Top 5 things you might not know about the French language
Even if you’re a bonafide Francophone and Francophile, we’ve think we’ve found five facts about the French language that will still manage to surprise you…
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06, 2015
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04, 2015
Grey areas in French culture: would you take a 12-year-old to see ‘Fifty Shades’?
Have the French gone too far this time?
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11, 2014
Paris off the beaten path with Les Parisettes: discovering Saint-Georges
Whether you’re looking for museums, the perfect chèvre, or a vintage silk scarf, you’ll be sure to find it in Saint-Georges, arguably the best corner in Paris.
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12, 2011
The Best Way To Study French For Listening and Understanding
If understanding French people speaking full speed is your goal, then by no means is listening to the French radio or watching movies in French the right path to get there. It’s as if you gave a first grader Shakespeare to read. It’s only going to lead to failure, loss of confidence and frustration.
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11, 2011
Should your doctor see you naked?
Why do you get to wear this ridiculous garment for the entire duration of your examination by your M.D.? Well, because, God forbid, Dr. Feelgood cannot - in any way, shape or form - see you in your full, glorious nakedness.
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11, 2011
Nage en Eau Vive
Nage en Eau Vive, is an extreme(ly crazy) sport played out in French rivers. Its translation, 'Swimming in live water' is explanatory. Basically, people get into wet suits, flippers and helmets; take a kick-board and throw themselves into rivers. It's like white water rafting. Without the raft.
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10, 2010
French things that aren’t really French
...the French tradition of 'faire les bisous' (or air-kissing on either side of the face) is alive and well. The French are not huggers or hand-shakers, they are air-kissers. I'm still always a bit shocked when I see two young macho French guys greet each other with les bisous.
