Printemps 1999 Spring

FORUMS

 

vous rencontrez votre voisin- you meet your neighbor

 

Kathleen N R - 02:03am Apr 6, 1999 (#1 of 1)

making excuses

I noticed that nearly all French students would say hello anyway, or again, while many American students would take no action but instead formulate excuses for the person (preoccupied, having a bad day). Would a French person be as ready to excuse the rudeness, or would you be seriously offended?