such zilch knowledge u can't distinguish my imperfect but usable from computer catalan. Such a failsad. Probably a 50 Yr old who's never had a gf.
Loved your documentary 😊
Thankyou.
Thanks for watching!
With all due respect to the woman studying for the test, A1 level is very basic. It might be challenging for someone trying to learn it all in a couple of months, but anyone who’s been living in a country for several years should really have that level anyway
Arte is my favourite channel and every English speaker in Dordogne should watch at least one hour per week. That will help them get their ear in.