If greetings may not be so much of an integral part of anglophone culture, in France, the word bonjour is sacred. French writer Gwendoline Gaudicheau explains why. C’est simple comme bonjour ...

Photo: AFP Anyone learning French ... But still sometimes around 4pm I hear people still use bonjour, so I usually respond with whatever they say." Farah, who is 23-year-old Dutch student in ...