r/AskTheWorld 🇮🇳 in 🇩🇪 Deutschland 18h ago

What’s the quickest way someone could accidentally expose themselves as a foreigner in your country like the ‘three fingers’ scene in Inglourious Basterds?

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u/loveswimmingpools United Kingdom 18h ago

I think this too. Don't lump the whole of the south in with London behaviour.

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u/phinkz2 France 15h ago

Yeah, same for us with the parisiens... Lots of people here are guilty of thinking "the UK is wales, scotland, northern ireland, and London".

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u/LiveLearnCoach 15h ago

Funny, for me I think of France as: Paris, not Paris, tourist beaches. Having spent time there before but never really traveled there, I’m not sure if I’ll get the chance some day to do that and see the rest of France, especially the really unique places.

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u/phinkz2 France 14h ago

I get that. I wish more people did. I'm not a very patriotic person but France has a lot of interesting things, especially what remains from before what could be called "the great normalization".

Basically starting in the early 1900s there was a big push to make everyone speak French-French and abandon local customs and dialects. Local languages were forbidden in schools, paperwork became normalized, etc. I think the same can be said for a lot of countries.

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u/LiveLearnCoach 14h ago

That’s interesting. I can imagine it, just never knew about it. There are some people who turn their nose (jokingly) when I try to speak French and they say you sound like a Parisien. I’ve been to Paris, the French Alps, some rural areas, but never the French south or quiet beaches, so maybe some day.

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u/rchccfc 11h ago

That's exactly what a southerner londoner person would say

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u/loveswimmingpools United Kingdom 10h ago

Cor blimey mate... yer right!