This is my free article. I am going to try to discover how French people are seen by other nationalities. What are the best adjectives to describe them and their culture?

To realise a good job with real opinions, I decided to ask some questions to people that I met at the college, in the streets, at the airport wherever I went (you can see all the comments all over the article and a video to resume everything on the bottom of the article). I aslo found some videos on youtube to have more details.

Thanks to this article, I could speak with so many people. I learnt more about French and France but also about the vision and culture of foreign persons. It's true because I realized that all the old people are the same answer, all the rich people have another one.

 

♣  If I say "an adjective to describe French", what do you tell me?

Romantic
Nice
Rich
Suitor
Sexy with their French accent
Patriotic
Sofisticated

Individualist
Bad faith
Complainer
Lazy
Frozen
Critical

 

I did a video about French seen by others:

In this video, you can discover the main stereotypes of French people:

♣  If I say "France", what do you tell me?

 

According to the group of people in the pictures, France is synonym with:

Eiffel Tower, Paris, Louvre, Montmartre, luxe, perfect, beautiful, elegance, bread, French fries, coffee, croissant, café, ratatouille, crêpe, François Hollande, DSK, Nicolas Sarkozy, French language and 'je suis Charlie', smoke cigarets a lot, topless on the beach, good food.

I was so suprised because everyone says the same words and adjectives. So to live in France, you have to be at Paris in a café and wear luxury things.

 

In this video, you can realize that French people have a lot of tics when they speak:

 

 

 

♣  If I say "French author", what do you tell me?

" I studied l'Etranger written by Albert Camus at school"

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Le Petit Prince

Tatiana de Rosnay - Elle s'appelait Sarah

Muriel Barbery - L'élégance du hérisson

"I know Patrick Modiano thanks to his Nobel Price in 2015 and Le Clézio in 2008 "

Andreï Makine - Le testament français

Molière - l'Avare

Sartre - l'Être et le Néant

"I think my favourite book is La fille de papier (Guillaume Musso).
I remember I read that book on the beach last summer."

 

♣  If I say "French cooking", what do you tell me?

"French food is the best food that I have ever eaten!"

Ratatouille, Quiche, Cassoulet, Tartiflette, Crème brulée

 

Crêpe, Ham called "bonne maman", Fondue, Wine, Escargot, Saint Jacques

 

 

 

 

Bread, Croissant, Cheese like Camembert

 

 ♣  If I say "French famous singer", what do you tell me?

 

   "I love Edith Piaf and her charism"
said Elizabeth.

 "For me, Aznavour! When I was young, my Nana always listened to his songs. Good memories", said John.

 "I don't know a lot of French singers, but I know Carla Bruni thanks to Nicolas Sarkozy", said Owen.