Foreign diplomats picked it up and gradually became used to describe the French in general. The land surrounding Paris ws notoriously swampy and the 18th century kings and courtiers of Versailles habitually referred to the Parisians as LES GRENOUILLES.

They were the Long Haired Kings who ruled in Gaul/France/Germany before the Christianization of Charles.ДЄccording to the person who sent me this, the English nickname for the French has nothing to do with their fondness for frogs legs, oddly enough the term was coined by the French nobility as a disparaging monicker for the inhabitants of Paris. The reference seems to be to the royal line of Frankish kings as frogs. Both have been found in royal gravesites of Clovis and sons in France. Quand les soldats allemands essayaient de les trouver ils disaient : 'Ces soldats franГ§ais, on ne peut les trouver nulle part.' Encore une fois, d'oГ№ le surnom de grenouille est apparu.ДЄccording to a history book called 'Holy Blood Holy Grail' the earliest Frankish kings (Clovis I) used both bees and frogs on their royal robes. Avec tout leurs camouflages, ils ressemblaient Г©vidamment Г des grenouilles. Pendant la deuxiГЁme guerre mondiale, les soldats franГ§ais savaient comment bien se cacher des soldats allemands. When the German soldiers tried to find them they said 'Darn those Frenchmen, we can't find them anywhere.' Again that is where the term French Frogs came from. In World War II, the French soldiers were pretty good at hiding from the German soldiers with all their camouflage they evidently looked like frogs. Les Anglais ont donc commencГ©s Г nommer les FranГ§ais les grenouilles. Et bien comme vous pouvez vous l'imaginer, ce n'Г©tait pas la sorte de repas que les anglais mangaient. Pendant la deuxiГЁme guerre mondiale, les FranГ§ais (France) combattaient aux cГґtГ©s des Anglais (Angleterre) et quand le temps de prendre les repas Г©tait arrivГ©, les FranГ§ais mangeaient des cuisses de grenouilles. Well as you can imagine it was not really the English soldiers' way of having a meal and hence started calling them French Frogs. In World War II, the Frenchmen (France) were fighting alongside the Englishmen (England) and when the time to eat came along the French people would eat frog legs. Ils ont Г©tГ© trГЁs gentils et m'ont donnГ© quelques anecdotes Г ce sujet. J'ai toujours voulu savoir pourquoi et oГ№ cette histoire a dГ©butГ©, ce qui m'a incitГ© Г tГ©lГ©phoner le Centre franco-ontarien de folklore de Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Ce n'est pas une insulte, en rГ©alitГ©, c'est un compliment. Et si vous vous posez cette question, moi aussi je me fais appeller une grenouille. They were very nice and gave me some anecdotes on this subject.ДЄviez-vous que les francophones partout dans le monde sont nommГ©s des grenouilles ? Et oui ! Vous avez bien entendu des grenouilles. I always wanted to know why and where this whole thing began, which encouraged me to telephone the Center franco-ontarien of folklore of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is not an insult, actually, it is a compliment. And if you put yourselves this question, I also am called a frog. I am placing them here with a translation of sorts for those who do not read french.Дid you know that French people everywhere in the world are named frogs? It's true! You must have heard it, of course frogs. The original contents were a mix of French and English. I am archiving the relevant contents of the page for you to view here. Thank goodness for the web archive, where I was able to find a copy of it as it appeared a few years back here. The the original website once resided at: The original webpage which contained this information appears to have dissapeared from the web. Archived French Frog Stories Archived French Frog Stories

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