Bonjour, allô, salut!

Happens all the time as a cyclist at 2 way stop signs. No I don’t want to go through when you’ve stopped and are waving me on but the other direction hasn’t. I usually just shrug and point at my stop sign

Like Genome? Or Guh-nome?

Definitely agree with this. I’ll try to ask this in order to connect with their culture (such as with traditional cooking), but I can see why someone would have their guard up when asked. It’s all about intentions