I was going to mention that. The people of France (in general) despise 2 things more that tourists who cannot speak French:
those who try to learn a few dozen words
those from Quebec who speak "Quebecois" 😋
A guy I knew went to France for 3 months as a young man. He'd get dirty looks for his French (his family was half French & spoke it pretty well) but he'd explain he wasn't from Quebec, he was from Manitoba. Almost every time they'd go "Ah!" and immediately be nice :>
I was going to mention that. The people of France (in general) despise 2 things more that tourists who cannot speak French:
A guy I knew went to France for 3 months as a young man. He'd get dirty looks for his French (his family was half French & spoke it pretty well) but he'd explain he wasn't from Quebec, he was from Manitoba. Almost every time they'd go "Ah!" and immediately be nice :>