French Stereotypes Episode 2

So, back by popular demand (or just the demand of my father) is the wonderful section that dives into the facts and myths behind French stereotypes!

French people drive really small cars: Not exactly true. I've seen two smart cars and one tiny Italian car in the 3+ months I've been here. In general, they drive normal sized cars, though I do see the occassional SUV. I have yet to see a Hummer, however. My other seemed to be under the impression that the French don't use large tractor-trailor things for shipping. They do, just like in the US.

French people don't say the letter H: although technically they don't pronounce their H's in words, I have noticed that French people tend to say H's at the end of words that don't need them, like "lundi" becomes "lundihh." And in English, it's true that they don't say H's when they should, but they also tend to insert H's where they don't belong, like "I have eight hats" becomes "Hi 'ave height 'ats."

NEW! Some stereotypes to replace the ones I've broken:

French people are super obsessed with having neat school papers: I'm serious. Their papers have like a thousand lines on them, to make sure everything is nicely lined up, they use rulers to underline everything, write in different colors. It's all far too organized for me.

French people don't go barefoot: my host mom always gets really shocked when I don't wear shoes inside. I guess it's a cultural thing, since I love having naked feet.