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The French
Parisian café
JOHN SONES
Arrogant, bureaucratic, chauvinistic and stylish… France is a country
whose people has attracted more myths and stereotypes than any other in
Europe, and over the centuries dozens of tags have been pinned on the
garlic-eating, beret-wearing, sacre-bleu- swearing French. (The French,
by the way, hardly ever wear berets or use old chestnuts such as 'sacre
bleu' anymore.)
Being French
Most people are extremely proud to be French and are staunchly nationalistic, a res-
ult of the country's republican stance - which places nationality (rather than religion,
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