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Poisson d’avril (April Fools) Posted by on Apr 1, 2011

Poisson d’avril (April Fools) 🙂 * * *     Due to serious difficultés techniques (technical difficulties) caused by a wave of sophisticated cyber attacks targeting The French Blog, the “Jacques Brel” post scheduled for today is postponed to an ulterior date. * * * A message left by “les hackers professionnels” who targeted The French…

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Singing La Résistance Française: Still Relevant Today Posted by on Feb 26, 2011

A World War II song written by the French résistance, who said to the Nazi invader “Dégage“—Toujours d’actualité, meaning still relevant, today in 2011.  French Russian Anna Marly sings “Le chant des partisans” (“The Song of the Resistants”) * * * Anna Marly – “Le chant des partisans” (“The Song of the Resistants”) * Le Chant des…

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DÉGAGE! Le verbe dégager Posted by on Feb 25, 2011

Le monde arabe se soulève toujours ! (The Arab World still rises up!) “IR’HAL” (إرحــــــــــــــل) is actually the Arabic word for “dégage“, which means “get out” in French, and if you’ve payed attention, it was very often written as such, en français, in the massive demonstrations that still shake this strategic region of the world. After…

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