Do you remember, my old Ask a Frenchman blog? A few years ago, I imported a few posts here. Well, what about I import more? Maybe all of them if I find the time? Let’s start with this one. It was originally posted in 2009, so some things may have […]
French People
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Hello David, I have a question for you. Since I was born half French and Irish, have been trying to find the right course to take on learning authentic French. I am very confused on this. My Mother was born and raised in New Brunswick, Canada, and we learned Quebec […]
So, I just returned from spending a little more than three weeks in France. For you, if you’re a “typical” foreigner, France might be this amazing place you dream of visiting (unless you’ve already done it), or instead, if you’re an idiot loser, you may think that it is […]
I haven’t written anything about the events of last Friday night in Paris. Not sure why. Maybe I don’t really feel like expressing myself about them yet. Maybe I simply don’t have much to add to the whole thing. That and the fact that it feels so unreal to […]
(asked by Chris from… Mmm… I don’t know where he’s from, but I will have to assume the US) Hello! We have had several interns from France stay with us, and it seems a common theme is that they all believe that air conditioning makes people sick. I thought […]
(asked by David B. from Québec) I would like to know, what do the French really think of the Franco-Québécois, or even of the non-francophones from Quebec and Canada. Just to see as to how it differs from their overall and/or personal appreciation of that great American figure […]
So, Marie, from somewhere (I suspect the US considering the question) asked the following thing: Do French people really use the expression “Ooh La La”? If so, what does it mean? Is it used more by women or does everyone say it? How do the French pronounce it? Do […]
Preliminary warning: this may not be the best piece I have written. It was pretty difficult to write, emotional at times. I wrote it in several sessions, so the style may be uneven, typos may be plentiful. Sorry about that. Wednesday night, last week, I returned home from work […]
(asked by Ravi from the UK) Hello, I can’t understand why the French, especially those in Paris hate the British so much. Despite the historical wars of CENTURIES ago, we have been through so much together, especially during the World Wars. We have worked together since then, the Channel […]
(asked by David L. from Miami) This is one of the very first posts from the original Ask a Frenchman blog that I’m republishing here today. It was from a series of very stereotypical questions that my friend David L. from Miami had asked me partly as a […]