Foreigners in Their City
My husband and I had this happen to us when we were dating. He’s born and bred Parisian and has never lived anywhere else, but is half Norwegian, and looks very Nordic. When he speaks English, he has a flat, Norwegian accent instead of French thanks to his mom. I’m an American.
Anyway, we were waiting for takeout at a restaurant one night, and discussing something in English to each other.
Apparently, we were in the way of these girls behind us because they started speaking in French about how people come to Paris and just do whatever they want without concern for real Parisians, how we’re jerk tourists, etc, just being nasty about ‘foreigners in their city.’
My husband turned around, and said in the snootiest Parisian accent he could muster, “Considering your crappy Marseillais accent, I’d say you’re the one that doesn’t belong in my city.” I’ve never seen someone go white so fast.