C'est quoi vivre a l'anglaise ?
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Bonsoir les anglais, j'écris en français car Chatgpt traduit se qu'il veut mais normalement vous pouvez avoir la traduction avec ce site. Alors merci a vous pour mon dernier poste, vous avez été super 😉🥰
Pour moi les anglais vous représentez la sagesse et la classe 😉🥰
Comme je l'ai déjà dit je viens 8 jours en août et par là suite si tout va bien, je reviens soit en septembre ou en octobre. Vous me conseillez lequel mois pour avoir moins de touristes ?
Je viendrais peut-être 1 ou 2 semaines toujours a Bath.
Le premier voyage visite, je veux tout voir et deuxième vivre a l'anglaise. Alors dites-moi c'est quoi vivre comme un anglais ? Vous faites quoi durant vos vacances pour ceux qui restent dans leurs villes ?
J'ai plein de lieux où prendre un café ou manger a mon premier voyage mais a mon deuxième voyage, je veux les lieux tres anglais, voir traditionnelle donc pouvez-vous me conseillez ?
Dites-moi tout pour que je puisse vivre l'expérience a fond, tout ce qu'il faut savoir, vos traditions et coutumes.
Merci a vous, je vous love les anglais 😉🥰
plantpowered21@reddit
Im English and used to live near Avranches! I miss Nornandy. 💚
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
A quand un retour en Normandie ? Je vis en Normandie a Rouen
Dennyisthepisslord@reddit
If you want something you can't get at home stuff like cricket, a good pub, a kebab, fish and chips in paper wrapping, an Indian curry are good examples of how we live in stereotypically different ways
Equivalent-Clue4877@reddit
Great kebabs in lots of France , for a Normandie special given ops origins I'll mention magic beau gosse in Caen , one of the most well know kebab shop in France
With a special magic sauce - it's genuinely good , some sort of burger sauce esq sauce with very fine mince onion and lots of flavour from memory it's been a while
Guide Michelin kebabs 2* worth a journey or detour
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Merci je vais faire tout ça 😉🥰
headline-pottery@reddit
Have a cup of tea. Queue. Remark about the weather. Have a full english breakfast, meal deal lunch and curry for dinner.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Oui je vais tenter le petit-déjeuner anglais ça a l'air vachement consistant
sickiesusan@reddit
You just sound so sweet, I hope aren’t disappointed with your trip!
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Je pense que je ne serai pas déçu et merci pour le compliment 😉🥰
TarcFalastur@reddit
It is, just remember we don't eat it every day, unlike what some believe. Most will only have it once every few weeks, if at all. If you ate it every day you'd weigh twice as much after a month!
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Et si je n'arrive pas a finir, c'est mal vu ?
Equivalent-Clue4877@reddit
Pas grave frero mais il faut vraiment prendre une hash Brown ça changera ta vie
Comfortable_Rip_3842@reddit
I struggle with them these days, as they are heavy for a first meal. Much prefer the lighter brunch options
Senior-Marsupial@reddit
I feel like you left out a lot of tea
IntraVnusDemilo@reddit
York and Whitby.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Je n'ai pas la traduction
zippy72@reddit
Places to go. I kind of agree but I'm biased because that's where I've lived a lot. Although they're great places to go if you ever get a chance.
Illustrious_Store115@reddit
Are you french? Its pretty similar to france lol
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Je suis française et je viens en Normandie alors la pluie je connais 😉🥰
Illustrious_Store115@reddit
Bro literally lives 15 minutes away 😭😭
Is normandy one of the areas with loads of farmland and basically nothing else
Whenever i go on the eurostar its always just farmland for like an hour all the way to lille
Mysterious-Fortune-6@reddit
That's not Normandy
Appropriate-Series80@reddit
Farmland, and also good cheese.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Oui beaucoup de terre agricole
neilm1000@reddit
My father lives in Normandy.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Quelle ville moi je suis de Rouen et j'ai grandi au Havre
fairfrog73@reddit
I went to Rouen, amazing that they still show the spot in the market square where they burned Joan of Arc at the stake.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Oui c'est sûr la place du vieux marché mais l'odeur est parti 😅😂
Sad-Video-2605@reddit
Get yourself to Greggs..
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
C'est a Bath ?
Sad-Video-2605@reddit
Qui..
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Greggs
Sad-Video-2605@reddit
Yes.. I'm sure you will enjoy it there..
Khidorahian@reddit
should have one.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Merci 😉🥰
bouncing_off_clouds@reddit
It’s a British institution
Sad-Video-2605@reddit
Exactly!
seven-cents@reddit
We drink copious amounts of ale, eat curry so hot that it can burn a hole through steel, and fight one another in the streets for fun
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Bonjour alors la bière ok même si je ne suis pas tres alcool mais se battre je passe mon tour car je ne suis pas violente et en plus étant une femme je n'ai pas la force 😅😂
seven-cents@reddit
I'm just pulling your leg OP
Just come and enjoy your holiday, you don't need to be anything other than yourself
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Je garderais ma personnalité mais j'aime bien le fait de s'adapter et de découvrir 😉🥰 Et pas trop fort sur les jambes je ne suis plus tres souple a 42 ans 😅😂
seven-cents@reddit
Are you only going to be in Bath?
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Pour le deuxième voyage je pense que oui je resterais juste a Bath
seven-cents@reddit
Then a couple of things to add to the list:
The Botanical Gardens
Afternoon Tea at Sally Lunn's, The Pump House or The Bath Bun
Wrecked-Tum@reddit
No no no... youre getting it all wrong!
Having no strength means you must pick a fight with the largest of bouncers! Have you learned nothing since crossing the channel?
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
J'ai une solution je me ferais un copain anglais costaud et il me défendra 😅😂
Spjug@reddit
Visit some stately homes and buy a tea towel or fridge magnet from the gift shops.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Je retiens pour l'aimant
Spjug@reddit
Le torchon est plus utile.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Pourquoi ?
Spjug@reddit
Qu'est qu'on peut faire avec un aimant?
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Le garder en souvenir
Outside-Resist4688@reddit
Unusual sentiment from a French person!! I've never met one who actually likes us Brits before!!
Hmmm what do we do when we stay home? We put on a theatre performance of cleaning our windows, re-organise our sock drawers to avoid the vomit-inducing daytime TV, catch a murder documentary in the afternoon, spend the evening in pubs that aren't owned by a chain WITH our dogs...never ever go to the pub without your dog if you have one...and express endearment to our friends and loved ones by insulting them as creatively as possible.
Larvesta_Harvesta@reddit
Go to a bog standard football game and see some village cricket
simonjp@reddit
It's hard to really live like anyone other than yourself for a week at a time. But have you considered homestays? You get to visit and stay with a British family in their home.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Ça a un côté sympa mais j'aime bien me retrouver avec moi-même quand je passe du temps avec les gens j'ai besoin de temps pour moi par la suite même si j'adore les gens 😉🥰
MalignEntity@reddit
I am the same, I think people hosting you would understand if you said that, particularly because conversing in another language is exhausting
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
En plus je suis nul en langue étrangère mais j'apprends actuellement
IntrepidMaybe8579@reddit
Wake up: eat some tea and toast, go to work: chat about how crap the weather is, go home for lunch: eat some beans on toast, finish work: do bare minimum coz you carnt be arshed, go home: go down local for 11 pints of stella and shout at the tv watching footie
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
C'est moi la femme en colère mais pas bête vous m'avez donné une idée est-ce-que je peux aller dans une ferme pour travailler bénévolement ? Ça se fait en Angleterre ?
phuzee@reddit
If you are looking for wisdom and class I think you need to readjust your expectations
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Pour moi c'est ce que représente les anglais de ce que je vois mais après j'attends d'être en Angleterre pour affiner mon avis
No_Celebration_8801@reddit
We are wise in the sense that we don’t suffer fools gladly, and classy in the sense that we will always help if we can.
Nigelb72@reddit
Not so sure we do anything really different but I will say, we were in France last month and we had a brilliant time. Everybody was really friendly and we were very surprised at how people were willing to speak with us in English when it became apparent our very basic french was pretty appalling ..
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
C'est surtout moi qui vais adapté ma vie car je suis casanière
Nigelb72@reddit
You'll be fine here but we're pretty ignorant when it comes to visitors not speaking English so do your best and enjoy yourself... We're generally pretty laid back but do have a full English, fish & chips, a good curry and a pie & a pint 👌🏻
odjobz@reddit
Go for a walk in the countryside and stop for lunch and a pint in a village pub.
TmB-Eggo@reddit
I live in Bath, as far as I know it’s twinned with Aix en Provence, just a bit of trivia lol. I have been to Aix a few times and it’s lovely.
Bath has the obvious sights to see, but there are lots of lovely walks in the surrounding area. Recently I’ve been exploring the area around Wellow and Hinton Charterhouse.
There is a wild swimming spot in Farley Hungerford, although it’s privately owned and there will be a fee. The water is always cold though, so best to do this in August, rather than September.
Bath itself is nice just to walk around, lots of boutique shops and nice restaurants. Also plenty of lovely parks to explore. I’ve lived here all my life, and my mind kind of goes blank when people ask me what there is to do, but there is a Bath subreddit ‘r / Bath’, where you could post something similar to this post.
I hope you have a lovely time here, and that the weather is favourable.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
J'espère aussi pour le temps et hâte d'arriver en attendant je tente d'apprendre l'anglais
OllyDee@reddit
I think the pub is an absolute must for someone that wants to see an insight into the core of English culture. As average a pub as possible, none of this gastro-pub nonsense. If it has sticky surfaces you’ve found the real thing.
luffy8519@reddit
Has to be a Spoons, surely?
OllyDee@reddit
These days that is sadly accurate. The best pubs aren’t Spoons but that’s not the real experience for most people I guess. A Spoons on a Tuesday evening, with two half-cut blokes outside having a passionate conversation about world-politics or “a bird”.
odjobz@reddit
I've never been to Bath, but it seems like the sort of place that would have some good old men's pubs, surely? Better than Spoons.
OllyDee@reddit
That’s true, I don’t know what the average pub experience is in Bath. Maybe the average Bath pub experience is better than Spoons. I fuckin’ hope so for their sake.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Merci 😉 🥰 Je vais chercher le plus collant alors 😅😉
Fanjo_mcclanjo@reddit
Its the same as living like French people except instead of rioting when the government does something shitty, you simp for the greedy liars in office instead.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
La sagesse car nous on râle mais jamais en même temps et finalement ça ne change pas grand-chose
No_Celebration_8801@reddit
If you are staying in Bath, you are in one of the best examples of the English. The city is a mix of rich and not so rich people, but they have a common pride in their home, their rugby team, their cider and beer, and their countryside. Open conversations if you choose to, but don’t persist if people are not interested. If someone pesters you with conversation, tell them plainly that you are not interested. If walking in the countryside, say Hi or Good Morning/Afternoon to people whom you meet. Or say ‘Lovely day’, which is an invitation to chat. In the city, nodding or smiling is as far as we go, unless we need directions. Bring good shoes, the hills are very, very steep!
Hubby4Hire-OF@reddit
My typical English day goes the following Wake up way earlier than I wanted too because the bloody bin men are clanking about outside, go downstairs and make instant coffee that tastes like ass cus I can’t afford to buy the good stuff at over a fiver a jar Go and sit in traffic for an hour on the way to work because bloody roadworks yet again Stop off at greggs or McDonald’s for a breakfast and a coffee and then moan because it’s either cold or burnt or on the best days both Go and work 8 hours at a job I hate cus my boss is a nob and expects way too much for minimum wage Sit in traffic for a hour on the way home because of aforementioned roadworks Finally get home to a houseful of ungrateful kids who keep saying 6 bloody 7 for some unknown reason and doing stupid fortnite dances Eat a mediocre meal prepared fresh from the freezer And then bed so I can be up 3 times in the night to piss cus I’m 40 and apparently that’s a thing now 🤦🏻♂️
Living like a English person ain’t all it’s cracked up to be 🤣
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
J'ai 42 ans et je comprends 😅😂 Bon sauf que quand moi je dors rien ne me réveille même l'alarme a incendie je ne l'entends pas 😅 Bah c'est bien fortnite mais je compatis pour les danses 😅😂 Moi ça va, j'ai que un enfant ingrat 😅
Depress-Mode@reddit
October will allow you to live like a true English person and be less busy tourist wise. It’ll rain all the time and be cold usually, so you can enjoy getting the Dutch run bus to the German supermarket to buy Spanish vegetables and Belgian beer. While out you can go to the betting shop, drink some bad American coffee for £6, then have a lovely lunch in a British cafe (pronounced kaf) which is owned by a Turkish family. For dinner an Indian restaurant followed by a nice British pub, (filled with foreign beers).
Unless you live with an 80 year old in a cottage miles from anywhere you’ll experience British multiculturalism at its best. A melting pot of all of the best the world has given us.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Je vais louer un appartement a Bath directement. J'espère que la pluie s'arrête parfois même si en Normandie on connaît bien la pluie 😅😂
Wrecked-Tum@reddit
So firstly, you find your local wetherspoons.
Then you complain about the weather.
Drink some tea occasionally, and maybe hit a car boot sale on a sunday.
Finish the evening with some "I'm a celebrity" and a bacon sandwich.
Once in bed and comfy, get up to make sure youve turned the downstairs light off.
Bonus points if you squeeze in a game of the chase, or tipping point
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Je ne connais pas les jeux 😅
Freeman7844@reddit
Un anglais typique n'existe plus, mais commen un anglais traditional: ) Petit dejeuner 'English Breakfast' avec du the, jamais cafe, et aussi il faut boire au moins 4 tasses du the pendant la journee - apres ca on est au travail, sauf que pendant Les vacances - quand on va au plage ou un endroit comme The Lake District, pour passer une semaine dans une caravanne, preferable queuelque chose tres petite et uncomfortable. Vous finissez la journee Avec Fish and Chips etc voila. Si vous allez en entrangere pour soutenir une equipe.de.foot, il faut se trouver dans une bagarre apres avoir bu beaucoup trop de la biere. Aussi, il faut ne jamais apprendre une langue entrangere. Je parle le Francais (un peut mieux que je l'ecrit) et pour ca je suis pratiquement ostracise commen un bizarre. Je cache à beaucoup de gens le fait que j'oserais un jour parler une autre langue que celle de Dieu.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Pour la bagarre je passe mon tour, je suis une femme et pas violente et pour le thé je vais essayer car en France c'est pas tres bon mais qui sait. J'ai le droit de tricher en prenant un peu de café ? 😅
Georgi2024@reddit
Bad weather and we sit around in pubs and cafes complaining about everything.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Super je viendrais râler aussi, c'est quoi les sujets ?
Georgi2024@reddit
The weather, politics, prices of everything, celebrities we hate, people we know who we hate, family members who we hate, annoying parents, etc. Despite this we are pretty happy and it's a great place to live. I think it's great that you're wanting to spend time in Bath, most people on this group want to visit every city in the UK within two weeks. There's plenty to do in Bath- interesting shops, coffee shops, restaurants, museums, art galleries, places to hike, etc.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Super les plaintes ça me connaît 😅😂 Oui car le 1er août au 8 août ça sera visite a gogo et deuxième voyages c'est adaptation et prendre le temps de voir et découvrir
JeremySausage1@reddit
It lovely how you're responding to all the input. I think you'll have an interesting time if you're this proactive in real life. Have a wonderful time ❤️
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Merci, vous êtes adorable 😉🥰 Oui j'essaie toujours de répondre a tous car je trouve que c'est respectueux de répondre au gens qui commentent mon poste et ça me permet d'apprendre 😉🥰
Fantastic-Speech-438@reddit
The UK's changed a lot since I was young (born in 1983), most of it for the worse.
If you want cities, come up north for a bit. Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Liverpool etc all have a good vibe. The places where you'll still find the stereotypical 'British' way of life are mainly the rural areas - North Yorkshire (where I'm from), the Cotswolds, New Forest, Lake District, Northumbria and the like.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Merci 😉🥰
FlashyProject1318@reddit
I don't know. I thought we were a country of refuge, who'd put the kettle on and have a brew and a chat.
I don't think we're that country anymore.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Ah bon pourquoi ? Hélas tous les pays changent par exemple la France c'est un désastre
txe4@reddit
Vache!
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
?
txe4@reddit
Fetchez la vache!
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Désolée j'ai pas compris 😅
txe4@reddit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSUQNv78VQA
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Ah oui 😅😂
neilm1000@reddit
The translation hasn't come through automatically: I'm on my laptop but it usually does on the phone. In case it doesn't work for other people, I've tried to do a schoolboy translation.
Good evening, English people. I write this in French as ChatGPT translates whatever it feels like, but you should get a translation from the site. Thank you for my last post, you were super.
To me, English people represent wisdom and class.
As I said before, I am coming for eigh days in August and if that is good I shall come back in September or October. Which month do you recommend to avoid crowds?
It might be for one week or two weeks, staying in Bath.
On my first trip I want to see everything and on my second I want to experience an English person's life. Tell me, how do you live like an English person. What do you do on holiday if you stay in your town?
I know there are many places to get a coffee or a meal on my first trip but on my second trip I want traditional English places. Can you recommend anywhere?
Tell me everything so I can experience it, and everything I need to know like your traditions and customs.
Thank you, I love English people!
My French is rough so any mistakes are mine.
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Super vraiment bravo, j'espère pouvoir apprendre assez d'anglais pour pouvoir parler aussi bien que vous le français 😉🥰
DrMacAndDog@reddit
Silly, pointless chit-chat to obscure what you actually think.
Suspicious_Neck_5156@reddit
Er…oui
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
?
Cultural-Turnip-8840@reddit
Football and the pub
CocoTyg@reddit (OP)
Merci j'irai voir ça doit être sympa niveau ambiance
YchYFi@reddit
Fyddwn i ddim yn gwybod nad ydw i'n Sais.
Paulstan67@reddit
Oui. Bom
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