Made me laugh, anyway
Maîtres mots
Il y a longtemps que notre pays est beau mais rude.
--Newspaper editor Olivier Séguret, 25 January 2012
The USA are entirely the creation of the accursed race, the French.
--Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), writing to Nancy Mitford, 22 May 1957
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Fun French words
- crapoteux
(filthy, sordid, disgusting)
Etymology: unknown.Supprimons cette loi qui ne sanctionne aucune connaissance réelle sauf celle de l'entregent et du copinage crapoteux.
--A comment on a story about politicians revealing, or not, their personal wealth
Today the cheminots are:
Who's en colère today?
Private sector
Fans of one of France's top soccer teams, Saint-Étienne, on strike (won't cheer)
The Front de Gauche (basically the Commies & their political allies; they're much more mainstream in France) marches on Paris the 5th of May "against finance [sic!] and austerity"
Employees of PSA Peugeot Citroën at Aulnay, just north of Paris, have been on strike on and off for most of this year to protest the closure of the factory in 2014. Now management announces it may close the factory this year, not next year, because it is so unprofitable. Employees want the government to buy it or for all laid-off employees to be guaranteed full-time permanent jobs elsewhere.
Longshoremen in Marseilles
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Garbage workers in Pau, in the southwest of France, and in Alsace
Firemen in the Loire valley
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Their shirts are cool - Council for the English-Speaking Community
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A tourist can be recognized at first glance. It's someone dressed so that, if he were in his own country, he would turn around in the street to stare if he saw himself walk by.
--Philippe Meyer in Portraits acides et autres pensées édifiantes, quoted in Le Bouquin des citations, ed. Claude Gagnière
Un touriste se reconnaît au premier coup d'œil. C'est un individu habillé d'une manière telle que, s'il se trouvait dans son propre pays, il se retournerait dans la rue en se voyant passer.
Le petit aperçu d'Ailleurs
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Very fun blog from a designer includes popular "Unglamorous Paris" posts - Survive France
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A long-term Australian expat in a French ski resort. I can't believe it took me so long to discover this one. - The Compleat Anglo
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A Chinese-American in the City of Lights. - Magic Lantern Show
Great Paris photo blog - Southern Fried French
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Beautiful photo-blog by two professional photographers. They each have their own blog as well (La Panse de l'Ours and Le Pieton de Charonne). In French
Ha! Very French indeed.
Posted by: Michelle | 07 March 2012 at 15:07