Hello, I am French who is very curious
about culture coming from Japan and I have found your web very enjoyable.
It is really a pity that
Paris gave you so bad effect. Among the young French, like me, there are
many fans of Japanese culture, but with the ways, which are a little blind.
The majority of other young people and adults often think Japanese are
neurotic people, I heard, more over, frustrated people show many
perversions (it is not my opinion). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I’ve gone through your web, which is
interesting from good point of view and full of suggestions. Truly, the French (Let’s say “Parisians”)
cannot grow up from the description you did about their attitude. Nevertheless, 2 remarks -Paris is the most important tourist
metropolitan in the world (70 millions tourists every year). Unfortunately,
I do not know big tourist city, which has no relation with your description
(robs, relative unkind to tourists, etc). -Paris is not France. The “elegance” is
perhaps hidden in a rural area. If, for any reason, you are sensitive to
the life, don’t be discouraged… Thank you once again for the web, which
notably arouse the exchanges of the points of view, in spite of small
typical mistakes in French language! It is true that the “dream” of Japanese is
far from the hard reality… The French, Latin people, are very sensitive
(too sensitive perhaps) to the verbal temptation (suggest without saying)
and direct questions about their life from stranger can be regarded as an
incongruity, more over oafishness. The particular relation with words is a
part of personal equation of French, people who are still and for a long
time more respectful of the language (and books) than the image (including
“look”). But you know about that more than I. Your expression “soldiers
armed with words” is correct. The verbal battles are one of our favourite
sports and can make lose concentration of foreigners. The French
non-Parisians (and not “provincials”, which is horrible word created by
Roman occupier), in particular in the south of France, share often your
feeling about the superiority complex of Parisians. The
centralization is still, in spite of the laws of decentralization,
fundamental evidence of “the French equation”. I am French and I have not seen Paris yet,
but because of the people, I believe that Parisians are not really good
people who are stressed and not polite at all. On the other hand, I don’t
speak English but German. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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