What do french people look like

Was he just based on this list?? They yes have known one another from his sister. But she is literally trying to ruin our relationship. Are they all this way.

From where should I start? In fact, Napoleon showed to the World who French are. The cornetto is actually worst than croissant.

Too dry. Never Italia. This is typically Italian. Nobody moved, the guy died. Vai Italia Vai!!! I live in France and I could say : I never eat frogs and snails horrible!

I love American, I love speak in English even if I think French people are very bad in English , my parents neveeerrrr drinks wine, I see very rarely poeple who are dress like models. I think stereotypes are hilariously xD.

Snails are delicious with garlic you should try :p. I think most people see frogs in biology class rather than in their plate though. I hear that one a lot here in Berlin ;D. I heard all time not literally — Ohh. In Paris we have better orginized … Ohh. French company would do that better Ohh. To be honest, I do the same here in Germany. And then when I am in France, I do the opposite.

I just had a lot of fun reading all your comments! I was working on the French communication for my Negociation class when I found this blog and I just want to thank the author to explain all of this stereotypes. Just go to France before saying anything of that! French people complain all the time. Yeah what could make him think that… Oh.. During business meeting it is terrible … particularly abroad France.

I think people should always make the effort to speak a language everyone understands so nobody feels rejected. I never understood stereotypes or where people got them from but as an American this makes me feel bad to see how much we stereotype other countries….

French people have lots of stereotypes about Americans. And I guess many of them are wrong. The best thing to do is to laugh about these stereotypes, they are often harmless after all :. I will be going to visit France in the future. I have been learning to speak french for over 2 years and will never be finished.

But as an American, I would rather the locals speak to me in french. As I intend to speak to them in thier language. And I feel it would be very disappointing to miss the chance to practice what I have worked so hard to learn. Some people may switch to English if they see you are not a native French speaker, but generally if you keep speaking French they will speak French. What you could do also when you are in Paris is go to a polyglotclub meeting.

Last time I went there, there were mainly French people and they were all eager to speak English so you could easily find people to practice with there. And if you want to practice before going to France, you can also find a language partner on Italki or via a language exchange meeting.

He was being funny. I also noticed that people tend to think as french people as fancy know it all that wear floor length dresses and the boys wear striped shirts and berets. Well, the feeling I have is that most stereotypes date from the last century. My suit mate in college was from Paris and not all these stereotypes are wrong. I guess she like america cause she came here 7. My roommate had the worst fashion of anyone Ive ever known and she literally had about 8 things in her closet….

This girl was driven and dedicated. I didnt see her drink much at all 9. Yes they do. I am always surprised when I read about French women not shaving. This is really something most French people would find weird. I never heard about that, and I am French. I was speaking in English, they were speaking in French. Many articles say that when you go to a country you should try to learn some phrases, well none of the French tourists had tried it.

Lots of people never make the effort the learn another language unfortunately. At school, French people are taught that you are either good or bad at languages, and they are not really encouraged to make efforts to talk.

As a result, they are often scared to look silly abroad when they speak English. Even though, speaking French and expecting everyone to understand you when you are abroad is even more silly IMO. I think the best advice almost anywhere —including France —for a traveler is try to get to know the language a bit. Except the taxi drivers.

I totally agree with you. I think the perception of friendliness depends a lot on who you meet, how you behave, or even what you consider to be friendliness. For example I heard that in nordic countries, holding the door for someone is considered rude, because it means you think the person is weak. Whereas not doing it in France would be considered rude. Yeah speaking French helps a lot, because when you do that you show that you want to get to know the country and that you respect its culture, but also because a person who is afraid to speak English will be less afraid if you show vulnerability by speaking French first.

I regularly get mad at them. They drive without any respect for pedestrians. I hope there are exceptions though. Ashamed to be French or American? A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words and not his nationalty.

When we know, we have willingness to respect. Totally agree. You need to know other cultures before you can judge them. Because each culture is unique and you can not understand a country without a deep knowledge of its culture. Other travelers I meet say the same thing. Those are not just prejudices but opinions based on experience.

At least, less than other people from other countries. Most of the stereotypes listed above are generally true. I am sorry you had a bad experience with the French people you met. I can assure you there are lots of nice French people travelling abroad too. The problem with opinions based on experience is that they are highly personal. Some people have bad experiences with French people abroad, while other will tell you they had a great experience.

It still puzzles me somewhat, and I spoke to lots of other expats about this, and we agreed on this. I loved life there in general, in the south, but where the service industry is concerned, standards are definitely different from many other cities.

I have been living in Germany for one year and find people much more rude in Germany. But I also realize that politeness is not universal. Something considered rude somewhere can be considered polite somewhere else. For example, I noticed that in Germany, people almost never say thank you when you hold the door for them.

Generally speaking French people hate being fake. This means that French people may seem or be depending on how you feel about it rude.

I am from Yemen and i am studying in France … all these stereotypes are wrong because i lived and contacted with french people. Frankly ,they are gentle and polite and they respect foreigners.. I appreciate that forever. Merci pour la france. I am glad you are having a positive experience in France :. My experience is that usually French girls are very cautious with men, because French guys are sometimes a bit irritating in the way they flirt.

About the pulic servants, I agree that theyre very unhelpful and can be quite rude. I met so many people on the streets, and I jad so many random conversations with people around me. I complained tons of times about a terrible public servant and the horrible service of the government while waiting in line with people.

As other people mentioned here, there is actually a matter of shame and vulnerability. So the result might be my face a little tense, and a reply going like « You go zis way ; zen you see a big… thing… zen… euh… voila. But of course I never meant to be rude. You are right, surprise definitely plays an important role.

I visited Paris for 3 days and I actually realized not all the people speak in English, but all of them were very kind and always tried to help me. Well,there is a popular image of French people wearing berets and striped shirts but this has been proven very unlikely these days. I wore a beret and a striped dress for 2 days in Paris.

I read that Parisians can joke you are going to be a pantomime if you wear a striped shirt and a beret in Paris so they probably laughed at me for dressing that way in Paris but I did not care. I found out that the French are willing to speak English,mainly those in the service sector such as hotel or airport workers. There are exceptions of course. A woman once blamed me for speaking English in a French restaurant and called me a traitor ;D.

The waiter kindly asked her to leave. A lot probably. But this is understandable considering how easy it is to communicate in English in the world. If I were a native English speaker, I would also be lazy to learn another language. Truly a shame though. If you aim to quit the mass tourism, for instance, and go out on your own into not English countries you can start to face a state of frustration.

Still remain true that learning a language imply efforts. Some people want to remain in the bubble. When they go abroad, they want to enjoy the beach and the sun, not discover another culture. Of course, not all French people speak english, as well as they do not speak other languages such as italian or spanish. But I do not see the point! Are all americans speaking another language, and able to speak to tourists in their languages? No, and this is absolutely normal for americans like it is for french or any other people in the world….

Americans are monolingual in the most cases, but is it truly an advantage?! How much do they miss traveling outside English language countries because of this? French people are afraid of failing that is how I feel about it personally and I am often scared of getting laughed at because of my accent or the mistakes I do.

This is amplified when I am surrounded by other French speakers. But the truth was that I was just not confident about it, and felt ashamed that she thought that of me. French people just need some love like everyone else haha. You are totally right. And I am sure many foreigners would be afraid to have to speak French to French tourists visiting their country too. I agree that French people have a fear of making mistakes. The true differences culturally definitely are not pointed out in this article, although truly states that many of the stereotypes above are urban myths!

I think this is part of the education system. My French friends I notice find it hard to laugh at their mistakes compared to my English friends, but that can make them seem proud and in turn impolite, but in reality a smile really does change the dynamic and relaxes the situation. Frenchie: good luck at university, Brits are generally embarrassed at their lack of foreign languages, but approach it differently and are generally prepared to speak slowly and explain strange vocab if you ask, although I generally find they will pick up on your needs without too much asking, a small cultural element I do miss, but I have to say has been replaced with a great attitude to aiming to keep life simpler!

I have lived in Germany a while, and I noticed that using lots of polite words and sentences can be considered irritating in Germany, whereas not using them would be considered rude in many other countries. The best way to convince French people to speak English is to show vulnerability first and talk French. French public servants are generally considered lazy and welll…useless.

Of course many people had good experiences and I can not generalize. Even French people often complain about them. I recently discovered this video of a French girl living in the U. Of course some French people do speak English Vicky, but stereotypes are generalities. This is due to: — the translation of foreign movies to french unlike countries like The Netherlands where they only add subtitles and people speak proper day-to-day English by the age of Even doctors or people likely to communicate with foreigners are far from being fluent in English.

France is a relatively big country compared to Northern European countries , So English is less needed. Because each person will think differently depending on who she met. Surprised at that. Thought Netherlands would be top as well not below Sweden and Norway — though their English proficiency is v impressive. And Estonia? I am not French nor a native English speaker. Even though what you are saying seems legitimate and widely thought. This is how I see things. They have big corporations — great health care one of the best in the world - they can even fly all the way to Quebec or Africa and still speak their own native language.

French people are not encouraged to speak out loud, afraid of failure and the system DOES encourage them to learn languages but not to make mistakes. You are absolutely right. In France, we are not encouraged to make mistakes at all. Do you face difficulties in France as a foreigner? While failure is seen as an opportunity to try again in the US, French people often consider failure to be the end.

And a lot of French people are simply afraid to speak English. Actually many French people speak good enough English to help tourists. Well, I already went to high school in French when I was younger, then went back to Brazil and decided to continue my university level studies in France. I was already speaking well French. I never had any issue with understanding French people. So that was cool.

The goof thing is that French people like Brazil and Brazilian. They like to remind me on Soccer team the carnaval! Thanks for sharing this article. Honestly, I think they may be a bit too optimistic. But we will see :. So your French must already be very good :. Feel free to contact me if you need any help. The carnival must be awesome. You and Lydie are both right, as far as studying English is concerned.

I honestly believe years of age is way too late to properly and most importantly easily master a language, although it can be achieved, when you choose to study it out of the system. Anyway, there is indeed a lot of lack of self-confidence, and I find it way harder to speak English around French people than if I were in an English-speaking country. Now to put it in a nutshell — if you want to speak English or any other language for that matter , just speak it out!

I look forward to your next video. In the meantime, bonne chance and enjoy your life here aux Etats-Unis! Hi Joe, thanks for the feedback. I am not the author of any of these two. Anyhow, I appreciate you liked the video too. For example, I love to speak english with my scottish friend or with my roommate. My ears bleed. And most of the people I know speak like that. What truly helped me get over my fear of speaking was to make English friends, and go to Couchsurfing meetings and Polyglotclub events.

I agree. French tend to be quite negative sometimes. Recently an article reported that they are not very positive about their future compared to other European countries for example. Thanks for saying that French people are in fact not different that the rest of the world.

Of course they do have showers, shave etc… French people are just like you guys! We are not the bunch of frog eaters weirdos that some people imagine :D. All humans are quite similar at the end. And there are always reasons to explain differences. The men do wear more colour than Australians though. Do they not realise just how beautiful their land and culture is? Display a Gravatar image next to my comments. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Table of Contents. French people wear berets. French people stink. French people are rude. French people only listen to accordion music. French people hate Americans.

Frenchmen are the most romantic people in the world. The French always surrender. The French are intellectuals. The French always eat gourmet meals.

The French all have poodles. If you want to see berets, I would suggest you go to Basque provinces in France and Spain. Feel free to disagree …….. Whole Europe had to create coalitions to contain them, and for centuries … Reply. And they were a time during the crusades before the flag was confiscated from the Welsh and then carried by the British when we harboured the same flag as the one England as now Reply.

Are you serious? Merci beaucoup, Cathy Reply. English is basically germanic people trying to speak French for centuries and not very motivated somehow … Reply. You got it wrong we are proud of complaining all the time!! Beer, and telly Vive la France Reply. I would call that being smart though :p. Hmmm…try learning some history instead of relying on jaded stereotypes.

Try deep-frost shelves. We never work, hate everything and are constantly crying. MDR Reply. Thats sounds pretty rude, to tease someone based on their ethnicity. Plz help me. I want to go abroad but I have no idea and money. My pleasure :. Not my experience.

So after english language have kept a lot of French thinks in his vocabulary etc… Reply. One year later — indeed, no racists in the UK. Italians are the best. We know how to appreciate good stuffs :. I think stereotypes are hilariously xD Reply. What makes you think that? I never understood stereotypes or where people got them from but as an American this makes me feel bad to see how much we stereotype other countries… Reply.

I am a french girl and I can assure you that rare are the women who do not shave themselves! Not shaving would be extremely weird for most French women. Yes they do Reply. Your English seems pretty good :. London is the most visited city in the world. Thanks for the information :. I just modified the article. Parisians are not the monsters people describe for sure.

Nice picture :. No, and this is absolutely normal for americans like it is for french or any other people in the world… Reply. Thanks for sharing :. You are Right. When you are not used to it, speaking English can be a terrifying experience :D. Thanks for sharing this video Vicky :. But of course many French people speak good English. During the primary half of the nineteenth century, Uruguay acquired largely French immigrants to South America.

French pizza is probably second solely to Italy, where the meals finds its residence. If you go to the Pink Flamingo Pizzeria in Paris, you can dine along the canal and enjoy a number of the finest pizza France has to offer. The nightlife in Paris is basically good, and yow will discover a club to suit practically each music style.

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In New England, the vast majority of French immigration within the 19th and early 20th centuries came not from France, however from over the border in Quebec, the Quebec diaspora. These French Canadians arrived to work within the timber mills and textile plants that appeared throughout the area as it industrialized. And i felt that i favored him, we talked on skype since then. Because French fertility rate is the same since more than two centuries around 2 per woman, a small number in comparison to the UK and Germany before the WW2 , France always welcomed immigrants to develop its economy.

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