“Eat?” “Bewitched”… These phrases that can be useful to us at work.

What is worse than unconsciously making language mistakes that “classify” or stigmatize us in the professional field as elsewhere? “The appetite is there for the topic,” confirms Marie de Tilly, an etiquette consultant and business etiquette coach we interviewed for this article. A speaker to large groups, he recently also gives his advice… on Tik Tok, where more and more young people follow him. “Let’s be clear,” he says, “there are much more serious things going on in the world. But then, feeling embarrassed or watched because we don’t follow certain social codes remains a barrier for even the most brilliant, and that’s a shame. My whole approach is to help everyone stay elegant in a context that isn’t always elegant.”

So what are these common language pitfalls…