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Louise Attaque: J’t’emmène Au Vent Posted by John Bauer on Dec 3, 2014
Rock and roll isn’t always the type of music you think of when you think of France, but le rock français (French rock) is a real thing and it’s not something to be skipped over. Similar to elsewhere in the world, there was a bit of an explosion of alternative rock in the 90s in…
French Vocabulary: Dansequâ Posted by John Bauer on Nov 26, 2014
Dansequâ is a French word you will never find in any dictionnaire. The story behind this mot bizarre (strange word) goes back to when I first started learning French. I remember hearing my teacher say “dansequâ” and understanding it dans son contexte (in context) as meaning something like “because” or “taking that into consideration”, but…
Texting in French: Le Langage SMS Posted by John Bauer on Nov 19, 2014
Slt sava ? (Hey sup?) There’s a lot of English that goes beyond the scope of the common textbook, or even the common work of fiction. Many of us millennials grew up learning it, chatting and playing des jeux vidéos (video games) with friends. We would have contests of sorts to see just who could…
New Blogger Chez Transparent Language: John Bauer Posted by John Bauer on Nov 12, 2014
Salut tout le monde, je m’appelle John Bauer and I’m one of the new writers on the Transparent Language’s French blog. Mon histoire (my history) with France and la langue française (the French language) is far from normal. I first came to France 3 years ago without knowing anything about the country or the language…