What does it mean to be French?

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I am completing a research project on the uniqueness of French culture and the idea of what being French is all about. I would appreciate any credible answers that I can then refer to in my essay Smile

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[+6] - fresco - 02/17/2015[URL=http://s1378.photobucket.com/user/davidrs1/media/tumblr_inline_mtaz8p0m5k1s4h3ao_zpsf6fzu0ny.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah99/davidrs1/tumblr_inline_mtaz8p0m5k1s4h3ao_zps...
[+3] - Olivier5 - 06/19/2015I lived in New York. There are hundreds of thousands of francophones living there, including many French people. You can hear the language spoken at every street corner, and there are quite a few...
[+3] - Olivier5 - 06/19/2015:-) Does "regular" exclude "French" now?
[+3] - Lordyaswas - 06/22/2015For someone who is enjoying the hospitality of the French, and maybe making full use of their welfare generosity, you show a great talent for being an ingrate, bumfluff. If you do not like your...

@researchnut,

http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah99/davidrs1/tumblr_inline_mtaz8p0m5k1s4h3ao_zpsf6fzu0ny.jpg

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@researchnut,

The men all dress like this, and ride bicycles loaded with vegetables, usually onions.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/02/10/article-1355552-0088768C1000044C-756_224x474.jpg

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You really should be asking "c'est quoi être français?".

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb0hn5_pour-vous-c-est-quoi-etre-francais_news

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@researchnut,

researchnut wrote:

I am completing a research project on the uniqueness of French culture and the idea of what being French is all about. I would appreciate any credible answers that I can then refer to in my essay

You screen name is singularly inapt if this is what you think "research" is.

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@Lordyaswas,

This reminds me - Louis Jourdan died a few days ago. Rest in Peace.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/movies/louis-jourdan-dashing-star-of-gigi-is-dead-at-93.html?_r=0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jourdan

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@ossobuco,

Forgot to add a photo or two -

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mclxpxIxqv1qb8ugro1_1280.jpg

http://medias.unifrance.org/medias/82/143/102226/format_page/louis-jourdan.png

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@ossobuco,

I shall always remember him this way...

I adored the movie "Gigi", I had a mad crush on Louis Jourdan, and, many many decades later, it's still one of my very favorite films.

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@researchnut,

Hi Researchnut,
Don't know about French culture. Wink

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@selectmytutor,

It is complicated but also interesting for those of us here who are not French. I'm not either, but I have read, at least glancingly, a lot of their history at different times.

The french, as most of us in free talking countries, tend to disagree with each other on some matters, and talk about them, often sharply.

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@saab,

Hi, Saab, that looks good..

I lie, I don't like raw oysters, I had a hell of an experience, but I get the idea.

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@saab,

is that an early Citroen? I just looked and it is.

A bumble bee on wheels.

I'm trying to remember if I've ever ridden in one.
No, alas.

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http://www.lsa-conso.fr/mediatheque/1/7/7/000017771.jpg

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@saab,

Gauloise! Disque Bleu!

I haven't seen or tried one of those in donkey's.

They had an air of style about them, but tasted as if they were made from camel dung and bus tickets.

Aah, the exotic seventies......

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@Lordyaswas,

Who else would try to smoke galoshes. Do they get them by the pack or by the pair?

Har Har Har.

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A bit more for the picturebook

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--z1CvBTIS--/18sojhfw36vn3jpg.jpg

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Stilleven_Le_Figaro_-_Cornelis_Winkel.JPG

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@saab,

Trop grand mon ami !

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