What is France known for where you live ?

LOL at the Brits: in over 2000 years of puffed up military history Britain has never defeated any major power in any war without having other allies to do the colossal part of the fighting for them. It's hilarious to listen to the Brits talk about their fantasy version of military history.

Ah yes that Empire that ruled a third of the world was just given to us?

Think of everything important that got invented,probably had something to do with the Brits.

Think of the language that is spoken in most countries of the world?

Think if any single country that had not been successfully invaded for nearly 1000 years? Can only think of Britain.

Jog on with your couple of hundred years of history.

Eiffel Tower

The Louvre

Le Tour - Alps, Pyrenees, and all of the amazing scenery and historic sites in between

Wine

Baguettes

Normandy and its associated history

Your empire was a trading empire and was a paper tiger when it came to any major military conflict and instantly vanished after WW2 LOL.

LOL at the Brits inventing stuff - at the so-called height of your Empire you tried to build an Eiffel tower in your own country, and it fell down after reaching 40 meters, while the Americans were building skyscrapers.

People speak English today because of America not because of Britain just so that you know. In any case, listening to your politicians such as Boris trying to speak their own language is hilarious, just as well they don't attempt to try speaking anything else!

The Brits version of history is like something made from the Carry On franchise (an invention which you can take credit for)...

the sex

(from the UK)

Typically would say here France is known for (in no particular order): tourist attractions, tourist traps, wine country, great food, slim diets (small portions but filled with flavour), racism/islamophobia, fashion, smoking, great summer weather, and a deep history of war [Battle of Hastings 1066*/Bayeux Tapestry, the Hundred Year War, Normandy Landings/D-Day], and probably for a lot of Brits; a very accessible camping holiday destination.

Never been, but my assumptions are if I did

-paris is an Islamic hellhole. Basically a third world country

-most of the remaing native French are congregating in white enclaves/towns. Outsiders not welcome and they are stuck up towards Americans

-people are generally lazy. Taking 20 weeks off a year for vacation and then whine about benefits and not getting enough from the government

-women are fine as hell(assuming not under a burka)

-the humiliation of ww2 has never really left the cultural psyche

-overall, not just a dying empire...but a DEAD empire.

To be fair, France has homoganised its language so much that any regional languages and dialects have just about gone. Thats a bit of a shame; in the drive towards uniformity, a lot of culture and regionalism has been lost. Britain has done this to a much lesser extent, and has even retained different languages on its own mainland, i.e. Welsh and Scots Gaelic, as well as a number of different regional accents.

I live in France, obviously I wouldn't be doing that if I wasn't a fan of its many, numerous good points (and because I literally could not live here without proving that I can financially support myself). I can only make two criticisms - a lot of French people just do not realise how good they have it - you have superb farming land, a good climate, a variety of terrain, plenty of food, great infrastructure, education system, universities, culture, etc.. My other criticism is that French people do often like to cheat. I've barely ran a race here where someone hasn't cut part of the course very obviously, and got away with it. And people always want to pay almost nothing and mess you about when you are trying to sell everything from a house to a piece of furniture. But there are so many good things.

By the way, regarding the not speaking any other language thing. I've passed B1 in French and hopefully next year it will be B2. I try not to let French people know I'm not French, as very occasionally you get one who can be not so nice to you. Mostly its ok. I've lived in 2 other countries and I have experienced more racism in France (I'm white too). But my French sounds a bit like something the Normans would have spoken in the 10th century at times, my other foreign language is Norwegian, and I got very excited when I heard shop assistants in my local supermarche say "takk". I think so many people across the world speak English because it has so many influences from other languages - German, French, Dutch, Norse, etc.. The UK ranges in latitude from 49 degrees north to 60 degrees north, and the north is very different from the south east of England.

Wine. What else? I live in California.

But we're comin for ya!

France is known for a lot of things. The Olympics does not change my positive perception much. However, as much as I have revered France, I am starting to think that they came from the same humble beginnings as every other country, and thus, their exceptionalism, just like the misguided exceptionalism that the US proclaims, should be ignored.

Mussolini and Trump are more closely "equated". Mussolini was an atheist who came to power in Italy by making deals with the Pope and publishing false propaganda in his own newspaper.

When I think of France, my brain goes to Lafayette and the aid France gave to the US in gaining their independence.

Good comparison! But I think his propaganda was not "false propaganda" but the real deal---said jocularly of course and without a hint of sarcasm...

The Eifel Tower, baguettes, smoking, mimes, and the birthplace of democracy.

France is still perceived as a beautiful country filled with wine and great food, that had to be saved by the blood of our ancestors, twice.

The negative effect of migration from previosuly colonized Francophone Africa is not lost. The reliance on nuclear energy is envied. The extreme tax and high cost of gasoline are feared.

I think of the TdF .. that’s about it; maybe the U.S. Marshall Plan.

This says so much about you and, sadly, many people who do the same.

I think we ALL know what France is notorious for…….

Well Britain was actually conquered by the French at that time by Guillaume the Conqueror...Hence why English is filled with French words. Maybe that's why they became better at fighting afterwards.