I'll share another insight with you. I have eaten dinner with many foreign Ham Radio operators over the years. I used to attend a yearly convention in Dayton, Ohio (Dayton Hamvention is the world's largest).
I have dined at the same table with a couple of UAE hams, and three Saudis. The Saudis were snobbish and piglike on occassion. They just oozed "royal snobbery". The UAE hams were warm, open, and loved to laugh! Just as with the West, all parts of the world have their "french"!
LLS
LOL! I especially liked the way you used a lower-case "f." You've "genericized" the french.