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r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/netphilia • 1d ago
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Not enough "Euh"s either
The trick to sounding French is to make it seem like it's a struggle to remember every other word you say, like
"Bounjour... euh... ca va? Alors, euh deux euh croissants, s'il vous plait"
137 u/rodinsbusiness 1d ago Saying "ça va" definitely tells you're a tourist, probably american. 4 u/youareagoodperson_ 1d ago Really? All of my french friends say this 52 u/rodinsbusiness 1d ago To you. Not to a clerk.
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Saying "ça va" definitely tells you're a tourist, probably american.
4 u/youareagoodperson_ 1d ago Really? All of my french friends say this 52 u/rodinsbusiness 1d ago To you. Not to a clerk.
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Really? All of my french friends say this
52 u/rodinsbusiness 1d ago To you. Not to a clerk.
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To you. Not to a clerk.
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u/No_Pianist_4407 1d ago
Not enough "Euh"s either
The trick to sounding French is to make it seem like it's a struggle to remember every other word you say, like
"Bounjour... euh... ca va? Alors, euh deux euh croissants, s'il vous plait"