2006-12-27 10:57:15 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ France ➔ Paris
In part it's the national attitude, in part it's a function of their language. Whether one affected the development of the other is open to debate. The national attitude is "me first", and can be seen not only on a personal level but whenever France has dealings with her "allies" or "friends" from other countries. The French language is much more direct and aggressive than English too. Just because you use the polite form of address ("vous") in French, you are being respectful to someone no matter what you say. As we don't have a polite form of address in English we have to use other, more subtle and sophisticated means to show respect to someone. This is one of the most difficult things to learn in English and often accounts for why we find the French to be rude and arrogant, for a direct translation of how French people speak to each other often comes out as rude and arrogant in English, even though the French themselves don't even register it.
2006-12-27 17:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by rosbif 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I am french (from Paris) but I have been living in the USA for quite a while and I am starting to get it. The French seem rude to you because you are used to politeness and the lack of it is unsettling. French people are in fact very nice and genuine when you get to know them. If you are a stranger, they really do not give a merde (excuse my french) about you and therefore will not be so polite towards you because they really do not care. When I go back to France and deal with strangers, I feel now very vulnerable like my armor is gone. I never felt that way when I was living there because it was normal. Now that I am used to the american politeness of strangers, I have a very hard time handling the french rudeness. On the other hand, Americans are always so nice and polite that you do not see the difference between strangers and friends and it sometimes feel all fake. In France, if somebody is nice to you, you know that person genuinely likes you and is your friend.
2006-12-28 12:04:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not all french people are rude, americans can be rude, germans can be rude, italians can be rude but not everyone is rude! Only some people, and I am a little bit french and french people are very nice, only some can be mean, but that is in everyone country, some people are nice, and some are rude.
2006-12-28 23:34:03 · answer #3 · answered by Rose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because we do not understand their culture .What is rude in one culture is acceptable in another.What you asked is a blanket statement and a generalization . It means you say all French people who live in France are rude. This is probably not true . It probably comes from meeting a few rude French peopleOf course not all generalizations are not true . You may for example say, All French people who live in France can understand French. Even this is not really true for there are probably babies and hearing impaired people , autistics etc who do not understand French even though they are French and live in France.
2006-12-27 11:04:54 · answer #4 · answered by Nurelhuda 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are there impolite French ppl in France? you be attentive to I could say it: there are impolite French ppl around the globe. haha The ppl in the smaller cities and elderly couples taking a walk after supper tend to be greater well mannered than harried ppl rushing to artwork. surely the impolite French individual is a stereotype. definite, some are impolite, yet many at the instant are not. It somewhat does help in case you could talk French whilst vacationing France. it somewhat is obtainable that mom could no longer have adequate $ so you might commute to France. whilst you're in u.s., think of approximately vacationing SF or ny. in case you desire some French/French like subculture in N. u.s., flow to Montreal. a brilliant form of bilingual companies there (French and English).
2016-10-28 12:19:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, I believe that French people are much more genuine than Americans. Americans tend to kiss up to people, and they often have a fake "Hi! How are you today!" kind of attitude. So yeah, French people might not exactly open up to you immediately, but when you get to know them, they're wonderful. Of course, I'm not saying that all French people are genuinely nice, but most of them are. It's a very different atmosphere in France. In fact, when my french relatives came to visit the U.S, they were shocked at how talkative strangers can be! It's quite funny!
2006-12-27 15:39:15 · answer #6 · answered by EGGLY 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Why are you, Americans, visit France, since the French people are so rude? There are a lot of countries where English is spoken, so....
2006-12-27 22:49:36 · answer #7 · answered by paris 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't buy your premise. They aren't all rude. I've been to France 5 times and have received good service and been treated well consistently.
French people can be assertive, but that doesn't bother me. A lot of Americans are assertive and many are rude.
2006-12-29 02:39:08 · answer #8 · answered by skellyatsogang 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Majority of US tourists forget they are visiting another country.
Most US think that whereever they go, that area belongs to the
them. France because we saved them in WW1 or WW2.
I never saw a request from France to expel the Germans.
The request came from the Brits.
Try being friendly and not so pushy and impolite.
2006-12-28 01:03:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Again, we are stereoptyping and categorizing. There are many, many French people who are lovely people. But, if one considers the French rude, it is because they oppose foreigners coming to their country and not speaking their language in their country. If the foreigner spoke fluent French, you wouldn't find that type of opposition to foreigners. By the way, Americans are far more rude to foreigners on this same subject.
2006-12-27 11:03:57 · answer #10 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋