My questions dealt largely with the broader mood. But I also asked people to name a single living French artist – 78% of respondents could not; those who did inevitably named someone dead – or to identify on whose side France fought during the American revolutionary war. In response to that question, 66% got it right, 20% had it wrong, and about 10 people asked me which American revolution I was referring to. But only once, in dozens of interviews across 11 states, did someone mention cheese and/or primates. (via US-France relations: cheeseburgers still go well with French fries | guardian.co.uk)
May 21, 2012