Trossie.
"Best ever ATC instruction one can get:
"Contact London on XYZ (freq.)" ...in a French accent!!!"
Amen to that.
Even worse, have you ever tried to go into the small regional French airports? I seem to remember we were 'vent derrier ' (wind up the arse) and 'tap de ban' (no idea of the literal translation there). Most of the ATC control was done via braille.