Trenchant Frenchness can grate if you aren’t used to it, but it’s a lot more straightforward than British passive aggression, says French journalist Marie Le Conte
Trenchant Frenchness can grate if you aren’t used to it, but it’s a lot more straightforward than British passive aggression
When asked about messages that described others involved in the film as “weak and stupid”, Green replied: that’s “my Frenchness coming out sometimes”. Of course, mere relentlessness isn’t what makes French complaining unique. While the British enjoy seething passive aggression and cloaking their feelings in euphemism, a good Gallic whinge must be vicious, and ideally come at an inopportune time.
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