Poll: Help in trying to explain something

Where is Biarritz?

  • The South of France

  • Southern France

  • Stop being so bloody pedantic, the first two options are the same thing.

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Jean-F said:
The Aquitania was a Cunard ship, I think that you meant Aquitaine, or Nouvelle Aquitaine.
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Wasn't that where Conan the Barbarian came from? :)

The obvious solution to the problem is for France to sell Biarritz to Spain. I don't know what that eminently sensible solution isn't an option on the poll.

EDIT: I felt a niggle to check my memory from years ago when I read the Conan stories. Aquilonia wasn't where he came from. It's where he ended up, as the king. Which explains the niggle - the memory wasn't quite right.
 
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Your wife is right, you're wrong. Go buy her some flowers and apologise.

Having been to the South of France many, many times - it spans from the Atlantic to the med. If I'm visiting Bordeaux or Toulouse, I'd say I was going to the South of France.

You're thinking of the French Riviera.
 
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Von Luck said:
Your wife is right, you're wrong. Go buy her some flowers and apologise.

Having been to the South of France many, many times - it spans from the Atlantic to the med. If I'm visiting Bordeaux or Toulouse, I'd say I was going to the South of France.

You're thinking of the French Riviera.
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Nah, go see your mistress and forget about it ;)
 
Von Luck said:
Your wife is right, you're wrong. Go buy her some flowers and apologise.

Having been to the South of France many, many times - it spans from the Atlantic to the med. If I'm visiting Bordeaux or Toulouse, I'd say I was going to the South of France.

You're thinking of the French Riviera.
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My wife gets flowers regularly, I’m a bit old school in that respect.
I too have been to Bordeaux many times, my great-aunt Sylvie lived in Bègles, close to the Garonne, and Georges, a distant cousin lives in Blagnac, near Toulouse airport.
If I was going there I’d just say that I was going to Toulouse or Bordeaux.
It’s never a good idea to tell someone what they are thinking, unless you’re a clairvoyant or mind reader.
I’ve stated enough times now that there is a difference between Southern and/or South Western France, and the area on the Med that is specifically referred to as “The South of France”, (which includes the French Riviera).
Pour moi ça suffit je suis dehors.
 
ah the joys of domestic bickering. I'd have said SW but on the Atlantic side just to the north of the Spainish border, not the S Mediterranean coastline. Simples.
 
PermaChanged said:
Aren't you a user of "could care less", yet you argue semantics over this? :(:p
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Yes I do favour “I could care less”, but to attempt to explain the difference between my attitude to using “could care less” and my attitude toward the difference between “South-West France” and “The South of France” would take up too much of my time, plus probably bore everyone to death in the process.
It would probably be better if those that believe that Biarritz is in the popular holiday area known as The South of France carry on believing that, while I, (safe in the belief that I’m right), sit on the sofa nursing a glass of Armagnac while slowly shaking my head from side to side resignedly.
 
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