Hilarious French vs British comedy by Tatty Macleod • FRANCE 24 English

[@paulmakinson1965]

French-Australian here, she is spot on! We have the same experiences, english at home, french outside, and the clash of two cultures within.

[@emjizone]

English food + French school -> Japanese anime hair 😊

[@Bellasie1]

Excellent!

[@teresayeates3437]

The waitstaff thing is true. In Canada we had a Parisian waiter who was fired for rudeness and he appealed. His arguement was "I am not rude, I'm French." I thought it was perfect. Having married a French Canadian and lived amongst them, I learned they communicate in a more direct manner. It is not wrong, just different.

[@peabase]

The poor Brits think the Germans, the Dutch and the Danes equally rude. The Brits wear their sensitivities on their sleeves.

[@michellebyrom6551]

That is such a French thing to say. Another European would be confused and demand an explanation of rude, before staing Not where I come from

[@SN-sz7kw]

As the restaurant owner my response would have been “Same thing. Adapt.”

[@Hope_Boat]

Having a rude Parisian waiter in America is a rare marketing opportunity. That boss doesn't understand the business.

[@MinieAnne]

​@michellebyrom6551 that's very not french to say unless this guy is fed up with cliché and using them at his advantage. And other European doesn't have this cliché. Maybe an Italian would have said " I'm not loud I'm Italian"

[@jadejohns3107]

The French have no need for binge eating or drinking because they have good boundaries as opposed to being consumed with ‘people pleasing’. What a fabulous talent Tatty is! Thanks for featuring her.

[@drew699]

Bizarre comment.

[@Deepthought-42]

Leaving half empty bottles of wine or packets of biscuits is untidy. I always tidy up before going to bed 😉

[@nicobsm111saintmichel7]

Well then, who could refute your rationalisation cloaked in jolly, witty-humour laddie?! :)

[@DSAK55]

OMG, she's the best of two cultures

[@Wazkaty]

Glad to see her on this channel !

[@sengs.4838]

bilingualism at her best , she speaks perfectly french without any accent at all

[@alexkat8297]

She grew up in France

[@Hope_Boat]

Tu m'étonnes. Elle a grandi en France.

[@fun3000able]

Just a bit of accent. You need to be french to hear it.

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

@@fun3000able yes the accent would tell you from where in France she is coming from ;)

[@flossie1362]

@@fun3000ablei agree

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

Love this channel. Thanks for introducing us to Tatty.

[@happyduckling]

She said "English Binge Drinking" and I understood "English Bin Thinking"

[@neilog747]

The English sometimes binge for all kinds of reasons. Firstly, ancient germanic folk were known to be big eaters with a lower variety of crops and so more, wheat, barley dependent, so more beer. It also echoes both scandinavian and celtic behaviour (heavy, episodic drinking, which in Scandinavia is partly to overcome shyness). Bingeing on food looks like historically derived starvation behaviour, i.e. eat what you can while food is available, whereas the French approach seems to reflect behaviour based around having a stable suppy of food security with no need to binge. Then there is the American cultural supply of 24/7 consumerism which focuses on pumping sugary food into the bellies of the Anglosphere who do not have the linguistic barriers of the French, who are therefore more immune to this. Then there is the big night out aspect of English and Welsh culture which is intentionally debauched in order to have more fun. Whatever the reasons, I don't see bingeing as a lazy excuse to criticise 'The Brits'. The history of culture is a complex thing.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

All the heavy drinkers share one thing. Horrible weather. It's no fun getting slaughtered in the sun, the hangover the next day is horrific.

[@bikesfrench8524]

July 10 is the Bayonne festival 3rd largest festival in the world all counters are outside 5 days and 5 nights have a good day😊

[@thomasharter8161]

bla bla bla bla ! The English are not a Germanic people.

[@duartesilva7907]

Interesting that you say "Then there is the big night out aspect of English and Welsh culture". Does this mean Scottish and Northern Irish have different behaviours when going out?

[@fizzedupslade4082]

Thank you for introducing me to Tatty M. She is brilliant! Looking forward to seeing her success.

[@sajadganie2296]

Tatty means?

[@fizzedupslade4082]

@@sajadganie2296 I believe that Tatty is the comedian's name. Her name may be Tara, so called Tatty as a nickname. Tatty also means 'a mess', 'worn', 'untidy'. 😁

[@sajadganie2296]

@@fizzedupslade4082 " mess" ?

[@fizzedupslade4082]

@@sajadganie2296 noun. a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess. Antonyms: order. a person or thing that is dirty, untidy, or disordered.

[@jasonbrownjourno]

@@sajadganie2296 for context, a parent rushing in the morning might see themselves in a mirror and say "Oh, I really am a mess" eg not fully prepared for the day .. or waking up in the morning with a hangover and saying the same thing - a light-hearted, self-mock in this case, perhaps

[@Bellasie1]

I also have both cultures. Imho, it is more likely that the English person doesn't know where Croatia is than the French. English people are less interested in other cultures than the French are. The only thing that is spot on in the Croatia holiday suggestion joke is that the British will go anywhere cheap for some sunshine without hesitation, whereas French people don't really have to look abroad.

[@amonkeysden]

That's the whole point of the joke 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@MtJochem]

You are wrong in my experience. I've heard 'Les Pay-bas, c'est où?' multiple times now. And that when we try so hard to overrun them every year with our caravans.

[@pierceparker]

Tatty Macleod should be nominated for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Peace for bringing Franco-British harmony to the world. Tatty Macleod devrait être nominée pour le prix Nobel de la paix 2025 pour avoir apporté l'harmonie franco-britannique dans le monde.

[@stevedrane2364]

Brilliant. . Merci . . For introducing me to Tatty . . 👍👍

[@s1nb4d59]

Subscribed to tatty's channel,love her,thanks france 24 .

[@fm9572]

A couple of decades ago, when I lived in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA, they hosted the Senior PGA golf tour. The late Chi-Chi Rodriquez was a then famous golfer on the tour, and a reporter asked him about the (tourist destination) city and he remarked, "it's okay. It'd better if there wasn't a burger joint on the corner of every block though..." He was trash talked on the local news for a week after the tournament left. Loved that city...

[@frenchcrawl]

She’s great. Discovered her during covid lockdown times on Instagram.

[@jasonbrownjourno]

A holiday? Outside of .. France??

[@PaulTasker]

She's really superb. I love what she says.

[@seanys]

Delightful!

[@Neilhuny]

Oh my god, she is SO accurate in her portrayal!

[@susanmoorewerner8444]

Love her!! She will soon be very famous.

[@kenseal]

As I understand it alcohol intolerance and misuse is partly a genetic characteristic which by chance the people from Brittany also share with the UK as they have close gene pool and heritage. Breton folks have a reputation in france as err,..enjoying their drinks. Dont shoot me for saying it but I beleive it is a proven factor. I am British by the way.

[@Fkrksw]

The average consumption of alcohol in France is higher than in the UK but, in France there are strong rules associated to it, different alcohols are linked to different parts of the meal (and different types of food), being drunk is not well perceived when you are not a youngster, etc. It’s just cultural 😊

[@bikesfrench8524]

July 10 there are the Bayonne festivals 3rd largest festival in the world you will drink 5 days and 5 nights non-stop😊

[@MaximilianvonPinneberg]

English German here. Had to speak to Oma in German.

[@Bellasie1]

I was thinking I wanted to see the equivalent of this, either English + German or French + German.

[@freeofbug]

she speaks french without accent (I mean english accent). Bravo Madame

[@davidnorman530]

Okay, I'm American, born in NYC (ruder than France). Everyone (worth a damn) outside the British Isles loves the British. Why - because you've perfected getting on and getting along (on a tight island). We all hope you won't change (which includes endless self criticism apparently). The French (and New Yorkers), could learn from your example.

[@gigiatlas2364]

The French are only rude if you're rude to them. Some food for thought for ya

[@Hope_Boat]

The French may learn a lot from the British but hopefully not cooking.

[@khalilkansou]

Funny how everyone became an official statistics institution. Are you a researcher and worked on French and British societies??? I have been to USA (NYC) and London many times and there were rude and awesome people. But definitely the worst experiences I got were in London people were rude cold and hypocrites. They use nice words even when they are so rude and racist. I'd rather be frontally insulted. But still I am not saying Brits are that way. I am saying I had that experience!

[@khalilkansou]

​@user-jz3dq6fi7x and you did a social experiment on Paris?

[@khalilkansou]

Read your comments and realise how rude racist and a**h** sob you sound. Then maybe tell a full nation what to do or not to do!

[@Deepthought-42]

In the 1950 the British school children were given milk. In France at the same era school children had a glass of wine. Perhaps thats why French people generally drink in moderation.

[@franciscouderq1100]

Untrue… never at school. But at home , yes 🤣🤷‍♂️😎

[@CROM-on1bz]

I remember that in nursery school it was a glass of milk and not a glass of wine, but it was the 60s

[@florencepi6232]

My french mother had milk and not wine at school in 1950!

[@jongulliver984]

Not true France has higher per capita alcohol consumption than the UK and England has a lower level of under age drinking than France.

[@CROM-on1bz]

@@jongulliver984 It's normal, between world-renowned wines and lukewarm beer... 😏

[@djr3386]

Tatty resembles Holly Wiloughby in the thumbnail.

[@markgladman2789]

Why cant we get Frances on freeview.......we need it......

[@emjizone]

9:25 Oh, we have in fact *two* words for people-pleaser. If sincere: lavette. if not sincere: faux-cul.

[@melissalamberts9588]

People pleaser = Lèche botte lol

[@TheBlackManMythLegend]

@@melissalamberts9588 yep it's negative in the french language but in english it seems to be positive. like it's a positive things to be a people pleaser.

[@melissalamberts9588]

@@TheBlackManMythLegend yes it's negative seen as negative here in France but being an English speaker I find it useful when I have to speak to government workers. The sickly sweet manner works like a charm.

[@balisaani]

No.

[@danieldonaldson8634]

I thought it was really fun, that the dominant characteristic of the French, a complete incapacity for self criticism and complete marginalization of other ways of doing things never came up, and yet the entire format of the show illustrated it! Bravo!

[@CROM-on1bz]

Self-criticism is for the weak.😁😁

[@gerafinali4384]

I don't think you understand the French well then. Your passive agressiveness is showing. Maybe you should talk to someone about your resentment of the French.

[@Madoldcatlady]

@user-jz3dq6fi7xyou’re joking right?! I’ve lived in France for 30 yrs. my husband is French and my kids are French. I’ve had some really appalling treatment for no other reason than I am English. Even my kids when at primary school were victims of bullying, type; ; "les anglaise pue" just because they had a French mother. And, after Brexit, there was a lot of nastiness online about British. So don’t give me that nonsense that you like your "neighbours". The French don’t even like French from other parts of France to theirs.

[@OlivierGaffuri-wc2dl]

@@Madoldcatlady Labeling and categorization at their finest. How disappointing for someone who lived this long in a foreign land. Sometimes time doesn’t heal.

[@Pssst.ByTheWay]

To be polite or to be frank: the school of life did a WONDERFUL video on that question Tldr: polite Though the example doesnt fit well. The skit has about being blunt…

[@drcl7429]

I think I might be French.

[@ROCKINGMAN]

People love to talk about themselves.

[@figgettit]

red flags abound

[@christinegourvest5655]

Elle surjoue complètement les français et est plus soft quand il s’agit des anglais

[@shantrannyduck]

bien sûr c'est une bourgeoise Britannique qui fait semblant d'être aussi Française mais ne l'est pas ; la plupart des gens n'y voit que dalle

[@thedudeabides3138]

Yeah….nah.

[@ikku4321]

To be frank I prefer politeness and people pleasing, how the hell you could even dare to speak to anybody otherwise.

[@kropotkine9640]

politeness in itself and people-pleasing is the contrary of being frank, it's mostly hypocrisy

[@upendasana7857]

Yes thats right...better to be a passive aggressive English person that goes away feeling full or pent up rage and resentment which leads to binge drinking and overeating then actually speak your mind!! Of course there is a middle ground between condiering the feelings of others and not being a narcisssitic arse but not having the sheer courage to say what you think or feel and pretending politeness when you actually would like to kill that person sums up the utter hippocracy of many Brits. Politeness in this country is often superficial and feigned and nothing to do with true consideration of another but just wanting to appear "nice". You can speak to people plitely and still be direct or let a person know if they are not doing their job or giving bad service etc.How many times do English people eat *hite food,get terrible service,terrible pay and conditions but go away and moan about it somehwere else instead of saying something.Its a nation of passive aggressives.

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

Why label it "British" when this is all about "English"? Even the woman herself only talks about "English".

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

I’m English but ALWAYS call myself British 🤷‍♀️.

[@franciscouderq1100]

@@phoenix-xu9xjsure, nobody is perfect 🤣

[@neilog747]

The whole of KZbin does this. On the English side, half the English KZbinrs are trying to sell to the USA, and the other half cannot tell the difference.

[@shantrannyduck]

with a Scottish name maybe fake

[@katec9893]

Unfortunately there is a trend of referring to English culture, English people and England as 'British/Britain' whereas Scotland, Wales and Ireland are allowed their own identities.

[@emjizone]

7:38 I see a toxic relation. Do you need help ? ☺

[@thanatu76]

Stop using Brit or British with English. They aren’t the same thing. British are English, Welsh, Cornish, Scottish, Manx and Northern Irish. Every time they use Brit or British they mean English.

[@MrArboricolor]

We have a word for people pleasers it's : hyprocrites ^^

[@farfalcon1616]

Salted chicken 🐔

[@animalrevenge1058]

Don’t call it people pleasers when it’s just hypocrisy !

[@carygson]

Hmmmm and are we all the same then?

[@Pssst.ByTheWay]

thirsty comments

[@Klausklinkerbayer]

Hilarious?🫤

[@benoitpisarchick6866]

yep this is flat

[@brianquigley1940]

.👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@gigiatlas2364]

I stopped listening at "we were living in France, eating English food".

[@billythedog-309]

l can't find the hilarious bit. lt must be well hidden.

[@peabase]

American much?

[@soisek.7019]

I found it sometimes witty, but hilarious ? Not my definition if the word...

[@soisek.7019]

of

[@paulmakinson1965]

Satire is an exaggeration of certain idiosyncrasies that the public already knows about. Being bi-lingual and bi-cultural means that you can look at a culture from inside of it, and then observe it from outside. If you do not have the cultural references, you won't get it. As a French-Australian, she got me laughing. A pure Frenchman might not find it funny. He will say, "yes, wee ar la eek zat, wats so funny?"

[@upendasana7857]

Oh well maybe 2 men walk into a pub is your type of humour :)

[@groMMit1981]

No wonder sold out with that poster, bet the chaps and lesbos were disappointed

[@shantrannyduck]

yikes not bilingual the way it is understood clear Anglo accent here .... and serious überplatitudes on "cultural differences" Guardian-reader territory here ... not adding much to the entente but hey ..... i am sure there is a public for this .... of which i am not cringemaking stuff

[@gretagarbeige]

Son français est parfait, tu dis quoi là ?

[@gurglejug627]

God that was boring. What happened to interview technique and people capable of choosing their own hair colour without overriding crowd influence? Vive la Russia/Serbia!

[@Pssst.ByTheWay]

To be polite or to be frank: the school of life did a WONDERFUL video on that question Tldr: polite Though the example doesnt fit well. The skit has about being blunt…