the.com/bonjour
the password that lets you into a country and out of a rude-tourist stereotype.
means a french greeting meaning good day, used as the default hello from morning until early evening.
from from old french bon jour, literally good day, stitched together from latin bonus (good) and diurnum (day) sometime in the medieval period.
shop ruleskipping it in paris shops is considered genuinely rude
time limitswaps to bonsoir once evening arrives, roughly after 6pm
formality tellpairs with madame or monsieur for proper politeness
for instance
paris shopkeepers — famously withhold service until you say it first
low bonjour meme — internet joke about mumbling it to avoid conversation
quebec greeting — often doubled as bonjour-hi in bilingual montreal shops