STEREOTYPES ABOUT FRENCH CULTURE - HOW TRUE ARE THEY?
SECONDES |14/10/14|0 Comment
Some
foreigners think that all the French wear berets, striped shirts and
red scarves and that they always carry a baguette, a bottle of wine
and cheese, but these are stereotypes. Indeed there are 66 million
inhabitants in France and they have different origins, customs and
accents.
FOOD
Most
foreigners think that all the French eat bread and cheese and drink
wine. It is true that most of the French like them. There are about
400 cheeses in France and we can find plenty of bakeries in French
towns. A lot of adults drink wine at lunch and dinner. Sometimes they
drink champagne (when they celebrate a birthday or at Christmas). But
the French do not only eat bread and cheese! They also eat meat,
vegetables and fruits, of course! And they also drink coffee, water
or sodas.
Many
people think that French people love eating snails and frogs' legs.
Yet this is definitely a stereotype, because very few people eat this
kind of food. Moreover Frogs' legs and snails are usually eaten at
Christmas.
CHARACTER
The
French have a bad reputation. Indeed a lot of tourists think that
they are rude and grouchy. Of course there are people who are not
very nice but most of the French are welcoming.
