On 22 Jul 2005 11:07:33 -0700, wrote:

Especially when you
consider they did NOT adopt American languages, religons, or
customs even after MANY generations.

Nor did the Normans - they preserved their old custom of invading
England.

The French have invaded Britain a couple of times - one being driven
away by Welsh women in red petticoats and tall hats, who they mistook
for uniformed soldiers, and once infamously leaving a monkey and his
organ-grinding uniform jacket behind.

Whom the inhabitants of Hartlepool promptly hung, as a spy,
- Ugly little chaps, these Frenchies.