"Mastering French manners, the hard way " , that's what happened to a BBC reporter who hadn't mastered the french manners before setting foot on the continent !
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For this season of festive meals can be a minefield for those uneducated in French ways.
Oh, if only I had read their advice before venturing out to my first Parisian dinner party.
I had arrived punctually at the chic Parisian flat on the Left Bank, on the dot of eight o'clock in the evening, as per the invitation, bearing flowers for my hostess.
I wondered why she seemed slightly put out. I realised, when the other guests - politicians, a philosopher, a banker or two and their wives - finally arrived an hour later.
The conversation was in rapid-fire French, no allowances made for the only foreigner in the room.
So, to make myself feel more at ease, I reached over to a bottle of wine, to pour myself a second glass.
The entire table suddenly fell silent as the wine emerged loudly, and in slow motion, into my glass.
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better read on so you won't make a fool of yourself ... !
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...MIND YOUR MANNERS !...
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