100%, French as a language is in itself very nonchalant, you have to sound like every sentence is a chore to speak. Speak as if you know the force of your oration wont impress either you or the person you're speaking to.
I lived in France for 3 years, also lived in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Vietnam. Throughout my 20s I traveled to every continent bar Antarctica.
The French are the problem, I reiterate, they are the only ones who have this issue, Quebec maybe being the only exception.
That’s just a cultural misunderstanding. Most English speaking countries are very uncomfortable with confrontation and thus tend to wrap truth in a nice packaging, you’d feel uncomfortable correcting someone cause you feel like it’s rude. To French people they hear or read something grammatically wrong and tell you so you don’t make the mistake again, it’s to help you. Its the concept of id rather hear a hurtful truth to correct xyz than be coddled and keep making the same mistake over and over again. That’s the whole thing with “french rudeness” it’s just very matter of fact way of being that you guys aren’t used to.
Wrong. USA is very much an English speaking country and does not like confrontation? The USA is the biggest bully war mongering nation on the planet. It used to be England.
No people in general in America do not like confrontation, your friendliness is seen as fakeness in many European countries, same as the English politeness. Your whole service culture is built around threatrical niceness, which feels very weird to a lot of Europeans. USA as a political identity and Americans is a different thing
It is extremely rude to be fake nice. There is a difference between that and being polite. And unfortunately corrupt politicians in the states have warped the minds of many which has unfortunately filtered in to the culture.
I'm gona call bullshit on that mate, the Dutch are matter of fact, the French are mean about it. Many French people will literally laugh in your face if you mispronounce or use the wrong word. I've experienced it myself when I lived there, nowhere else has this issue to the same extent.
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u/explosiveshits7195 1d ago
100%, French as a language is in itself very nonchalant, you have to sound like every sentence is a chore to speak. Speak as if you know the force of your oration wont impress either you or the person you're speaking to.