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" Sometimes I just tell my kids, 'Outside of France, I'm considered completely normal.' This worked until we traveled to London. "

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" Soon after Donald Trump was inaugurated, I got a letter from France's interior ministry informing me that I was now French. By the time it arrived, I'd been French for nearly two weeks without even knowing it. "

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" I always knew the French had a penchant for criticism and abstract thought. Usually, that just meant they complained a lot. "

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" The question on my husband's birthday is always, What do you get for the man who has nothing? "

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" The French aren't known for being hilarious. When I told Parisians I was interested in French humor, they'd say 'French what?' "

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