How would you all define Frenchness? - Loic Le Meur

Frenchness is directly proportional to ones level of frenchitude. - Will Higgins™

style, charm, and a bit of attitude, if you are Parisian. If not, then well...the term 'provencial' comes to mind, with all it's myriad meanings... :) - Bren, Photophobe

2-hour lunch - Mike Doeff

Macarons. - Mona Nomura

cigarettes - sean percival

Lots of rich food, wine, and kisses on the cheek. - Rochelle

Based on the French people I know? American-phile. Is that a word? I have no POR because all the French people I know can be dropped into any large city in the US and be at home. - Anika

if only I could start another good war with the brits http://twitter.com/plastic... - Loic Le Meur

Frenchness is a combination of large quantities of butter, heavy cream, cigarette smoke, fine wine and fine art. - Christian (Simply X)

rahulrrao: @loic Anything that's got a "le", "la" or "les" before it? :-) - Loic Le Meur

Chris_normal Chris_Hougardy: @loic Something Scobble would like to attain but do not succeed ?? :) - Loic Le Meur

bruceprokopets: @loic An American really wishes their sex partner had your accent. Your Frenchness is solely based on how Americans perceive your accent lol - Loic Le Meur

ledretch: @loic we never agree, but we always do it! =D - Loic Le Meur

1938media: @loic A quickness to surrender, bad humor, mice in hotels, insane restaurant owners. Pepe La Pew. and you, King of the Frenchies in my book. - Loic Le Meur

N618057730_7834_normal sam_piroton: @loic frenchness = 2-hour lunch? - Loic Le Meur

nancycole: @loic you're asking "us" about Frenchness? must be time for bed. at least for me. and perhaps the French. - Loic Le Meur

mattcampagna: @loic Frenchness = Class, good taste, craftsmanship, superiority, arrogance, and charm. To me, anyway. I'm only 1/4 French :) - Loic Le Meur

plasticbagUK: @loic "The quality of being mostly at war with the English" - Loic Le Meur

shefaly: @loic Obsessed with slow food, argumentative, smart but under-rated in that area, warmer than Germans/ British but generally aloof. - Loic Le Meur

alexanderhorre: @loic americans are full of themselves; frenchies are stuck up with themselves. - Loic Le Meur

willhiggins: @loic Frenchness is directly proportional to ones level of frenchitude. - Loic Le Meur

hakandahlstrom: @loic Cheese - Loic Le Meur

what did I start!!! ah. so copied a few Twitter replies to keep the conversation - Loic Le Meur

A certain... je ne sais quoi. :) - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

@Loic - wow I was really confused. I thought this might be some new twitter-reply functionality from Friendfeed. Too bad it's not! - Mitch

++++Jandy =) - Anika

People who really know how to love life! Simple, elegant, smart, witty, lovers, passionate people. Also great cuisine!, cheese, wine, cafe shops, french bread, pastries, croissants! Parisian street scenes, lavender fields!! - Susan Beebe

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki... - Mitch

Wine. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Unions & strikes. Roadside cafes. Art. I've never been to France though. - Arvind

@loic Revolutions ! :) People really showing what they mean and rallying to Paris for anything:) Just my perception, but Frenchness when it comes to economy; solid industries but dependant on state support and hard to change around because of very strong and hardline unions. And principles! The best free healthcare. - Thomas Bøhm

French... bimonthly cycles of burning tyres in the streets :) - Prolific Programmer

americans, with style - Ouriel Ohayon

Conservative revolutionaries - Bertrand Doux from fftogo

2 hour lunch - Sidharth Dassani

tongue. - Mike Scott

dare I say: surrender ;-) before you attack me though, remember my great greandfather is burried in Bullecourt, and the day I day I'll remember my grandmother telling me how she lost him, and having full read his diaries. - Duncan Riley

Bread. - Roberto Bonini

my wife's suggestion was hairy women, but that's probably not helpful. Inappropriate protesting and immigration policies come to mind though. So does the koran come to speak of it...given the demographic shift. - Duncan Riley

Duncan it is not only helpful it is totally wrong. I have never seen one in France in 36 years. - Loic Le Meur

Wine, food, cigarettes, and a disdain for all things American. - Cyndy

Why, love, of course. Is there any other more apt description? - Steven Perez

A great cuff on a shirt. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

other very french things: 1) a love of good quality things combined with an paradoxical tendency to cut corners. 2) loving to hear oneself talk, and 3) complaining raised to an art form (I'm afraid I have that third one, as a french-swiss) - Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)

champagne:) - Igor Poltavskiy

Passion -- for its language, its land, and for life. I love the French. :-) - Chris Baskind

Claude Debussy - Todd Hoff

When I think of France I think of footballing brilliance - not so much now, but that glorious team that won the World Cup and European Championship - with great flair and great players like Thuram and Barthez and Blanc and Henry, and most of all Zidane ... - Patrick Jordan

Still trying to figure out how Jerry Lewis fits in to all this. - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

Patrick, Thierry Henry! :D - Rochelle

Zidane headbutt - Sidharth Dassani

Rimbaud - Mahesh CR

Frenchness = Liberté, égalité, loisirs (Liberty, equality, leisure) ;) #Frenchness - Alexander Ainslie