Comments on: french kissing

By: Blogging in Paris

Blogging in Paris — Sun, 26 Dec 2004 09:20:58 +0000

Les bises /(French) kissing
I

thoroughly enjoyed this post by Céline Graciet, a French born translator who lives in England. It reminded me so much of episodes when I was in the UK or in the States and had trouble deciding whether I should shake hands with people, give a h…

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:05:31 +0000

When I went on sabbatical to Aix-en-Provence, my daughter went to lycee. The kissing thing was a little different than what she was used to. With 35 kids in a class, it was a major part of the day. We worked out some of the math involved in kissing here:

http://harbaugh.uoregon.edu/Papers/Kissing.pdf

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 00:25:57 +0000

In the 18 months since I started dating my Monsieur Grenouille, over here in San Francisco, I have amused myself by watching all of my international friends, both male and female, European and American get very used to and at ease with greeting us both with a couple of little bisous each.

By: Penta

Penta — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:42:57 +0000

Coming via A Fistful of Euros…

I must say, I now feel lucky I’m blind.:mrgreen:

By: Marquise des Anges

Marquise des Anges — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:18:29 +0000

Hello, petite anglaise,
I lived in Paris in the seventies and eighties
and have been, since then, reduced to the German provinces. I enjoy your blog immensely.

To add to the general confusion: I remember a poshy and slighty snobbish (male) friend telling me that more than 2 bises were characteristic of “province” or, worse, “paisants” and that, generally speaking, the less bises, the higher on the social ladder. He of course just kissed ONE cheek once, which has its own charm.

Looking forward to more comments on France and the French!