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How do you know you’re Becoming French?! 20 more ways

Par Lisa Avatar of Lisa 14 novembre 2020
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How do you know you’re Becoming French?! 20 more ways

When you…

  1. have an Opinel or three
  2. know that seeing and hearing a rumbling mass of military planes and helicopters in the Paris sky around July 11 is not an invasion but a rehearsal for the Bastille Day parade…  that Bastille Day not only is not the name of the holiday in France but are words that mean absolutely nothing to a French person
  3. find creative, inspiring solutions to any problem…but only at the last minute
  4. know what Système D is (and what the D stands for!)
  5. have at least two pairs of espadrilles in your closet
  6. know what PSG stands for, the full name of the SG in question, what OM has to do with PSG, and what OM stands for
  7. iron your plain white t-shirts and jeans–then wear them with outrageously expensive perfume
  8. make the last item on your grocery list a gigantic bouquet of flowers
  9. have underwear items that match not only each other but also what you’re sporting on top of them
  10. drink your morning coffee (or hot chocolate) from a bowl (Yes! A real bowl. [Tea, somehow, stays in a cup.])
  11. say bon appétit to everyone you see with food
  12. no longer switch your knife and fork for cutting/eating purposes (That’s how German spies were caught in the U.S. during WWII: Their spymasters had forgotten to tell them that Americans switch.)
  13. do not–that’s: not–ask for ice in your cola or water
  14. eat pizza (and, while you’re at it, chicken legs and hamburgers) with a knife and fork
  15. have a favorite chef–and a favorite film director
  16. are shocked when Christmas decorations appear as early as November
  17. do not respond to an e-mailed question until you have the answer: if you never have the answer, you never respond!
  18. feel that one scoop of ice cream (the size of a golf ball) is enough, one cup of coffee (the size of a thimble) is enough, one muffin (that is not the size of a dinner plate) is enough
  19. give up on Doe (as in John) and use Dupont or Durand
  20. figure out how to wash your entire back with a “washcloth” that is really a small terrycloth glove while not spraying the whole bathroom with the hand-held telephone-shower head

by Shari Leslie Segall, a writer who lives in Paris and Lisa Vanden Bos, who has still not mastered the « telephone-shower head« 

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Did you like this article? Then you’ll LOVE the book 90+Ways You Know You’re Becoming French. Visit the FUSAC Boutique to order your copy or ask for it at these fine shops:

  • Brentano’s (37 av de l’Opéra – 75002)
  • Bring France Home (3 Rue de Birague – 75004)
  • Librairie Eyrolles Travel dept. (61 bd Saint-Germain – 75005)
  • Shakespeare & Co.
  • BLA Librairie-Papeterie (161 rue de Grenelle – 75007)
  • Le Parchemin (176 rue de Grenelle – 75007)
  • Papeterie de l’Ecole Militaire ( 41, avenue de la Motte-Picquet – 75007)
  • Les Parisettes (10 rue Gramme – 75015)
  • Bill & Rosa’s Book Room / FUSAC office (42 rue du Chemin Vert – 92100 Boulogne, Porte de St Cloud) Open Wed & Thurs 13-18h

14 novembre 2020 8 h 48 min

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