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Like Coffee, I like my Humour Noir! Posted by Hichem on Jan 27, 2011
Garçon! French Dark Sense of Humor, S’il vous plait. Take a tad bit of unbridled cynisme (cynicism), a little dose of the desperately tragique, mix up with un soupçon (a hint)of the morbidly discomforting, preferablyverging onthe edge of the macabre, or any social “taboo” flavor that tickles your fancy, and you may very well end up with what…
MDR/LOL! Blagues (jokes) françaises Part 2 Posted by Hichem on Jan 27, 2011
MDR = “Mort De Rire!” = LOL * Quand j’étais plus jeune, je détestais aller aux mariages (When I was younger, I used to hate going to weddings) parce que mes vieilles tantes et mes grands parents venaient près de moi (because my old aunts and grandparents used to come towards me), me donnaient une grande…
Blagues (Jokes) à la Française Part1 Posted by Hichem on Jan 26, 2011
To each his own bouc émissaire (“scapegoat”, literally, meaning “the butt of a joke”): For a long time,les Anglais (the English) picked on les Irlandais (the Irish), the Americans on their “Southerner” Rednecks, the Egyptians on their own version of “Southerners”, so to speak, the Sa’idis (From la Haute-Égypte, or Upper Egypt), les Canadiens ontheir Newfies (referring to…
French poem: Sous le pont Mirabeau Posted by Hichem on Jan 22, 2011
““Sous le pont Mirabeau”: The poem dedicated to the mythical pont parisien (Parisian bridge) which has fascinated generations after generations of Frenchmen: From Guillaume Apollinaire, l’auteur du poème (the author of the poem) to Marc Lavoine, en passant par Léo Ferré! Le pont Mirabeau (The Mirabeau Bridge) * * * * * * Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine Under the…
The Mini-story of NRJ Posted by Hichem on Jan 20, 2011
Launched by Jean-Paul Baudecroux, the proud son of the Frenchman who brought to you, mesdames (ladies), the very first rouge à lèvres indélébile (indelible lipstick) in the history of mankind, “Rouge Baiser” (or “Red Kiss”), this station de radio with a name that deliberately spells “ENERGIE” (The three letters N-R-J convey the English word “energy” as well) comes today en deuxième position…
Surfing the French Radio Waves Part 1 Posted by Hichem on Jan 19, 2011
Vous allez en prendre plein les oreilles ! (You’ll have an earful!) Comme toujours (As always) the French Blog never shies away from providing you with original and sure-to-work tips in order to learn and improve your own level of français ! One of those suggested tips describe in detail how to “Meet your French…
Le Prix Lumière—Or The French equivalent of the Golden Globes Posted by Hichem on Jan 18, 2011
Place au cinéma français aujourd’hui (Today, it’s time to talk about French Film)! Qui ne connait pas de nos jours les Oscars et les Golden Globes (Who doesn’t nowadays know the Oscars and the Golden Globes)… In France, the equivalent of these two awards of le septième art (“Seventh Art”, referring to Film, according to the Hegelian ranking…