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[–] [email protected] 47 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I once accidentally spoke french to a waitress in Greece then apologised and said I wasn't actually french. She went on a ten minute diatribe about how french people are the bane of her life because they refuse to speak English with her and just get louder and louder in french 😂

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

As a Belgian, I noticed that people usually get warmer when they learn I'm not French.

Hopefully the cliche will change over time.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's like the Canadians when they don't want people to think they're Americans. Some Americans even pretend they're Canadian for the same reason. I'm French and I knew about these for a long time but never thought of the parallel with France/Belgium. Damn I might start using this and just say I'm Belgian haha.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Ca marche aussi avec les Suisses, mais alors ils vont penser que tu es riche ha ha

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

This would happen in Austria as well.