What are offends in French?
Refusing food or drink in someone’s home The French are big on hospitality and always welcome guests with refreshments. This is just the ‘done thing’, and refusing food and drink is considered a direct snub of their welcome and will almost always offend the French.
How do you annoy someone in French?
How to annoy French people
- Mistake France for Paris.
- Think they’re all geography experts.
- Expect them to understand your French accent.
- Keep reminding them about their French accent.
- Leave the stereotypes alone.
What should you not say to a French person?
We’ve both put our pieds in our mouths at a few dinner parties, so take it from us and avoid these topics:
- “You’re French?
- “Your accent is sooooo cute!”
- “Ew, you eat that?”
- “So, what do you do for a living?”
- “I love your home/car/bag, it’s so nice.
- “Everyone knows French people don’t like to work.”
What is faux cul?
The words faux cul, sometimes written faux-cul, actually mean “false bottom”, or maybe “false ass”, given that cul is the vulgar French word for one’s backside.
What does Con mean in French?
[kɔ̃ ] (very informal) Word forms: con, conne [kɔn ] adjective. [personne] bloody (Brit) (informal) stupid ⧫ goddamn (USA) (informal) stupid.
What are weird things French people do?
These are our favourite, somewhat unusual French customs:
- Never take wine to a dinner party.
- Try and arrive at least 15 to 20 minutes late.
- Kiss, kiss.
- Always say hello and goodbye.
- You’ll have to ask for ice.
- The art of downplaying a compliment.
- Chivalrous to the end.
- Grab a baguette.
Do French people get angry?
Passionate anger, there may be, but there is hardly any passive-aggression. The usually reserved and soft-spoken French will raise their voices to a fever pitch and the occasional expletive the likes of putain, putain de merde, or fait chier will fly.
Do French people say je suis?
Je suis = I am. That said, not always when you would say “I am” in English, is the French translation Je suis. The French say, e.g., I have 20 years (j’ai 20 ans). There are other examples, but they are, all in all, exceptions.