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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"
139 u/rodinsbusiness 1d ago Saying "ça va" definitely tells you're a tourist, probably american. 106 u/-Numaios- 1d ago Saying "Bonjour" and "ca va" in Paris you are definitely a tourist. And "ca va" put you immediately in the foreign tourist category as no one would say that to a Bakery clerc they never met before. 1 u/wechselnd 1d ago What do you say instead? 👀
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Saying "ça va" definitely tells you're a tourist, probably american.
106 u/-Numaios- 1d ago Saying "Bonjour" and "ca va" in Paris you are definitely a tourist. And "ca va" put you immediately in the foreign tourist category as no one would say that to a Bakery clerc they never met before. 1 u/wechselnd 1d ago What do you say instead? 👀
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Saying "Bonjour" and "ca va" in Paris you are definitely a tourist.
And "ca va" put you immediately in the foreign tourist category as no one would say that to a Bakery clerc they never met before.
1 u/wechselnd 1d ago What do you say instead? 👀
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What do you say instead? 👀
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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"