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The official tourism site for Paris and the Ile de France (www.pidf.com<\/a>) is a useful site for visitors to the Paris region and has a spin-off site where amongst other things the French do not take themselves too seriously – unusual, I know, especially on a government-funded website.
\n\"\"<\/a>Here at www.cestsoparis.com<\/a> (it’s so Paris!) you will find invaluable guides to French and Parisian humour and an illustrated guide to the gallic shrug!. Apparently a survey showed that many visitors (especially from the UK) often misunderstood the non-verbal body language employed by the capital’s residents, reinforcing the idea that Parisians are rude – although in my experience no ruder than Londoners as a general rule.
\nc’est so paris
\nHence the BOF! which is perhaps the classic French shrug. It is used to “deny knowledge, agreement or responsibility”. With a visual guide and instructions you can add it to your own armour of communication skills whilst in France
\n– firstly stick out your lower lip, and then
\n– raise your eyebrows and shoulders sumultaneously! (not as easy as it sounds!)<\/p>\n

– official tourism site for Paris and the Ile de France (www.pidf.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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