5. French people eat a lot of baguettes.
There is a big difference between a baguette and a baguette de tradition -- typically called a tradition (tra-DIH-see-ohhn) around here. The latter is more expensive, but also more delicious. So this is actually a technicality. Baguettes and traditions are both eaten quite regularly.
4. French people don't shower. And they smell.
Stereotype! Smelly people and clean people can be found in all corners of the globe.
3. French people don't work hard.
I don't always work so hard, but that's not a culture-wide phenomenon.
2. The Sorbonne is the best school in France.
Before coming to France, I'd heard about the Sorbonne, and was made to think that anyone who had a degree from there was really something. Nope. Perhaps in the US it is the most well-known French university. However, the most prestigious schools here are called les grandes écoles and they include Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole nationale d'administration (a factory for churning out future French politicians), the écoles normales supérieures, and several others.
1. French people like to say ''oh la la!'' or ''c'est la vie'' and ''crème de la crème.''
While
they do say ''oh la la'' quite a bit (I love to say it for dramatic
effect in a variety of situations, too), I have never heard the
other two expressions used. You're more likely to hear ''C'est top!'' or ''C'est fashion!''
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