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Culture Smart: How Do I Love Thee in French?

by Sheron Long on September 15, 2013

Girl playing daisy love game that varies across different cultures

Looking for answers in the daisy love game

Daisy Love Game in Different Cultures

In the USA, when wondering about the chance of love, people pull petals and alternate outcomes: He loves me. / He loves me not. It’s not that clear-cut in France, where the choices are recited like this:

Il m’aime un peu,               He loves me a little, 

beaucoup,                           a lot,

passionnément,                passionately,

à la folie,                           madly,

pas du tout!                      not at all!

Clearly, different cultures come at the language of love in different ways. Personally, I like the odds in France better—only 20% chance of no love at all!

Daisy

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