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| '''Francophobia''' is a hostility or distrust toward metropolitan French people and [[French culture]]. | | '''Francophobia''', '''anti-Frenchism''' or '''anti-French sentiment''' is a hostility or distrust toward metropolitan French people and [[French culture]]. |
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| == Québec == | | ==Freedom Fries== |
| Relationships between French people and [[Quebeckers]] (or [[Quebecers]]) were researched<ref>"[http://www.immigrer-contact.com/bestof/pages/can_int_898.htm Être un "maudit Français" au Québec
| | In 2003, the French government, who said the inspectors in Iraq needed more time, refused to support USA's war against Iraq. Restaurant owners in the US then decided to change the name "French fries" on their menus to "freedom fries" to show their patriotism and their support to the American troops. This move against the term "French fries" was started by Bob Ney, a republican representative at the House of Representatives' cafeteria and was very much publicized. |
| Autopsie du choc des cultures avec les "cousins" québécois]", [[La Presse]], Louise Leduc.</ref>. The attitude from Quebeckers, which might be hostile at times<ref>" [http://books.google.com/books?id=1QVl6GkAB_YC&pg=PA69&dq=%22maudits+fran%C3%A7ais%22&ei=zR7vRs69HIjopQK32PzTDQ&sig=JlHEjC0kb4zLHg3fFfEjAmDSLMc#PPA69,M1 Literary Pluralities], Christl Verduyn, p. 69, 1998</ref>.<ref name="titleBienvenue Au Quebec: À l'intention ... - Google Book Search">{{cite web |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=keVfEEzXNYEC&pg=PA148&dq=%22maudit+fran%C3%A7ais%22&ei=juTmRvSwFZGmpQLuuoC1Aw&sig=UIYd-mH7hzD0csghiSaTCFrGYwQ#PPA148,M1 |title=Bienvenue Au Quebec: à l'intention des touristes et futurs immigrants |accessdate=2007-11-29 |author= Quoilin, Gérard |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages=148 |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref> is opposed to what is expected by French immigrants<ref name=""Maudits Français" - L'Express">{{cite web |url=http://www.lexpress.fr/info/monde/dossier/quebec/dossier.asp?ida=428045 |title="Maudits Français" |accessdate=2007-11-29 |author=Grégoire, Isabelle |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=august 9, 2007 |format= |work= |publisher= L'Express |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</ref><ref name="titleBienvenue Au Quebec: À l'intention ... - Google Book Search"/>. Quebeckers' prejudices against French people are that they are stinky<ref>[http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:f5Ylucn3JzAJ:www.blogue.canoe.com/2006/11/20/maudits_francais+%22enfants%22+%22maudit+fran%C3%A7ais%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=32&gl=ca&client=firefox-a "Maudits français?"], ''Le Blogue Canoë'', 20 novembre 2006."</ref>, dirty<ref>[http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:f5Ylucn3JzAJ:www.blogue.canoe.com/2006/11/20/maudits_francais+%22enfants%22+%22maudit+fran%C3%A7ais%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=32&gl=ca&client=firefox-a "Maudits français?"], ''Le Blogue Canoë'', 20 novembre 2006."</ref>, arrogant<ref name="«Maudits Français» - L'Express"/>, grouchy<ref name="«Maudits Français» - L'Express"/> and have a superiority complex<ref name="«Maudits Français» - L'Express"/>. These prejudices match those of Francophobe English-speaking North Americans<ref>"[http://french.about.com/cs/culture/a/rudefrench.htm Top 10 Myths About France and the French People]", [[About.com]], Kelby Carr.</ref> <ref>"[http://www.encyclopediaofstupid.com/stupid/index.php/France France]", [[The Encyclopedia of Stupid]].</ref> <ref>"[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A21319-2003Sep3?language=printer The Problem With the French ...]", [[The Washington Post]], Gene Weingarten , 7 septembre 2003.</ref> (maybe due to the influence of English culture on Quebec people).
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| The phrase "maudits Français" (damn French people) is now lexicalized<ref>[[Dictionnaire québécois-français]], 1999, [[Lionel Meney]] in the [[province of Quebec]], .</ref> <ref>''Maudit Françâis'', 1964, N. Fontaine.</ref> <ref>''Dictionnaire de la langue québécoise'', 1980-1981, [[Léandre Bergeron]].</ref> to express one's hostility toward French people<ref>"[http://books.google.com/books?id=1QVl6GkAB_YC&pg=PA69&dq=%22maudits+fran%C3%A7ais%22&ei=zR7vRs69HIjopQK32PzTDQ&sig=JlHEjC0kb4zLHg3fFfEjAmDSLMc#PPA69,M1 Literary Pluralities], Christl Verduyn, p. 69, 1998.</ref> <ref>"[http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:hxfdnvcqv70J:www.cyberpresse.ca/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20061105/CPARTS02/611050637/1050/CPARTS02%26template%3Dprintart%26print%3D1+%22maudit+fran%C3%A7ais%22+site:www.cyberpresse.ca&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=ca&client=firefox-a Martin Picard, une tête de cochon dans la cuisine]", ''La Presse'', Nathalie Petrowski.</ref> <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=1WiIiXJ6dB4C&pg=PA311&dq=%22maudit+fran%C3%A7ais%22&ei=YUHuRu6uL4qKoQKcqqiuDw&sig=5IHep0vCx71KHHd9VCNMxyvKoDg Dictionnaire de la police et de la pègre], 2000, Jean-Paul Brunet, p. 299.</ref> <ref>"[http://www.immigrer-contact.com/bestof/pages/can_int_898.htm Être un "maudit Français" au Québec
| | ==Vive le Québec libre!== |
| Autopsie du choc des cultures avec les "cousins" québécois]", [[La Presse]], Louise Leduc.</ref> <ref>[[Dictionnaire québécois-français]], 1999, [[Lionel Meney]].</ref> <ref>''Dictionnaire de la langue québécoise'', 1980-1981, [[Léandre Bergeron]].</ref> <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=keVfEEzXNYEC&pg=PA148&dq=%22maudit+fran%C3%A7ais%22&ei=juTmRvSwFZGmpQLuuoC1Aw&sig=UIYd-mH7hzD0csghiSaTCFrGYwQ#PPA148,M1 Bienvenue au Québec : à l'intention des touristes et futurs immigrants], 1998, Gérard Quoilin, p. 148.</ref>. It is besides very common<ref>[http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=GVK&q=maudits+fran%C3%A7ais&btnG=Search&meta= Google], 11 septembre 2007 (""maudits Français"", 49,800 results; ""maudit Français"", 89,000 results).</ref>. The phrase "Un bon Français, c'est un Français qui a son billet de retour" (a good French person has its return ticket).<ref>''Irréductibles Québécois'', 2004, Valérie Lion, p. 38.</ref> <ref>"[ http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:gI8p5UlLrAgJ:www.blogg.org/blog-44298-billet-comment_%C2%AB_ils_%C2%BB_nous_voient-481825.html+%22enfants%22+%22maudit+fran%C3%A7ais%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=21&gl=ca&client=firefox-a Comment ils nous voient]", ''Les mots d'ici...'', 21 novembre 2006.</ref> is also in use.
| | On July 24, 1967, then French President [[Charles de Gaulle]] was the cause of massive anti-French sentiment in [[Canada]] and the [[United Kingdom|UK]] when he used the phrase, "Vive le Québec libre", during a speech he was giving in front of Montreal City Hall. Canadian Premier [[Lester B Pearson]] released an official statement claiming, "Canadians do not need to be liberated." De Gaulle cut short his visit and returned to France. |
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| Different derogatory expressions<ref>[[Dictionnaire québécois-français]], 1999, [[Lione l Meney]].</ref> are used to describe the French accent from France: "parler en cul de poule" (to speak like a hen's ass)<ref>[[Dictionnaire québécois-français]], 1999, [[Lionel Meney]].</ref>, "perler"<ref>[[Dictionnaire québécois-français]], 1999, [[Lionel Meney]].</ref>, "parler pointu"<ref>[[Dictionnaire québécois-français]], 1999, [[Lionel Meney]].</ref>. They are used both to describe the French accent and to describe a Quebecker whose accent reminds that of a French person. It may happen that a French child feels compelled and decides to lose his accent in order to integrate better into the Quebec society<ref>[http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:hxfdnvcqv70J:www.cyberpresse.ca/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20061105/CPARTS02/611050637/1050/CPARTS02%26template%3Dprintart%26print%3D1+%22maudit+fran%C3%A7ais%22+site:www.cyberpresse.ca&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=ca&client=firefox-a Martin Picard, une tête de cochon dans la cuisine]", ''La Presse'', Nathalie Petrowski.</ref>.
| | De Gaulle, and by association all French people, were particularly resented in Britain during that time due to De Gaulle's constant vetoing of the UK's application to join the European Economic Community (EEC), the forerunner of today's [[European Union]]. |
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| On a 2006 episode of his ''On n'a pas toute la soirée'' [[talk show]], Eric Salvail, a Quebec celebrity, was seen as impersonating a hunter looking for a "maudit Français" (a damn Frenchman) he could bring back from Paris<ref>[http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20061119/CPARTS/611190451/1017/CPARTS Les Français d'ici outrés par un sketch d'Éric Salvail], [[La Presse]], site consulté le 9 août 2007.</ref>. This controversial episode from the show then had a few articles written on it in the newspapers<ref>"[http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:f5Ylucn3JzAJ:www.blogue.canoe.com/2006/11/20/maudits_francais+%22enfants%22+%22maudit+fran%C3%A7ais%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=32&gl=ca&client=firefox-a Maudits français?], ''Le Blogue Canoë'', 20 novembre 2006."</ref>.
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| One of the possible explanations for Francophobia in [[Quebec]] is the idea (some use the word "myth"<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=n0Tt0AlfyikC&q=francophobie+qu%C3%A9bec&dq=francophobie+qu%C3%A9bec&ei=ARjvRqaWJpzApALg-c2fBQ&pgis=1 Le Joual de Troie], Jean Marcel, 14 septembre 2004, p. 122</ref>) that [[France]] abandoned [[New France]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=n0Tt0AlfyikC&q=francophobie+qu%C3%A9bec&dq=francophobie+qu%C3%A9bec&ei=ARjvRqaWJpzApALg-c2fBQ&pgis=1 Le Joual de Troie], Jean Marcel, 14 septembre 2004, p. 122</ref>.
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Francophobia, anti-Frenchism or anti-French sentiment is a hostility or distrust toward metropolitan French people and French culture.
Freedom Fries
In 2003, the French government, who said the inspectors in Iraq needed more time, refused to support USA's war against Iraq. Restaurant owners in the US then decided to change the name "French fries" on their menus to "freedom fries" to show their patriotism and their support to the American troops. This move against the term "French fries" was started by Bob Ney, a republican representative at the House of Representatives' cafeteria and was very much publicized.
Vive le Québec libre!
On July 24, 1967, then French President Charles de Gaulle was the cause of massive anti-French sentiment in Canada and the UK when he used the phrase, "Vive le Québec libre", during a speech he was giving in front of Montreal City Hall. Canadian Premier Lester B Pearson released an official statement claiming, "Canadians do not need to be liberated." De Gaulle cut short his visit and returned to France.
De Gaulle, and by association all French people, were particularly resented in Britain during that time due to De Gaulle's constant vetoing of the UK's application to join the European Economic Community (EEC), the forerunner of today's European Union.
