A Conversation for The English tourist in France
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Shellers (Master of wit and ready repartee) Started conversation Aug 10, 2000
This is my first attempt at an guide entry, and just want to see if I'm on the right lines.
A413542 The French
Shellers (Master of wit and ready repartee) Posted Aug 10, 2000
Was I supposed to include a link like this http://www.h2g2.com/A413542 ?
A413542 The French
Crescent Posted Aug 10, 2000
Amusing entry (and thank you for the link above but it would better be called The British Tourist in France - it doesn't mention the French much at all
BCNU - Crescent
A413542 The French and how to annoy them
Shellers (Master of wit and ready repartee) Posted Aug 10, 2000
Thanks for the encouragement - I've always been interested in writing and having recently discovered h2g2 it looks like a good, interesting place to start.
2cv
A413542 The French and how to annoy them
Munchkin Posted Aug 10, 2000
Yeh, more about the bad English tourist than the French. Nice wee article though. Perhaps want to try and expand it a bit, other stupid things tourists do, are Americans better/worse, are there a race of tourists who don't do this sort of stuff, that sort of thing. I like what is there mind, it made me chuckle.
A413542 The English tourist in France
Shellers (Master of wit and ready repartee) Posted Aug 10, 2000
Okay point taken - the entry has now been retitled but I've limited it to the English as I won't tar everyone with the same brush.
A413542 How Not to Be a Tourist in France
Administrator-General (5+0+9)*3+0 Posted Aug 12, 2000
The link definitely helps, thanks.
And this is exactly the sort of information that belongs in a Hitchhiker's Guide. I'd have organized it in smaller paragraphs or bullets, but that may be just me.
A413542 How Not to Be a Tourist in France
Wampus Posted Nov 1, 2000
Looks good to me. The only comment I have is the line at the end which says, "I've seen...etc."
The H2G2 powers-that-be frown a bit on using "I" or "me" references. Would you be so kind as to rephrase that one?
Wampus
A413542 How Not to Be a Tourist in France
Shellers (Master of wit and ready repartee) Posted Nov 2, 2000
Okay, it's been amended - thanks for the advice.
A413542 How Not to Be a Tourist in France
John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted Nov 3, 2000
This is an amusing list, but I think it would make a better entry if you were to give it a more substantial introduction. I think you need to explain the context of this stereotype a little bit for the benefit of those amongst us who may be unfamiliar with it. In general, the tendency to make reinforcing prejudices about foreigners a highlight of any holiday abroad is a recognizable, if somewhat lamentable, trait of tourists wherever they are from.
JTG
A413542 How Not to Be a Tourist in France
John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted Nov 3, 2000
This is an amusing list, but I think it would make a better entry if you were to give it a more substantial introduction. I think you need to explain the context of this stereotype a little bit for the benefit of those amongst us who may be unfamiliar with it. In general, the tendency to make reinforcing prejudices about foreigners a highlight of any holiday abroad is a recognizable, if somewhat lamentable, trait of tourists wherever they are from.
JTG
A413542 How Not to Be a Tourist in France
Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese Posted Jul 31, 2001
Sleeping deep down in the Workshop, a good !
As it is at the moment I'd say it's worded in a sarcastic touch, rather than conveying factual information. You could aim at the Post or 'So long, and thanks for laughing' in the present form. But with a bit of intro and outro you can make stuff for the Edited Guide out of it
just my tuppence anyway
Bossel (Scout)
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h2g2 auto-messages Posted Oct 15, 2001
Editorial Note: This conversation has been moved from 'The Writing Workshop' to 'The Flea Market'.
...as the author of this entry seems to have 'left the building'.
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Flea Market: A413542 The French
- 1: Shellers (Master of wit and ready repartee) (Aug 10, 2000)
- 2: Shellers (Master of wit and ready repartee) (Aug 10, 2000)
- 3: Crescent (Aug 10, 2000)
- 4: Shellers (Master of wit and ready repartee) (Aug 10, 2000)
- 5: Munchkin (Aug 10, 2000)
- 6: Shellers (Master of wit and ready repartee) (Aug 10, 2000)
- 7: Administrator-General (5+0+9)*3+0 (Aug 12, 2000)
- 8: Wampus (Nov 1, 2000)
- 9: Shellers (Master of wit and ready repartee) (Nov 2, 2000)
- 10: John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" (Nov 3, 2000)
- 11: John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" (Nov 3, 2000)
- 12: Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese (Jul 31, 2001)
- 13: h2g2 auto-messages (Oct 15, 2001)
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