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Cinders said:
Well, let's analyze the evidence. In the Princess Bride, Inigo Montoya offers Wesley his "word as a Spaniard." In response, Wesley says, "No good. I've known too many Spaniards." Now if we were to take this into account, it would seem that the French are mais trustworthy. However, anyone who has finished the movie knows that Inigo Montoya actually turns out to be a very trustworthy guy. So that's a point for the Spanish. But we can't ignore that Wesley has met "too many Spaniards," indicating that the majority of the nation has disappointed him in some aspect. Inigo seems to be the exception, not the rule. Perhaps the key is to compare and contrast a Spaniard with a Frenchman. We have several to choose from. If we choose Sarkozy and compare him to Inigo, that perhaps is an unfair comparison. Not just because Inigo would easily beat Sarkozy in any epic left-handed sword duel, but also because Inigo a fictional character and Sarkozy is not. We could compare Inigo to Pepe Le Pew, however Pepe is not human, so that is also unfair. Ah - I have it. We shall compare Inigo Montoya to D'Artagnan... But then we should leave out the three musketeers... Wait a minute. I have a better way. Let us list the notable Spanish characters against the notable French characters. For the Spanish team, we have Inigo, Don Juan, Don Quixote... For the French team, we have D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, Aramis, Cyrano de Bergerac, Jean Valjean, Quasimodo... I believe the French take it - if it's a measure of most notable fictional characters. However, perhaps I have taken this debate in an unexpected direction. Maybe you wanted to compare them por most notable fictional female characters, well, that's a whole other list, isn't it? Or - wait - what do you mean you meant the languages?! That's no fun, and doesn't provide half the opportunities to offend the Spanish or the French (or both)!
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