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.
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WHAT!!!!???? THEY WHERE SHOES IN THE HOUSE!? WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY IS THAT!!!??? XD
I honestly can't stand to have shoes on in the house, but my parents... they rarely EVER take their shoes off.
Wow, I have never noticed that the French don't have H's.... WEIRD!!!But I think they make up for it with their nasaly accents.
Europe sure is a strange place, Esè. That's spanish for dude!
OHHH!!!! Another thing: I told Lauren that they grow kiwis in France, and she was suprised too!!!! She said she thought they only grew in cuba, or something.
Oh, and who is your new family? Do they have kids? Do you have to go to a new school? What is Christmas time like in france? Whats Santa Claus in French? Sainte Nicolaus? Is he chubby like the american one (that got famous cos of coco cola)? Why is Santa Claus, whose real name is Saint Nicholas, called Claus? Guess what? Today they actually had a tornado warning in Santa Maria!!!!!! Ooh, have you found a lutheran churchical in France?
Found a protestant church that I visit when I have the time. I'm still at the same school. Right now I live right up the street from it. My host mom has two sons at home that are about Matthew's age. And they have three characters like Santa Claus here: Père Noël, Saint Nicholas, and Santa Claus. The French are convinced they're three different people, and different regions celebrate with different personnages. Here it's the Père Noël (who is not Santa Claus or Saint Nick!!!)
And in Finland, it is the "Christmas Goat" which is actually, according to Uula, santa claus, but then he said in real life it has nothing to do with SantaClaus.
And, maybe Claus is short for Nicolaus? my best guess...
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