STEREOTYPES ABOUT THE FRENCH

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    What we think of stereotypes about French people :

    • Yes, it's correct ! We totally agree with that !!!

    1 .About food ! ( so much things to say about it , because so important to us !! )

    -It is true that we eat baguettes and  good cheese everyday and croissants almost every morning.

    -We enjoy drinking all sorts of wine with our meals and especially with our baguette and cheese !!

    -But more from the age of  30. Young people drink spirits better.

    -We eat snails only for Christmas and not everybody does that.    

    -As for frogs we eat them in the summer , it's delicious !!! You would be surprised ! It tastes like chicken !

    -We eat French fries, yes, but like everybody in the world !

     

    2. We love fashion , perfumes , cosmetics , nice shoes, famous brands. We have very famous popular brands but it's really expensive so it depends on your social background.

    3. French people are very keen on sports in general . We've got excellent athletes in the Olympic games ,  we've already won the football world cup , and yes our annual cycling event is famous in the world : Le tour de France.

    4. It is true, and our teacher regrets it a lot , that people in France don't make a lot of efforts to speak English to tourists. But it tends to change a little bit. It depends on the places and on the age of the people because now people know English better... We hope the situation will improve !

    5. No, we like tourists but not on the seaside and in ski resorts !!!! ;-)

     

    • We don't agree ....

    _ It is not totally true when you say that French people are all arrogant. We would rather say that people from the big cities are like that. But come to our small and lovely villages and you'll be very warmly welcome !!!

    _ We are not all good at drawing ! For example , our English teacher can't even draw a dog !!

    _ We are not more romantic than other countries . Paris is a romantic place but it doesn't make all French men romantic !!