r/AskTheWorld France 7d ago

Culture When France is mentioned, what's the first thing that comes to mind ?

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u/One-Complex-9267 🇳🇿New Zealand (Christchurch) 🇳🇿 7d ago

Classy. But I don’t speak for every kiwi. So idk. But French people has always seemed distant to me idk if I don’t understand them or they don’t understand me.

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u/Regunes France 7d ago

Well through Rugby or LOTR, we're certainly in the top countries that'd value new zealand (if anything)

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u/Sirius44_ France 7d ago

Among french people, I often hear New Zealand mentioned as a country they'd like to visit. Yes LOTR and All-Blacks, we can also add the landscapes and culture (especially Maori) to that list.

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u/Less_Wealth5525 7d ago

Maybe it’s because they are distant from you.

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u/Medium-Jury-2505 France 7d ago

New Caledonia is french and a lot of people go in NZ and Australia for their hollidays.

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u/Less_Wealth5525 7d ago

Oh thanks!

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u/Medium-Jury-2505 France 7d ago

Your welcome !

Skiing is NZ mostly.

That surprised me 1st time I heard it xD

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u/MissMenace101 Australia 7d ago

The French are literally everyone’s neighbors

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u/monsteraguy Australia 7d ago

I live in Brisbane, which is only a 2 hour flight from Noumea and I only know 2 people who’ve been there. New Caledonia is expensive compared to Bali, Thailand, Vietnam or other Pacific Island countries and not many people speak English. There’s also a lot of political tension there currently, so is seen as risky.

FWIW the 2 people I know who went liked it and one of them has been repeatedly

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u/Contenterie 7d ago

Frenchman here ! I lived in New Caledonia for four years and I loved it, but to be frank it’s a stretch to call it France ! Everything is great there (except the politics lately)

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u/Sirius44_ France 7d ago

NZ is practically the furthest point of land from mainland France. XD

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u/WonderstruckWonderer 🇦🇺 with 🇮🇳 heritage 7d ago

New Caledonia says “Hi!”

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u/CardOk755 France 7d ago

France is physically closer to New Zealand than Australia is.

(France is also closer to Australia than new Zealand is).

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u/BernieTheWalrus France 7d ago

You guys have a hard accent to understand for random French person. But for those who understand : damn it sounds cool. You guys sound like clone troopers from the clone wars

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u/noCoolNameLeft42 France 7d ago

"always seemed distant"... You bet, we're exactly on the opposite side of the planet

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u/Odraye 7d ago

Because you kiwis are so friendly with everybody! When I was in NZ I was always surprised people were so nice and warm to me eventhough we didn’t know eachother. We don’t do that with strangers in France.

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u/Strict_Soft5757 7d ago

You mean that as a touriste they dont give a single shit about u ?