French ‘Bof’: Why Saying Nothing Says Everything
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#Different Minds with Lisa Capelle · June 19 · 19:00 MSK · Zoom
Sandra
Host
Guest speaker
Lisa
#DifferentMindsTalk
We invite a guest who lives or has lived inside a culture — and knows it from the inside. Not from a guidebook. From everyday life.
What we will talk about
The French don't smile at strangers — but they'll argue with you for two hours over dinner and call it a great evening. They eat bread at every meal and stay thin. They protect their baguette by law. And their version of "I don't care" is a complete philosophical position.
This Thursday, we're sitting down with a real French person and asking the questions we've always been curious about.
This Thursday, we're sitting down with a real French person and asking the questions we've always been curious about.
You think you know the French. You probably don't.
Join a session with our host Sandra – a photographer, a hiker, and an English language lover
In this talk, you'll:
✅ Find out why the French baguette is literally protected by law — and what happens if you break the rules
✅ Understand the apéro ritual: why it lasts two hours and why skipping it is basically rude
✅ Explore why the French don't smile at strangers — and what it actually means (it's not what you think)
✅ Discover how France scores on Hofstede's cultural dimensions — and why that explains everything from French bureaucracy to work-life balance
✅ Ask Liza your own questions — live, in English, with someone who grew up inside the culture
✅ Find out why the French baguette is literally protected by law — and what happens if you break the rules
✅ Understand the apéro ritual: why it lasts two hours and why skipping it is basically rude
✅ Explore why the French don't smile at strangers — and what it actually means (it's not what you think)
✅ Discover how France scores on Hofstede's cultural dimensions — and why that explains everything from French bureaucracy to work-life balance
✅ Ask Liza your own questions — live, in English, with someone who grew up inside the culture
Entrepreneurs, executives, consultants, and specialists who want to keep their English sharp — and spend an evening with people worth talking to. B1+ means everyone in the room speaks English — from confident intermediate to fluent. No slow explanations, no basic vocabulary. Just a conversation.
June 19 at 19:00 (msk time)
Online /zoom/
Online /zoom/